JEANNE DU BARRY Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Maiwenn Stars: Maiwenn, Johnny Depp, Melvil Poupard, Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Richard, Pauline Pollmann, Thibault Bonenfant, Noemie Lvovsky, Pascal Greggory, Diego Le Fur, Loli Bahia. A visually sumptuous and lavish costume drama this film depicts the life of the eponymous Jeanne Du Barry, who rose from a peasant… Continue Reading »
PERFECT DAYS
PERFECT DAYS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Wim Wenders Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arise Nakano, Aoi Yamada. This slow-moving, gently paced minimalist drama from revered German filmmaker Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, etc) is set in Japan and reveals his great appreciation for Japan, its culture and traditions. A German/Japanese coproduction Perfect Days was nominated… Continue Reading »
MONKEY MAN
MONKEY MAN Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Dev Patel Stars: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Sikander Kher, Pitobash, Ashwini Kalsekar, Makrand Deshpande, Sobhita Dhulipala. This gritty, graphically violent, brutal and blood-soaked revenge thriller follows the adventures of an enigmatic and taciturn character known only as “kid”, who fights against the corruption and social injustice rife in… Continue Reading »
IO CAPITANO
IO CAPITANO reviewed by GREG KING Director: Matteo Garrone Stars: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Khady Sy, Isaaka Sawadago, Venus Gueye, Hichem Yacoubi, Doodoo Sagna. Two teenaged boys from Dakar in Senegal dream of moving to Europe to pursue a music career. This harrowing drama comes from Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone, who in 2008 gave us… Continue Reading »
HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON.
HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ariane Louis-Seize Stars: Sara Montpetit, Felix-Antoine Benard, Noemei O’Farrell, Steve Laplante, Sophie Cadieux, Marie Brassard, Gabriel-Antoine Roy. What a great title! Evocative, yet strange enough to whet the appetite for what is essentially a blend of horror, black comedy, teen romance and coming of… Continue Reading »
FALLEN LEAVES
FALLEN LEAVES reviewed by GREG KING Director: Aki Kaurismaki Stars: Alma Poysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiainen, Juho Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Matti Onnismaa, Martii Suosala. The latest film from Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki is Fallen Leaves, a deceptively simple and quirky romcom about two star crossed lovers in Helsinki. Two lonely down on their luck working… Continue Reading »