by GREG KING Writer, producer, actor and director, Raj Kapoor (1924-1988) has been described as the father of Indian cinema. He starred in some 67 films, and directed 10, but he remains largely unknown here in Australia. Two of his films were nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes. He introduced a lot of concepts [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gianni Di Gregorio Stars: Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Alfonso Santagata, Elisabetta Piccolomini, Teresa Di Gregorio, Kristina Cepraga, Aylin Prandi, Laura Squizzato, Silvia Squizzato. Italian filmmaker Gianni Di Gregorio is a little like his compatriot Nanni Moretti – he writes, directs and stars in his own idiosyncratic movies. There [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi Stars: voices of Saoirse Ronan, Mark Strong, Tom Holland, Olivia Colman, Geraldine James. Arrietty is the latest film from Japan’s Studio Ghibli, and it maintains the high standards we have come to expect following such superb animated films as Howl’s Moving Castle, Spirited Away, etc. However, studio veteran [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Farhan Akhtar Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Nawwab Shah, Om Puri, Kunal Kapoor. Also known as The Chase Continues, Don 2 is a slick, exciting crime thriller from India. But this is not your typical Bollywood film in which the action is continually interrupted for colourful song [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tsui Hark Stars: Jet Li, Mavis Fan, Gordon Liu, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun. Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate is a follow up of sorts to Tsui Hark’s 1992 martial arts film New Dragon Gate, which itself was a reworking of King Hu’s 1966 martial arts film Dragon Gate Inn. The [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Phillipe Le Guay Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Berta Ojea, Nuria Sole, Concha Galan, Marie Armelle Deguy, Audrey Fleurot. This frothy feel-good French farce is a kind of Gallic Upstairs, Downstairs if you will. The action mostly takes place inside a Paris apartment block [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Pedro Alomodovar Stars: Antonio Banderas, Blanca Suarez, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes. The Skin I Live In is the latest film from flamboyant Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, and it explores some of his usual themes and preoccupations – obsession, sex, sexual identity, transgender issues, love and desire. It also reunites him [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Nanni Moretti Stars: Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Stuhr, Nanni Moretti, Margherita Buy, Renato Scarpa, Franco Graziosi, Camillo Milli, Robert Nobile, Ulrich von Dobschutz. Nanni Moretti is often referred to as Italy’s equivalent to Woody Allen, with his own particular idiosyncratic style and neurosis, even though he is nowhere near as prolific, [...]
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