by GREG KING. On the eve of the 2012 French Film Festival opening in Melbourne, Sally Lefevre from the Alliance Francaise spoke at length about this year’s exciting and diverse program. Europe is undergoing a financial crisis at the moment, but it doesn’t seem to have affected the French film industry much. “It’s a very [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Lars Von Trier Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Keifer Sutherland, John Hurt, Charlotte Rampling, Stellan Skarsgard, Alexander Skarsgard, Udo Kier, Brady Corbet. Melancholia is the latest film from eccentric Danish director Lars Von Trier, but thankfully it is nowhere near as nasty, confrontational and misanthropic as his previous film Antichrist, [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Fred Schepisi Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Charlotte Rampling, Helen Morse, John Gaden, Alexandra Schepisi, Colin Friels, Robyn Nevin, Maria Theodorakis. This visually rich and literate adaptation of Patrick White’s novel marks Fred Schepisi’s first Australian film since Evil Angels, over 20 years ago. Written in 1973, White’s novel was [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mark Romanek Stars: Kiera Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins, Ella Purnell, Isobel Meikle-Small, Charlie Rowe. At first glance the rustic Hailsham seems like a typically privileged English boarding school, where orphaned students are raised by strict teachers and prepared for their future. But as we quickly [...]
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