Direct from its premiere at the Alliance Française French Film Festival, on in Melbourne until April 6th, Jessica Seychell reviews Adieu Monsieur Haffmann, where, in the Nazi-occupied Paris of 1941, the eponymous, Jewish jeweller finds himself trapped in more ways than one. Spoiler-free. … More Farewell, Mr. Haffmann Review
What’s full of bats and cats, and a penguin too? Matt Reeves’ The Batman (2022). Here’s Liem Jones’ review. With Illustrations by Elli Tsadila. Just for you. … More The Batman Review
Interested in watching some short films to start the semester off? Well, good news. Thirty films by the Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television graduating class of 2021 are currently available to stream for free on MIFF Play, with the special season lasting from February 21st until March 6th. … More Student Shorts Spotlight: 2021 VCA Film and Television Graduate Season On MIFF Play
… officially in! Check out the full list, recognising films released between March 1st and December 31st last year across 23 categories, right here. … More And The 2022 Oscar Nominees Are…
By Alessandra Akerly. On 18 May 2021, the first trailer for the film adaptation of acclaimed Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen dropped. Like many fans of the show, I was excited to see what new developments director Steven Chbosky would bring to the story. And like many other people, I was dismayed at the casting choice for the titular character: Ben Platt, who originated the role onstage. … More Dear Ben Platt: The Age Of Evan Hansen
By Reba Nelson. I have started to live my life through the number 5. It is a nice number, very square, to me the most prime of primes. I will eat a meal, rate it, get dressed, rate it, talk to a friend, rate it. As to why I’ve started doing this – it hasn’t been wholly intentional – well, I blame Letterboxd. … More U Heard Of Letterboxd?
By Madeleine McDonald. As described by its director James Gunn, The Suicide Squad is neither a sequel nor reboot. Rather, Gunn melds these two together by introducing new characters from the DC roster whilst keeping a familiarity of the 2016 film with a couple of returning ones. However, what Gunn has been able to do that his predecessor David Ayer did not (even accounting for studio meddling) is to lean into the disposability of The Suicide Squad. … More The Review Of The Suicide Squad
By Max Baltas. Silence, the title of Martin Scorsese’s 2016 film, or is the word more closely aligned with the writer-director’s response to questions of morality? … More Silence: A Scorsese Film, Or His Response To Questions Of Morality?
Interested in watching some short films to finish September and start October off this 2021? Well, good news. Forty films by the Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television graduating class of 2020 are currently available to stream for free on MIFF Play, with the special season lasting from September 27th until October 11th. … More Student Shorts Spotlight: 2020 VCA Film and Television Graduate Season On MIFF Play
Movies, pictures, talkies, cinema, kino, whatever you want to call them and it, films are and film is, like many forms of art and parts of life, both an individual and a communal experience. With that in mind, welcome to the Film Inquirer. … More An Introduction
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