From Scott Day comes a review of Chilean director Francisca Alegría’s surreal family drama (currently playing on MIFF Play): The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future. Quite the title, so does the film live up to it? … More MIFF Review: The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future
From Finnlay Victor Dall springs to life a review of British creators Jim Archer and David Earl and Chris Hayward’s sci-fi comedy: Brian and Charles. As seen at MIFF in an unexpected format. … More MIFF Review: Brian and Charles
Currently showing at MIFF in cinemas and online, Finnlay Victor Dall reviews Reid Davenport’s documentary about everyday life and disability with a very unique point of view: I Didn’t See You There. … More MIFF Review: I Didn’t See You There
Following its acclaimed debut at Cannes earlier this year, Scott Day reviews legendary South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s detective romance thriller (currently showing at MIFF): Decision to Leave. To find out whether he thinks it lives up to the hype and if you should make the decision to see it ASAP or the decision to leave it, just click … More MIFF Review: Decision to Leave
From Lucy Beltrami comes a consideration and review of the body horror genre and chief architect of it David Cronenberg’s polarising, sci-fi return entry: Crimes of the Future (currently showing at MIFF). What follows is a very personal reflection. … More MIFF Review: Crimes of the Future
From Daniel Snowden comes a review of Aussie director George Miller’s latest fantastical ride: Three Thousand Years of Longing (currently showing at MIFF). His verdict? I love you 3000. But why then does he think not everyone may? You’ll have to open up this review to find out. … More MIFF Review: Three Thousand Years of Longing
From Lucy Beltrami comes a mini but in-depth review and recommendation of VCA graduate and writer-director Goran Stolevski’s queer coming-of-age story (currently showing at MIFF) set in our very own city of Melbourne: Of an Age. … More MIFF Review: Of an Age
The very cool celebration of cinema that is the Melbourne International Film Festival is back this August, running from the 4th until the 28th in cinemas and online. With the full program out and tickets on sale now, here’s a rundown of some general details and a few useful tips. … More MIFF 2022 Information
By Alexander Martin. It’s interesting, I think, that the posing of a question can often be infinitely more profound and thought-provoking than any answer could hope to be, and herein it is often apt for the question to remain solitary, the answers lingering around it with a kind of ethereal possibility. It is this purpose that enigma in film serves … More Unanswered Questions: A Brief Discussion Of Enigma In Film
By Daniel Snowden. In a 1997 television interview, prolific director Ang Lee remarked that his then most recently released film was on the one hand about trying to obey the social code, and on the other hand about trying to free from the restraints; good people who want to be bad, and bad people who want to be good. … More A Retrospective Review: The Ice Storm (1997)
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