MIFF Review: The Hunt (2012)
byDanish director Thomas Vinterburg has never been one to shy away from diving head first into provocative territory, and this tendency is on display…
Festivals
MIFF Review: Paul Kelly: Stories of Me (2012)
byCultural Australian icon Paul Kelly’s life has been brought to the screen in the form of a documentary by Ian Darling.
News: Lavazza Italian Film Festival 2012
byReturning to our cinema screens for the 13th time is the Lavazza Italian Film Festival this September/October. Below are some festival highlights along with…
Film Review: The Sapphires (2012)
byI’m always tentative when walking into the screening of an Australian film; for every Face to Face (2011) there’s a You and Your Stupid…
MIFF Review: The Sessions (2012)
byBased on an article “On Seeking a Sex Surrogate”, The Sessions details the struggles and triumphs of Mark O’Brien, a poet from Boston who…
MIFF Review: Room 237 (2012)
byProjection issues aside, Rodney Ascher’s Room 237 is a film about a film. And what better place to see than at the Melbourne International…
MIFF Review: Jayne Mansfield’s Car (2012)
byThe latest film from Billy Bob Thornton as writer/director reteams him with co-writer Tom Epperson (with whom he wrote the excellent crime drama One…
MIFF Review: On Death Row (2012)
byAlthough Into The Abyss, the new Werner Herzog documentary was supposed to be screened during the festival, what was actually shown (without any announcement…
MIFF Review: Side By Side (2012)
byOne of the documentaries screening at this year’s festival is Side By Side, an excellent exploration of how digital technology is taking over and…
MIFF Review: Hara-Kiri: Death Of A Samurai (2011)
byThe prolific and brilliant Takashi Miike returns to MIFF (he has two other films showing; Ace Attorney and For Love’s Sake) with the stunning…