What to see at Melbourne International Film Festival 2020
What to watch at Melbourne International Film Festival 2020
Tag: MIFF
What to see at Melbourne International Film Festival 2019
It’s that time of the year again when cinema lovers of Melbourne brave the arctic weather for a nice big glass of red wine and some truly excellent cinema. Running continuously since 1952, MIFF is the leading film festival in…
MIFF 2018 Film Review: ‘Leave No Trace’
The most intense bonds are often the most unstable The best movies tell only the stories they need to tell, with only the resources they need. Directed by Debra Granik, Leave No Trace is perfectly minimal. Based on Peter Rock’s…
Film review: ‘The Square’ at MIFF
Swedish film The Square is making its Australian debut at Melbourne’s most wonderful film festival, MIFF. After taking out the 2017 Cannes Palm d’Or, my fellow movie-watching crew and I had high hopes for filmmaker Ruben Östlund’s unusual and inventive…
2017 Melbourne International Film Festival Review: ‘The Endless’
A triumph of American independent filmmaking. Sometimes at a film festival, your biggest takeaway from a screening is, ‘I need to see that again.’ This was mine after seeing Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s The Endless, a film the duo…
Film review: ‘The Wound’ at MIFF
The Wound is the directorial debut from filmmaker John Trengove that has been receiving some hot debate about its controversial look at the clash of tradition and modernity in South Africa. On a chilly Melbourne evening we made our way…
Film review: ‘The Ornithologist’ at MIFF
Homoerotic, kinky bondage, and Catholic parables do not usually fit within the same sentence, that’s why we were so intrigued to see one of this year’s most unconventional films at MIFF – The Ornithologist. This Portuguese film from 2016 stars…
2017 Melbourne International Film Festival review: ‘I Am Not Your Negro’
An essential documentary that rewrites history to show the truth. For many Australian audiences (myself included), the name ‘James Baldwin’ won’t have the same ring to it that Martin Luther King’s does, or Malcolm X’s But hopefully, after seeing Raoul…
The Plus Ones’ guide to the best films of MIFF 2016
Celebrating 65 years of cinematic goodness, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) once again brought the goods with an enormous line-up of international and local films on show. It’s a huge event on Australia’s cultural calendar and for cinema lovers, it’s a highlight…
Melbourne International Film Festival 2016: The Plus Ones’ guide to the must-see films
Celebrating 65 years of cinematic goodness, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is once again bringing an enormous line-up of international and local films to our beautiful city. It’s a huge event on Australia’s cultural calendar and brings many films…