From the yearly archives: 2018
We went to Ballarat to see this, the first of what hopefully will be a biennial event. The image above is Ballarat Landscape by Josh Muir of Ballarat. Very striking. The whole idea seems to have been driven by a single person, Julie Collins who is described as the artistic director in the catalogue. Like [...]
I’m often asked whether I walk out of films at MIFF. The answer is; not often. In part because I like to sit in the middle and it’s very distracting to others if I stumble out midway through. Though that’s not an impediment if something is truly terrible. I have a friend who sits on [...]
Six feature films and two documentaries got three stars from me. This includes my three biggest disappointments of the festival I had really been looking forward to the first three features in this list based on their reception at the Cannes Film Festival. There you go; responses to films, like all art, is such a [...]
When I started going to MIFF many years ago, and even when I returned after a long absence, it was documentaries that I sought out because you often didn’t get to see them elsewhere. Nowadays they’re more readily available on SBS, Netflix etc. so I don’t focus on them as much during the festival. I [...]
The division between five and four stars is always tricky. These 15 feature films were very enjoyable experiences, and outside the festival I would probably rave about them to all and sundry. But when handing out festival stars, one is ruthless! I’d recommend all of these so check them out if they come to a [...]
