I'm a bit late with this post but here we go. I had a wonderful time at this year's MIFF until the last week when I caught Joe's cold and was couch-ridden for a couple of weeks. They say colds post covid are worse than usual and I can attest to that. Anyway here are my short reviews. In the order in which I saw the films. I've left the stars as I … [Read more...] about MIFF 2023
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MIFF 2022 – Six Star Films
My fourth blog about this year's MIFF, my thoughts on the best Ten Star films are here, Eight Star films here and Seven Star films here. As I've said one gets very judgemental at a film festival and all of these films are great so don't be put off by the six star rating. The italicised bits are my contemporaneous tweets. 6⭐️ Cathedral … [Read more...] about MIFF 2022 – Six Star Films
MIFF 2022 – Seven Star Films
Having blogged about my Ten Star films here and my Eight Star films here (I didn't give any Nine Stars) here are my Seven Star films from this year's MIFF. Remembering these films some weeks after seeing them I wonder a bit about my harsh judging! Comes from seeing around forty films over a couple of weeks. Comments in italics are from the tweets … [Read more...] about MIFF 2022 – Seven Star Films
MIFF 2022 – Eight Star Films
I've written about this year's 10⭐️ MIFF films here. Now, looking at my contemporaneous tweets I find I didn't give any films nine stars. So we move directly to the 8⭐️ ones. This really demonstrates the difficulty in grading festival films. The great ones stand out then there are a lot of really good films that you would recommend … [Read more...] about MIFF 2022 – Eight Star Films
MIFF 2022 – Best Films
This was our first in-person MIFF in three years. It was nice to be back - at the Forum, ACMI, Hoyts, Kino and the Capitol. Although I found it exhausting! Don't know if that's because I'm older or just out of practice. We saw 40 films all up - 39 in the cinema and one (our very last, The Pawn Shop) on-line. I have to force myself not to get hung … [Read more...] about MIFF 2022 – Best Films
German Film Festival – Melbourne 2022
We went to the German Film Festival here in Melbourne during June; somewhat delayed and truncated because I got Covid 19 in May! All the films were good and a few were great. Here's what we saw. The Black Square -💥💥💥💥💥 This was terrific. We love the German actress Sandra Hüller who is in this and who starred in the movie Toni Erdman (another … [Read more...] about German Film Festival – Melbourne 2022