And here are the rest of the films I saw at MIFF2021, from the comfort of my couch. Hopefully our last MIFF in lockdown. I'm not linking these to trailers, but they'd all be easily found on YouTube. Coda This is an American remake of a French film The Bélier Family that I've seen ages ago. I thought this remake - as often happens with … [Read more...] about MIFF 2021 – The Rest
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MIFF2021 – Three & Two Star Films
Here are my second best films from this year's festival. It's always a bit arbitrary distinguishing between films. Seen outside the festival I probably would regard these as all five star films! Ablaze *** A documentary about the Aboriginal activist Bill Onus didn’t know much about. His story should certainly be told and here it is told well … [Read more...] about MIFF2021 – Three & Two Star Films
MIFF 2021 – Five & Four Star Films
MIFF 2021 is over - another festival completely online, to the great disappointment of the organisers. We still threw ourselves into watching as many as we could - ending up with 35 for me and 36 for Joe. Not all of the movies scheduled for the cinemas made it to MIFF Play but there were some very good ones all the same. This is the order in which … [Read more...] about MIFF 2021 – Five & Four Star Films
Wong Kar Wai
Back in February we enjoyed a mini film festival at ACMI, Love & Neon: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai. As advertised here on the wall of the Tinpot Cafe. As you can see it was meant to finish in March but has been extended by popular demand to 31 May. I loved them so recommend you check them out. The only one I knew about was In the Mood for … [Read more...] about Wong Kar Wai
MIFF 2020
We're watching all of our MIFF films online this year. The title of this year's festival is MIFF 681/2 This was meant to be the 69th MIFF but we're only getting half a festival due to Covid 19. The hashtag on twitter remains #MIFF2020. Opening night was Thursday 6 August. I'll be writing my reviews contemporaneously and updating this blog as I do … [Read more...] about MIFF 2020
MIFF 2019 – The Rest
It's always tricky identifying the best films at a festival when you've seen as many as I do. Looking at the rest, those to which I have awarded four and three stars, I find, after a year's cogitation, that there are only a few that I would really recommend. Family Tour This is especially relevant given the current debate about China that's … [Read more...] about MIFF 2019 – The Rest