Having finally completed my MIFF 2024 film reviews, here, here and here; and thought about their impact I’m finally able to set down my favourites. There were so many it’s been quite hard to whittle them down from the forty films I saw. Films which took me to Countries - Germany, Norway, India, China, Turkey, America, South Korea, Australia, New … [Read more...] about MIFF 2024 – Favourite Films
MIFF 2024 The Rest
These are my remaining films. All were really very good, but except, perhaps, for the first one, which I would put higher now that I've thought about it for a while, all had flaws that stopped them being great. Audrey I had no expectations of this film but I always check out at least one Australian film at MIFF and enjoyed lots. In these … [Read more...] about MIFF 2024 The Rest
MIFF 2024 Really Good Films
It's always hard at MIFF to grade the films you see. As it happened I think I was a bit harsh about all of these movies. I gave them all between none and eight stars instead of ten. The first few because they were the first I'd seen, the later ones because there were a couple of things that were less than perfect but all of them were really, really … [Read more...] about MIFF 2024 Really Good Films
MIFF 2024 Best Films
It's taken me ages to get to this blog, given the festival concluded at the end of August! Now I've done three and even after six weeks there were only two that I couldn't remember. I suppose I remember them because I enjoy the experience of watching them so much. Anyway these are the films to which I gave ten stars immediately after seeing them. … [Read more...] about MIFF 2024 Best Films
Praise for Praiseworthy
A big picture of a big book. Seven hundred and twenty three pages. I bought it as soon as it came out - I loved Wright's Carpentaria and enjoyed Tracker. But I knew it would take energy and commitment to read it, so it's taken me this long to finally do so. Conscientiously avoiding all the rave reviews - I like to make my own mind up without being … [Read more...] about Praise for Praiseworthy
Wurrdha Marra at the NGV
I started this blog at the start of August then MIFF intervened and I forgot all about it. This was a terrific exhibition that Joe and I visited this just before it closed. It was on at the Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square. I'm so pleased we got to see it. Wurrdha Marra means Many Mobs in the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung language and the exhibition … [Read more...] about Wurrdha Marra at the NGV