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

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

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

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

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

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