This will hit you in the feels if you are at all a fan of Mary Oliver‘s poetry and make you want to go out and buy one of her books if you are not.
Continue readingMary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)
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How to Divorce During the War (Skyrybos Karo Metu)(2025)
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I kept thinking of other films while I was watching Andrius Blazevicius’s poignant and sometimes dispassionate look at performative activism and interpersonal relationships.
Continue readingRose (2026)
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You know I love a black-and-white film, and pretty much any film with Sandra Hüller.
Continue readingLa Gradiva (2026)
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This is the first film of the festival so far where I felt completely emotionally enveloped by its story.
Continue readingSheep in the Box (箱の中の羊)(2026)
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This is one of those gentle Kore-eda films, evoking existential thought as well as whimsy.
Continue readingAro Berria (2025)
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I think there is a reason why I completely overlooked writing a review for this and only remembered a few days later. It is one of the few films at the Melbourne Film Festival that I have seen and being completely underwhelmed by.
Continue readingBlue Heron (2025)
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This evocative and gentle exploration of parenting, childhood memories, dislocation, and neurological difference by Sophy Romvari creates a compelling fiction around autobiographical elements of her life.
Continue readingParallel Tales (2026)
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It was with a small amount of trepidation that I saw this latest from one of my favourite directors Asghar Farhadi (or as Facebook autocaptioning calls him, Glasgow Harvey).
Continue readingForever Your Maternal Animal (Siempre Soy Tu Animal Materno)(2026)
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I’ve been pondering the title of this film by Valentina Maurel, as it has a resonance once the closing credits rolled that I hadn’t really considered at the start.
Continue readingDiary of a Chambermaid (2026)
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This is my first Radu Jude and his first film set in France. I have it on good authority that it is perhaps significantly shorter than some of his other films and maybe not quite so anarchic.
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