At the end of a long day of film watching, when you’re feeling a little bit tired emotionally wrung out by a couple of films, what you need is something a bit silly, a bit lovely and with a few twists and turns you don’t see coming.
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This is such an interesting film by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Chevalier), and something that I appreciated more after hearing her talk in a Q&A afterwards.
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I found this documentary deeply upsetting. I never thought there would be a situation where librarians would be the frontline warriors for human rights.
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This documentary by Sue Thomson, who made Under Cover and The Coming Back Out Ball Movie, completes a loose trilogy that looks at ageing in Australia.
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I’m still feeling emotionally wrung out after this quietly intense drama, directed by Cole Webley but with the understated feels of writer Robert Machoian’s (The Killing of Two Lovers) all over it.
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I find it hard to objectively critique Australian films, particularly when you’re at the premiere and the audience is jam-packed with people who worked on the film and their friends and family.
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I was quite keen to see this one when the MIFF program first came out. I’m a big fan of Mark Duplass, even his films that aren’t complete successes usually have some quirky warm heart to them that keeps me coming back for more.
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I was a bit worried when I walked into the cinema at 10am on a Sunday morning and found it full to capacity. This signals that the film I’m about to watch is possibly a very mainstream one, which is not a bad thing in itself but sometimes feels a bit disappointing at a film festival.
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This is a beautifully frenetic family drama that makes us feel the misogyny and pride that underpins Taiwanese family culture.
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