This had the pastel hued satire of Greener Grass (2019) but with the bleak and sobering reality (without the fever dream) of Sweet Dreams (2023).
Continue readingFilipiñana (2026)
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Chronicles from the Siege (2026)
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This was an interesting way to bring people from across the world into the reality of what it is to be in a city under siege.
Continue readingBlack God, White Devil (Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol)(1964)
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What a crazy movie. If you know anything about Brazilian history, you will probably not feel quite as lost as I did.
Continue readingThe Cycle of Love (2025)
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Oh boy, I nearly skipped out of this early morning film but I’m so glad I didn’t. It was a real cup filler.
Continue readingStrawberries (La Más Dulce) (2026)
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This seems to be a theme in the films that I am watching at the Melbourne Film Festival that when people have power they will abuse it, and by people I mean men.
Continue readingThe Oligarch and the Art Dealer (2026)
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There is no schadenfreude like watching the uber wealthy cause trouble for each other.
Continue readingPast Future Continuous (2025)
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Oh, I feel conflicted about this documentary. I was going along with it for quite a while, even forgiving some things that didn’t quite make sense – were there no neighbours who could drop in or answer a phone call? – but a growing unease left me feeling cheated.
Continue readingThe Siege of Paradise (2026)
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This cozy Irish documentary by Gar O’Rourke (Sanatorium (2025)) about the over tourism of the Cinque Terre sits with me slightly uncomfortably as I have been one of those tourists.
Continue readingJohanna D’Arc of Mongolia (1989)
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The Melbourne Film Festival is doing a strand of films by Ulrike Ottinger this year and, not knowing anything about this director, I was drawn in by this one being set largely in inner Mongolia at a time where no western directors had previously been allowed to film there.
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