I found this documentary deeply upsetting. I never thought there would be a situation where librarians would be the frontline warriors for human rights.
Continue readingThe Librarians (2025)
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It Ends (2025)
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The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)
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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.
Continue readingThe Ice Tower (2025)
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I felt mesmerised for two straight hours by this dreamlike fairytale from Lucile Hadzihalilovic. As I was walking out though, there was more than one person who said, “oh I would give that zero stars. I feel sorry that people spent money on it. That was so awful.”
Continue readingAdam’s Sake (L’intérêt d’Adam)(2025)
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I love this sort of tense realist drama. This is directed by Laura Wandel and produced by the Daedenne Brothers and you can feel their touch in the understated character driven narrative.
Continue readingThe Blue Trail (O Último Azul) (2025)
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I’m not sure what I expected from feature from Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro. For some reason I thought it had elements of magical realism, probably something to do with the image above (that I obviously didn’t look at closely).
Continue readingGood Boy (2025)
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And the award for the best dog acting at the Melbourne International Film Festival goes to Indy who played Indy in Good Boy!
Continue readingThe Python Hunt (2025)
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This rather endearing and slightly mad documentary about hunting for Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades is exactly what you’d expect from a movie about hunting pythons in the Florida Everglades but then a little bit more.
Continue readingMistress Dispeller (2024)
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Not about a woman called Dispeller but about a legitimate practice in China where wives, who find out their husbands are cheating on them, employee someone to dispel the mistress – a mistress dispeller.
Continue readingMarlon Williams: Nga Ao E Rua – Two Worlds (2025)
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I keep forgetting one of the joys of MIFF is seeing an Antipodean documentary about a person, having them there at the screening and finding out they’re a really decent person. The MIFF trifecta.
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