I am finding two themes at this year‘s Melbourne Film Festival – people dislocated from their land and people abusing the power they have been given.
Continue readingLost Land (Harà Watan) (2025)
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A Useful Ghost (ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ)(2025)
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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.
Continue readingShutter (ชัตเตอร์ กดติดวิญญาณ)(2004)
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Gotta love ACMI! You come down to Melbourne on a random weekend and find that all of the cinemas are playing various combinations of the same films and that you’ve seen most of them at the Melbourne Film Festival. ACMI, in contrast, is showing a 2004 classic Thai horror film Shutter. What a gem!
Continue readingHow to Make a Million Before Grandma Dies (หลานม่า)(2024)
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This is a sweet and tender portrait of ageing through the eyes of a grandson who discovers there is more to family than inheritance.
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