This is a brave approach to film making as it bucks some genre expectations that might make a mainstream audience feel confused. This can be seen in IMDb reviews that oscillate from 1 to 10 stars.
Continue readingMaddie’s Secret (2025)
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Tangles (2026)
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There might need to be a content warning on Leah Nelson’s beautiful and heartfelt film that if you have experienced the loss of a parent, particularly to old age or long illness, it might make you cry.
Continue readingImposters (2026)
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I don’t expect much from a midnight horror screening at the Melbourne Film Festival, but I want something with a good level of scariness that isn’t too ridiculous in its narrative arc.
Continue readingThe History of Concrete (2026)
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Before seeing this film, someone in a film queue told me that, of course this wouldn’t be a film about concrete.
Continue readingThe Sun Never Sets (2026)
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I don’t know who Joe Swanberg is, but he was there at the screening and the audience seemed to think he was something pretty special. It seems he hasn’t had a film out for about six years, and in the past has moved around different genres and was a leader in mumblecore.
Continue readingMary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)
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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 readingMiddle of the Night (1959)
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This is one of the Kim Novak retrospective films, and I have a newfound appreciation for her.
Continue readingI Want Your Sex (2026)
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This is a mid-MIFF panacea. Gregg Araki switches the gender roles of an abusive workplace relationship and manages to provoke thought and also delight in its cheeky absurdity.
Continue readingBarbara Forever (2026)
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My MIFF BFF Ariel said I had to see this film as Barbara Hammer is the most important lesbian filmmaker ever. I’m glad I did.
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.
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