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.
Continue readingOmaha (2025)
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It Ends (2025)
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The Baltimorons (2025)
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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.
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 readingRedux Redux (2025)
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I took the fam to this one and it was perfect fare with action, twists and turns, a healthy dose of revenge gore and a satisfying ending.
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 readingBy Design (2025)
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Really I shouldn’t be surprised that a film that is about a woman who wants to be a chair ends up being an absurd and surrealist set piece.
Continue readingModel (1981)
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I’m a Wisemen fa-an (why do I hear Susan Sarandon in I Can Make You a Man when I say this line?). Okay I’ve only seen two but I loved Menus-Plaisirs so much that I think I would like anything Frederick Wiseman makes.
Continue readingHigh Art (1998)
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Oh the sweet nostalgia of the 90s! The toxic world of commercial photography, particularly if you’re a woman, and the chic of heroin-fuelled nights.
Continue readingTwinless (2025)
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I really enjoyed this film, although afterwards I felt guilty about it. How can someone so toxic be so adorable?
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