Melbourne International Film Festival News, Reviews & Interviews

There's a strange contradiction to Film Festivals endemic to their very existence

It’s frustrating although not entirely unexpected to have to move our event around

"This is our contribution to pushing back against COVID-19"

It's a concerning time for the Australian industry with a number of Film Festivals cancelling or postponing events

You’re going to hear a lot about how Queen & Slim is a lot like other movies, except it’s not.

The most terrifying thing about film is that it’s all already happened

Despairing of his second feature, British filmmaker Benjamin (Merlin’s Colin Morgan) quickly falls for singer and all round charming dude Noah, played by Phenix Brossard who at the time of writing has likely been cast in a Mick Jagger biopic

Alice, abruptly discovering that her life savings were depleted by her husband’s use of escort services, turns to the industry to reclaim her property and support her child

An appropriately bizarre addition to this year’s Sydney Underground Film Festival, Greener Grass wants you think it’s better on the other side

They’re men! Men in belts, tight belts! They roam around the dojo looking for fights!

It always comes down to that ending

It’s far from unheard of that a film’s production or genesis is as if not more interesting than the finished product, but it’s rarely the case for so quality a picture

I's a strange thing to say that something is deceptively good

The Death of Dick Long is having none of your genre

Kursk doesn’t want you to remember the actual disaster too closely, just some of it’s fallout

Monsters are almost always metaphors for something. Many films forget this and just have something wreaking havoc, while others make it crystal clear.

If you see this film you will never forget the title

The 9th film by Quentin Tarantino was always going to be one of the most anticipated of 2019

Irreverent opening extravaganza of little relevance to main story – check

One rarely expects a film as good as ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ to come along and we are always glad when it does

A solid premise matters little when the execution can barely match it

In a Festival beset by unnecessary controversies and ill-considered depictions of violence, Dirty God showed us how well it can be done

"As a fan making a film I wanted to make something that I knew would resonate with people who are savvy and maybe a little bit discerning"

There’s no better place for dry humour than the desert. Couldn’t resist

"Five wickedly twisted tales from the next generation of Aboriginal Writer/Directors all looking at the post-colonial Aboriginal experience through the horror genre"

"It's a story of a woman who defies the rules of the establishment, of the Church, of the State"

What a waste of everyone’s time. Us, the cast, Jim Jarmusch; everyone except Tilda Swinton who here made magic all on her lonesome

"It's completely changed the way I am and the way I see myself doing this movie"

Both bear uneasy depictions of violence, yet one resonates powerfully and with evident quality. The other, ill-considered in near every respect

"It's a pretty unusual film, it's a fictionalised origin story about the infamous Punch and Judy puppet play"