I'm saving for new things and letting old things go, including my DVD collection. I have some absolute gems, including many that are brand new and still shrink-wrapped. If you'd like to bid for a...
It is apparent at times in all our lives that we come to a cross-road. Often times we just indicate and continue, and yet at other times we stall in trepidation or confusion. My absence of late i...
Congratulations to the winners of Animal Kingdom double passes:Greg C, David M, Catherine M, Chris K & Melissa GOnce you've seen it, please share your thoughts of the film at my original post...
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As I posted previously, I consider Animal Kingdom one of the finest Australian films of the last two decades. It's now open in cinemas and I have double passes to give away to the first five read...
http://melbfilmblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/animal-kingdom-give-away.html
As I previously posted, this weekend saw Williamstown Town Hall host the Williamstown Literary Festival. Yesterday, I attended a number of events, bookend by my favourites: a screening of Paul Co...
http://melbfilmblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/waleed-aly-coherent-voice-of-reason.html
Accidents Happen (Andrew Lancaster, Australia, 2009)This film is quite an achievement, a very clever dysfunctional family black comedy. Its succeeds on at least two fronts. If you didn't know oth...
http://melbfilmblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/accidents-happen.html
It's been a Fatih Akin blitz this week, having watched his new comedy and two older films - a music documentary and his dramatic feature debut. I've also revisited The White Ribbon, the must-see ...
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My Week in Review will be short this time around - most of the films I've seen this week are from the Festival of German Films and reviewed separately. I'm also more time poor than usual.FILMS:Be...
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I've already written about Animal Kingdom, the Sundance award-winning film that is one of the most exciting local productions in decades. It releases nationally on 3 June. For a chance to win a d...
http://melbfilmblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/animal-kingdom-premiere.html
I wouldn't normally post about what is for me a local festival, but this one may be of interest to readers here because it includes film and film-related events. I believe the Williamstown Litera...
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Another week heavy with film - the stand-out is Man with a Movie Camera which screened at Melbourne Cinémathèque on Wednesday, an amazing film given it's place in history. Starting this week is...
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Rant warning ahead When John Howard was in office, he saw that the best way to head off the political threat of the redneck policies of Pauline Hansen was to outdo her at her own game. Now that L...
http://melbfilmblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/on-refugees-asylum-seekers.html
While checking out the Cannes festival website, I was disturbed to stumble upon this article about the Iranian government's detention/imprisonment of renowned film-maker Jafar Panahi. The directo...
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The following are the films and juries announced thus far for the Festival du Cannes 2010, running from 12 - 23 May. Any, in case you didn't know, that's Juliette Binoche featured in the official...
http://melbfilmblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/cannes-2010-lineup.html
As an addendum to my FoGF 2010 Preview, I thought I'd cut and paste a media release regarding the festival's guests:Famed Director SÖNKE WORTMANN & Acclaimed Feminist Writer ERICA FISCHER in...
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The Festival of German Films 2010 opens with Fatih Akin's new comedy Soul Kitchen at the Como cinema on Thursday 22 April. The FoGF has gradually increased on popularity, and more by serious prog...
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Animal Kingdom (David Michôd, Australia, 2010)This debut feature by David Michôd, which won the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema at this year's Sundance Film Festival, is simply exhilarating. ...
http://melbfilmblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/animal-kingdom.html
I just received Screen Australia's latest email newsletter, Get the Picture, which states:Avatar is now the highest-grossing film of all time in Australia. Released on 17 December 2009, it had ea...
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I can't believe I saw ten films this week. I'm not working at present and had four days where I saw 2 films each day. This was also partly due to Easter and partly because of the Festival of Germ...
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I haven't mentioned much yet about this year's La Mirada, one of my favourite local film festivals. I filled in a survey at the festival today at ACMI and for the question about what I like about...
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I had a quick look at the films screening at this year's Festival of German Films, and two titles stood out straight away: Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon and Fatih Akin's Soul Kitchen. I saw T...
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The Most Dangerous Man in America:Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Judith Ehrlich/Rick Goldsmith, USA, 2009Errol Morris' The Fog of War is a brilliant study of the principals of war and ho...
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The offerings at the cinema are so thin at the moment. I did a bit of research and worked out a few films worth seeing at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, but couldn't work any of them into my ...
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A while ago I turned on moderation of comments on this blog. First for posts older than 14 days, then 4 days, then 3. Basically, I was getting spammed by fuckheads who know that no-one is going t...
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OK, Blogger have provided some new templates that allow much more flexibility to the design of a blog. I want to stick with green. Colour is important for me in many aspects of my life and with t...