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Film

Film: La Mirada Film Festival

“We’re giving away prizes at each screening so hold on to your ticket stub. You also get free tapas with your beer downstairs with your cinema ticket." It was already shaping up to be my kind of festival, and I hadn’t even sat down yet.

Fringe: Cinema’s Other Room – Richard Tuohy

What exactly defines art? A collection of experimental 16mm short films by Richard Tuohy and Dianna Barrie is the event that makes me question this definition.

Film: The White Ribbon

The White Ribbon
Melbourne International Film Festival
Tue 4 Aug, Sun 9 Aug

With his new film, Michael Haneke ploughs his customary fields of collective guilt, invididual crime, shrouds of secrecy and social dysfunction. Set in an Austrian village…

Film: The Loved Ones

The Loved Ones
Melbourne International Film Festival
Greater Union Cinema – 30 July & 7 August

In a packed cinema, this evening’s thrill-seeking audience is cautioned to “shut your eyes” or “block your…

Film: All Tomorrow’s Parties

All Tomorrow’s Parties
Melbourne International Film Festival
Sat 25 July, Thu 6 August

As a music ‘tragic’, I can say with clear conscience and no regret that I make mix CDs (previously tapes…

Film: I NEED THAT RECORD!

I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE
Melbourne International Film Festival
Thu 30 July, Wed 5 August

I need to preface…