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…

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…

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…

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…

An Education
Melbourne International Film Festival
Forum Theatre – August 1, 2

Set in the 1960s, London, An Education is charming and socially aware in its capturing of the wide-eyed, boundless idealism of youth through a…