Melbourne Film Blog
Blog URL http://melbfilmblog.blogspot.com
Located Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Tags film, cinema, movies, film festivals, ACMI, art house cinema, cinematheque
Film reviews, news and discussion by Paul Martin with a focus on film festivals, Melbourne Cinematheque, ACMI and art-house screenings
Latest Blog Posts
- Dennis Hopper & the New Hollywood on Nov 11, 2009 in exhibition ACMI
Yeah, I've been absent from the blogosphere longer than intended. I'm still having problems getting my PC set-up and life also intrudes on occasions. Health-wise, I'm getting back on track. I commuted by bicycle twice this week, more than I have s...
- The Week in Review - 25/10/09 on Oct 25, 2009 in doco cteq ACMI chile WIR thriller sci-fi France USA fantasy drama politics Australia
Ah, my first week in review in a while. I still don't find I have the time to write as much as I'd like. And, for what it's worth, I installed Windows 7 today, so you can be sure that everything in my world will change for the better.FILMS:The Box...
- Dennis Hopper at ACMI on Oct 23, 2009 in exhibition ACMI lecture French
After the screening of Sun Seekers this evening, I had a short chat with Peter Krausz, the chair of the Australian Film Critics Association - who gave an insightful introduction to the film - and James Nolan, who curated the Focus on East German Cine...
- Hallo possums! on Oct 23, 2009 in misc
I just got back from seeing Sonnensucher (Sun Seekers), screening as part of ACMI's Focus on East German Cinema. It's an excellent film, that depicts the bleakness of life behind the Iron Curtain in a very matter-of-fact manner, leading to it's bann...
- Still Not Dead on Oct 19, 2009 in personal
Yes folks, I'm still alive. And healthy. You could be forgiven for thinking otherwise, and I appreciate the few emails I've received recently enquiring about my welfare. I believe that I still have pneumonia, confirmed by X-ray six weeks after the...
- Life Imitating Art Imitating Life on Sep 1, 2009 in festival social realism Greece
Reading this article today in The Age reminded me of one of my favourite films at MIFF this year, Dogtooth. Like Jaycee Lee Dugard and her two daughters, the virtual prisoners in Dogtooth also had the opportunity to escape but didn't, but that doesn...
- The Week in Review - 30/9/09 on Aug 30, 2009 in festival USA Italy animation WIR Japan Israel
FILMSInglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, USA/Germany, 2009)Viaggio in Italia (Voyage to Italy, Roberto Rossellini, Italy/France, 1953)Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo, Hayao Mizayaki, Japan, 2008)Eli & Ben (Ori Ravid, Israel, 2008)Inglourious Bast...
