reviews All Reviews MIFF REVIEW | Parallel Tales (2026) Derek Armstrong / 10:27 / 14.08.26 Asghar Farhadi's latest MIFF movie leaves behind Iran in a film that's too high concept for his traditional strengths.
reviews All Reviews MIFF REVIEW | The Diary of a Chambermaid (2026) Derek Armstrong / 10:16 / 11.08.26 Radu Jude's latest MIFF movie adapts a classic French novel with a usual dose of his unconventional perspective.
reviews All Reviews MIFF REVIEW | Sheep in the Box (2026) Derek Armstrong / 10:53 / 10.08.26 Hirokazu Kore-eda's take on artificial intelligence is too similar to those that came before in the director's latest MIFF film.
reviews All Reviews MIFF PREVIEW | Dead Man’s Wire (2026) and Mile End Kicks (2026) Derek Armstrong / 10:51 / 05.08.26 We preview the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival with a look at two blasts from the past that are among the festival's Victorian debuts.
Editor's Choice reviews Top Picks MIFF REVIEW | The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) Derek Armstrong / 10:30 / 18.08.25 A musical charmer set in the British isles is a great way for out-of-towners to experience MIFF for themselves.
Editor's Choice reviews Top Picks MIFF REVIEW | Sex (2025) Derek Armstrong / 10:34 / 12.08.25 This Norwegian film, one of a trio of related films playing MIFF that consider the big issues, is thought-provoking and funny.
reviews All Reviews MIFF REVIEW | Good Boy (2025) Derek Armstrong / 11:00 / 11.08.25 A horror movie through the eyes of a dog sounds like a wonderful concept, but this MIFF movie can't quite deliver on it.
Editor's Choice reviews Top Picks MIFF PREVIEW | Pavements (2025) and The End (2025) Derek Armstrong / 11:00 / 07.08.25 The 73rd Melbourne International Film Festival kicks off tonight, and we preview it through two unique, musical films.
reviews All Reviews MIFF REVIEW | My Old Ass (2024) Derek Armstrong / 11:08 / 19.08.24 A high-concept coming-of-age story has one slight drawback, but otherwise is a charmer in our latest coverage of the Melbourne International Film Festival.