Melbourne International Film Festival

Melbourne International Film Festival 2019: HAPPY NEW YEAR, COLIN BURSTEAD
Melbourne International Film Festival 2019: HAPPY NEW YEAR, COLIN BURSTEAD

With Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, Ben Wheatley has crafted a very funny, very real family drama that shows a simple universal truth: all families are weird.

OUR NEW PRESIDENT: An Election Seen Through Russian Eyes
OUR NEW PRESIDENT: An Election Seen Through Russian Eyes

Our New President lets the Russian news about Trump tell its own story, but a bit more structure would have made it clearer and stronger.

Melbourne International Film Festival 2018: The First Weekend Report
Melbourne International Film Festival 2018 Week 2 Report: Books, Crooks & Good Looks

Film Inquiry’s Alex Lines has left MIFF 2018 – his final report includes some of the best (and two of the worst) films he saw.

Melbourne International Film Festival 2018: The First Weekend Report
MIFF 2018 Week One Report: Tales Of Ghosts, Wars & Refugees

For MIFF Week One, Alex Lines reviews several films he was able to see, including Agnieszka Smoczynska’s new film, Matteo Garrone’s Dogman, and more.

Melbourne International Film Festival 2018: The First Weekend Report
Melbourne International Film Festival 2018: The First Weekend Report

In our first Melbourne International Film Festival report, we cover a collection of films, including Columbian crime dramas, a time-bending German war film, and an experimental exercise in young adult race relations.

Melbourne International Film Festival 2017 Week 3
Melbourne International Film Festival 2017 Week 3

Alex Lines describes his final week at the Melbourne International Film Festival, in which he saw films ranging from sci-fi to quirky dramas.

Interview With GOD'S OWN COUNTRY Director Francis Lee
Interview With GOD’S OWN COUNTRY Director Francis Lee

We were able to sit down and talk with Francis Lee, director of the acclaimed upcoming British drama God’s Own Country.

Melbourne International Film Festival 2017 Week 3
Melbourne International Film Festival 2017: Week 2

In this 2nd report, Alex Lines reviews 12 of the films he saw at Melbourne International Film Festival; among them Lemon, Lucky and Insyriated.

AUSTRALIA DAY: Mixed Messages
AUSTRALIA DAY: Mixed Messages

Australia Day is a Crash-style drama that contrasts 3 different minorities facing persecution and racism on the backdrop of Australia Day.

Interview With CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Director Luca Guadagnino
Interview With CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Director Luca Guadagnino

Film Inquiry writer Alex Lines was able to sit down and talk with Luca Guadagnino, director of Call My By Your Name and the upcoming Suspiria.

Melbourne International Film Festival 2017 Week 3
Melbourne International Film Festival 2017 Report: Week One

Alex Lines reports from the Melbourne International Film Festival and reviews Call Me By Your Name, Wonderstruck, Marlina The Murderer and more!