Bonnie, Amy and Kena from our team give us their top picks for the 2020 Mardi Gras Film Festival. Bonnie Lingua Franca. I’m excited to see the work of Isabel… Read More
MGFF top picks
Category: Reviews
For Sama
Waad al-Kateab’s “love letter” (For Sama) to her daughter is a brilliantly crafted film and an incredibly intimate, eye-opening look at the impact of war on people who are forced… Read More
Martha: A Picture Story
Australian Director Selina Miles’ Martha: A Picture Story (2019) documents the life and photographic work of photojournalist and independent/freelance photographer Martha’ Marty’ Cooper. This film brings great insight into the work and… Read More
Up the Mountain
In Up The Mountain, a blurring of documentary and fiction, director Zhang Yang portrays the spiritual and rejuvenating qualities of a simple pastoral lifestyle surrounded by fulfilling relationships with people… Read More
High Life
The experiences of humankind, the central feature of storytelling via cinema, is obscurely re-visited in Claire Denis’ High Life (2018). The film is a piece of speculative -science-fiction -horror, which… Read More
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Alice Guy-Blaché was shamefully forced and written out of cinema history. Pamela B Green’s Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché aims to reclaim Guy-Blaché’s story for women, filmmakers… Read More
Halston
The heavily saturated and enchanting appeal and demise of fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick is revealed in Frédéric Tcheng’s Halston (2019). The iconic designer and entrepreneur began his career as… Read More
Children of the Sea
It’s difficult to review Children of the Sea, because it is hard to explain what actually happened in the movie. It’s dense with imagery and symbolism throughout, but upon first… Read More
Swoon
Swoon (Swedish title Eld & Lågor, which translates to ‘Fire and flames’) is a fantastically colourful and light-hearted wartime romance. Set in the continuing inter-family rivalry between two Stockholm amusement… Read More
Nina Wu
Midi Z’s latest film, Nina Wu, is a Taiwanese psychological drama about an actress who gets her big break at a great cost. Ke-Xi Wu’s performance as Nina was very… Read More