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Bill Farr is an art director with a long-standing fascination with the work of Judy Garland. Her ill-fated concert tour …

Rolling out the red carpet for the Velvet Revolution

The Czech and Slovak Film Festival kicks off in Melbourne on Thursday. Anders Furze spoke with artistic director Eleanor Colla about its …

In volume 2 of his Melbourne International Film Festival diary, critic Anders Furze takes in films including the hot ticket …

My experience of the Melbourne International Film Festival veers wildly from year to year. One year I’ll focus on retrospectives, …

Subtle notes of angst, despair and deep yearning defined a powerful union of the work of musicians Nick Cave and …

You’ve heard apocryphal stories about people making movies on their maxed-out credit cards, but this remarkable story of bringing a …

Disney’s new The Lion King remake opens with the sounds of birds chirping and the sight of a golden sun …

It’s a brave new world at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival, the first for new artistic director Al Cossar …

Monrovia, Indiana Frederick Wiseman returns to MIFF with this portrait of one small town deep inside America. A festival stalwart, Wiseman …

He proudly admits to having probably watched Michael Mann’s 1995 film Heat more times than any other human being on …