Tag: Melbourne International Film Festival
Sunday essay: sex, swimming and smudgy louvres – watching Monkey Grip 40 years on
Image: An early poster for Monkey Grip, starring Noni Hazelhurst and Colin Friels. MIFF
The woman’s name is Nora, and she’s getting out of the pool...
Makeshift screens, censored films and ASIO: how the Melbourne International Film Festival began 70 years ago
Featured picture: Author provided.
On the Australia Day weekend in 1952, a group of die-hard film buffs put on a film festival. They had selected...