FEATURE: How Much Moore Is Too Much?

For some he’s a symbol of a renewed political activism, champion of the underdog, a working class emancipator, a baseball-capped David taking on the corporate and government Goliaths. For others, he’s a self-righteous egotist, an expedient manipulator of truths, a baseball-capped multi-millionaire more interested in his net worth than the causes he champions. Love him […]

FEATURE: MIFFing Out On Festival Fatigue

“19 Days Only”! That’s the slogan for this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival. It’s a catchy little phrase, no doubt engineered by some marketing guru hoping to incite panic among cinephiles desperate to savour each and every last frame from the films on show. And yet now, with the program nearing its conclusion, I can’t […]