MIFFing: Splice, The Silent House & The Clinic

I wasn’t entirely sure if it was kosher for me to be reviewing Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) films, considering I was involved in producing the program guide. So, I spoke to the festival’s Executive Director, Richard Moore, who has now given me clearance as contract staff and someone “who has another life” to blog [...]

Here Comes the Bride… And the Censors

This week has been an interesting one, to say the least, both challenging and surprising. As many Melburnians contemplating their schedules for the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) will know, Bruce LaBruce’s L.A. Zombie has been crushed by the Aussie censors, which means us consenting adults won’t have the choice to watch what I was [...]

Frank and Kong

A couple of sample entries from my book, Monster Movies: FRANKENSTEIN (dir. James Whale, USA, 1931) When Mary Shelley first penned Frankenstein (or The Modern Prometheus) in 1818 as part of a literary parlour game with her husband and Lord Byron, she could not have fathomed the ‘monster’ she had created. Her story became the [...]