Month: July 2020

Finally had a chance over the weekend to look into the films available for viewing at the upcoming MIFF 2020. Lots of good potential here! It’s obvious that this isn’t a full MIFF (and this wasn’t surprising), but I am excited about how many films are on offer. Here’s my list of films I’d like to see:

  • 9to5: The Story of a Movement
  • Atlantis
  • Black Bear: Program Spotlight
  • Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
  • Bombay Rose
  • Born to Be
  • Boys State: Program Spotlight
  • Coded Bias
  • Corpus Christi
  • Digger
  • Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt)
  • Ema
  • Exile
  • Farewell Amor
  • First Cow
  • The Go-Go’s
  • Hong Kong Moments
  • Identifying Features
  • Just 6.5
  • Kala Azar
  • The Killing of Two Lovers
  • Kuessipan
  • Lara
  • Last and First Men: Program Spotlight & Performance by the MSO
  • The Leadership
  • The Letter
  • Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky
  • Maddy the Model
  • Marona’s Fantastic Tale
  • Mayor
  • Mogul Mowgli
  • On the Record
  • Paper Champions
  • Perfect 10
  • Prayer for a Lost Mitten
  • Servants
  • Shiva Baby
  • Some Kind of Heaven
  • Suk Suk
  • Sweet Thing
  • The Trouble With Being Born
  • Welcome to Chechnya
  • Wet Season

SHIRLEY – ★★☆ – the preview film for MIFF 68 1/2. Well made biopic set in the late 1940s about Shirley Jackson, an author, and the young couple that come to stay with her. It becomes obvious early on that Shirley and her husband are leading somewhat unusual lives with a dash of dysfunction. Elizabeth Moss is, as usual, excellent. Unfortunately though, not really my cup of tea.

“MIFF 68 1/2” is coming this August, and will be online. I’m looking forward to seeing how it’s all handled. Coming tonight, is a preview test screening. It appears that it will be a browser based steam, which should be shareable to the big (TV) screen. Not expecting that it will be as smooth as a dedicated app, but we’ll see.