If I Had Legs I’d Kick You review: Rose Byrne delivers a tour de force of matriarchal fury in a mothering rollercoaster Mary Bronstein goes full Safdies in an intense and blackly funny look at being a mum

Run, don’t walk to see Rose Byrne lose her shit spectacularly in Mary Bronstein’s bracingly brilliant If I Had Legs I’d Kick You bit.ly/435lnHi

Gate of Flesh – Senses of Cinema

Read our annotation by Faith Everard on GATE OF FLESH (1964) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/ga...

Thinking about the time I was privileged to witness his Welcome to Country speech at MIFF. An absolute legend. I miss him.

The Melbourne Cinémathèque 2025 program is now online. Pulled together with a whole lot of effort by me & a group of very hard working volunteers, this moment is a privilege & a wonder every year. Take a look & come along if you're a local - print program out v soon! www.melbournecinematheque.org

Four stills from four films in a collage. From top-left clockwise: THE SUBSTANCE, THE ZONE OF INTEREST, ANATOMY OF A FALL and LOVE LIES BLEEDING.

My favourite four of 2024. To the next year of cinema and beyond. Love to all on this old, dark night. 🖤

And thank you to @sensesofcinema.bsky.social for publishing six annotations by me this year. I look forward to more xx

May 2024 writing dump: I explored the Italian prison pseudo-documentary CAESAR MUST DIE (2012), and the bewitching thriller THE SECRET (1979) for CTEQ annotations for Senses of Cinema. Hope you enjoy ☺️

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Two women smile lovingly at one another, one brunette and one strawberry blonde.

I wrote something about my beloved Agnès Varda and her pro-abortion film, ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN’T. Read here: www.sensesofcinema.com/2024/cteq/on...

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the musical snobbery is unreal

Between ANATOMY OF A FALL and THE ZONE OF INTEREST I’m so happy to see Sandra Hüller finally getting the international recognition she deserves.

Aftersun was unreal

Alex you never stop. Incredible lady <3

I talked about campy, queer, retro Australian comedy WHILE THE MEN ARE AWAY in the latest Big Issue. Aussies, grab a copy now to support your local vendors :)

Two men in are caught mid-turmoil in a falling window-washing lift, in monochrome Czechoslovak film ‘Heave-Ho’.

Nearly forgot to mention that I wrote this commie, fun piece for Senses of Cinema via the Melbourne Cinémathèque annotations. Read on a classic comedy and therein Czech politics here: www.sensesofcinema.com/2023/cteq/he...

Watson - come here - I need you