Funny French offerings as festival closes

James Joyce A gay Jewish Frenchman working as a postman in a pretty corner of Finland flees home to Paris with a bag of ill-gotten cash in Let my people go!

Shock cinema with a gruesome wit

James Joyce A word to the lily-livered tempted to see the macabre American Mary: maybe think twice about the choc-top and popcorn.

Reviews coming up short and sweet online

They are the citizen film critics — a determined band of movie buffs putting their own spin on the exotic offerings of the Canberra International Film Festival.

Best and worst movie monsters

James Joyce What's the worst movie monster ever seen? Here are 10 rubbish movie monsters - and 10 of the coolest - to get you thinking.

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Polished effort puts the fans centre stage

Jake Wilson Searching For Sugar Man, a doco about Sixto Rodriguez - one of many pretenders who spent the early 70s hoping to succeed Bob Dylan - screens as part of CIFF on Friday November 9 at the Arc Cinema.

Singer-songwriter still music to our ears

Philippa Hawker Director Jonathan Demme (Something Wild, The Silence of the Lambs) has made three films focusing on Neil Young.

A stellar film about movie-loving clergyman

James Joyce Set in an Irish village in the 1950s, this quaint charmer pits a movie-loving Roman Catholic priest against the close-minded denizens of his remote parish in Tipperary.

Sisters don't scare easy - but their films do

Ron Cerabona The Soska Sisters, Jen and Sylvia, didn't conform to any kind of horror stereotype. For a pair who write, direct and produce horror movies, the 29-year-old Canadian twins were cheerful, chatty and bubbly.

Beyond the D crease

Ron Cerabona Damon Gameau straps on the pads again in the closing film of the Canberra International Film Festival.