Mark's blog about the 2006 Melbourne International Film Festival.Wednesday, August 09, 2006
BLACK GOLD
7/10
Pretty good documentary on why we should all be buying fair trade coffee. And, giving yet another reason why we shouldn't drink Starbucks (other than the fact that their coffee sucks and they put good independent cafes out of business). From now on, whenever I order coffee, I'm going to ask if they have fair trade and choose it if they do. If enough people just ask for it, perhaps the cafes that don't use fair trade coffee will consider offering it.
PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
7.5/10
This was an enjoyable film by Robert Altman. Its about a radio show that ran for around 30 years, featuring the host doing monologues interspersed with live musical performances. Spent a lot of the film trying to work out where I'd seen the woman in the white coat before (and at the very end realised it was the love interest of Miles in Electric Dreams). Highlight of the film for me was Dusty and Lefty's song of bad jokes.
7/10
Pretty good documentary on why we should all be buying fair trade coffee. And, giving yet another reason why we shouldn't drink Starbucks (other than the fact that their coffee sucks and they put good independent cafes out of business). From now on, whenever I order coffee, I'm going to ask if they have fair trade and choose it if they do. If enough people just ask for it, perhaps the cafes that don't use fair trade coffee will consider offering it.
PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
7.5/10
This was an enjoyable film by Robert Altman. Its about a radio show that ran for around 30 years, featuring the host doing monologues interspersed with live musical performances. Spent a lot of the film trying to work out where I'd seen the woman in the white coat before (and at the very end realised it was the love interest of Miles in Electric Dreams). Highlight of the film for me was Dusty and Lefty's song of bad jokes.
