MQFF 2023 Reviews UPDATED

UPDATE 3.11 – New reviews for The Lost Boys, Our Son, L’immensità, Fireworks, Isla’s Way and 1946: The Mistranslation that Changed Culture.

UPDATE 2.11 – New reviews for In The Meantime, Sunflower and Birder added.

I’m reviewing films at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival this year for The Queer Review. I’ve consolidated my reviews (and those by other Queer Review reviewers) here so they sit in the one place. I’ve listed them in star rating order to make things easier for people considering going and added interviews we’ve run with some of the talent and creators.

I’ll be updating this page as more films are reviewed.

★★★★★ REVIEWS

How to Tell a Secret ★★★★★

★★★★ REVIEWS

1946 – The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture ★★★★ NEW

Chasing Chasing Amy ★★★★ (reviewed by James Kleinmann)

Equal The Contest ★★★★

Fancy Dance ★★★★ (reviewed by James Kleinmann)

In The Meantime ★★★★ NEW

Kokomo City ★★★★ (reviewed by James Kleinmann)

L’immensità ★★★★ NEW

The Lost Boys (Le paradis) ★★★★ NEW

The Mattachine Family ★★★★

Our Son ★★★★ NEW

Passages ★★★★ (reviewed by Glenn Gaylord)

Sunflower ★★★★ NEW

★★★ REVIEWS

Commitment To Life ★★★1/2

Drifter ★★★1/2

Fireworks (Stranizza d’amuri) ★★★1/2 NEW

Isla’s Way ★★★1/2 NEW

Summer Qamp ★★★1/2 (reviewed by James Kleinmann)

Birder ★★★ NEW

Golden Delicious ★★★

Marinette ★★★

INTERVIEWS

Exclusive Interview: Irish drag star Enda McGrattan aka Veda on HIV documentary How To Tell A Secret “art has always been a part of our activism”

Exclusive Interview: filmmaker D. Smith centres Black transgender sex workers in Kokomo City “their stories needed to be told”