The Readings blog

Here’s a quick at-a-glance guide to this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival. You can see the full program here, and also find out what Readings staff are seeing here. Most buzzed about We recommend: The Lobster Runner up: Force of…

Staff share what they’re planning to see at the Melbourne International Film Festival this year! (You can find the full program here). Nina Kenwood loves American indies As always, there are a ton of American indie films I want to…

This year’s Melbourne International Film Festival is filled with book-to-film (and play-to-film) adaptations. Here are our picks of the bunch The End of the Tour (James Ponsoldt, USA) Tasked with writing a profile on author David Foster Wallace for Rolling…

Readings staff member Chris Gordon tells us what it’s like to watch the complete Game of Thrones series, with her teenage son. Here is the stark truth I am not a fan of fantasy films or novels. I’m well aware…

Winter is most certainly here and with that in mind, here’s some literary-inspired period dramas for you for to snuggle up with during the cold evenings – all sorted by the historical period they’re set in. 1529, Wolf Hall Wolf…

Our staff bring us an update from the Alliance Française French Film Festival – what they’ve seen so far and what’s still to come Mark Rubbo on Gemma Bovery: I had the privilege of attending the opening night which…

Nina Kenwood and Bronte Coates talk about Cheryl Strayed’s memoir, Wild, and how the recent film adaptation compares to the book. Bronte: I read Wild based on your recommendation but otherwise I never would’ve picked it up as it…

Here are our 25 bestselling DVDs from the past year. Crime and politics dominate our top sellers with every currently available season of The Bridge, House of Cards (both the US and UK versions) and Borgen all listed below…

Our staff share their favourite – and sometimes their least favourite – films for Christmas time. My all-time favourite Christmas movies are Home Alone and While You Were Sleeping. But over the past few years I started a new…

Here are four upcoming Australian book-to-TV-&-film adaptations that have our staff excited! (Three are supported by Screen Australia and one is an overseas production…) Joe Cinque’s Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law by Helen Garner A…

Three fans of The Hunger Games trilogy – Nina Kenwood, Chris Gordon and Bronte Coates – share their thoughts on the the most recent film adaptation, Mockingjay: Part 1. Bronte: Okay, let’s kick this off with an easy question……

Here are our top ten DVDs of the year, as chosen by our film specialist Lou Fulco. Displayed in no particular order. Chef Chef is a rich and vibrant comedy – the story of Carl Casper (Jon Favreau), who loses…