Matter of Life and Death, A (Stairway to Heaven)

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A fantastical satire against bureaucracy whose real-world target is less than immediately recognizable

A movie that proves you don’t have to be a left-wing nut to make documentaries these days; you can also be a right-wing nut

Me Myself I, written and directed by Pip Karmel, is a sort of Australian version of Sliding Doors but with little of its prototype’s wit or cleverness. Everybody’s favorite bouncing Aussie lass, Rachel Griffiths (who, like Toni Collette, sprang to international stardom out of Muriel’s Wedding) plays a 30-something journalist in Sydney called Pam Drury….

Another autumnal triumph from the world’s greatest living film director.