Murder Mysteries Film Festival, Brisbane

When Murder on the Orient Express became a big box office hit back in 2017, it wasn’t the first time that the Agatha Christie novel had reached the silver screen. That honour goes to the 1974 movie of the same name, which starred Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot, and featured everyone from Sean Connery and Lauren Bacall to Vanessa Redgrave and Ingrid Bergman. And if you’re keen to explore its whodunnit thrills, you can at Dendy Coorparoo’s new Murder Mysteries Film Festival.

From, Thursday, March 18–Wednesday, March 31, this six-title fest is all about sleuthing through blasts from the past. Before the next new Poirot flick, Death on the Nile, reaches cinemas — hopefully at some point this year — you can see the…