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In My Blood It Runs, Four Ways

In My Blood It Runs, Four Ways

Maya Newell’s In My Blood It Runs is considered from a range of different critical perspectives by four of our 2019 Critics Campus participants, including Michael Sun, Isabella Trimboli, Jamie Tram, and Olivia Bennett.

12 Aug 2019
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The Dead Don’t Die, Four Ways

Four participants from this year's Critics Campus – Luke McCarthy, Claire Cao, Zoë Almeida Goodall and Zach Karpinellison – tackle Jim Jarmusch's The Dead Don't Die from four different perspectives.

11 Aug 2019
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Road to Nowhere: Potential and Passivity in Take Me Somewhere Nice

Ena Sendijarević's Take Me Somewhere Nice takes MIFF 2019 Critics Campus participant Michael Sun on a wild ride across Bosnia with the film's Dutch teen protagonist.

11 Aug 2019
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Class Matters at MIFF: The Souvenir and Sorry We Missed You

Isabella Trimboli is a MIFF 2019 Critics Campus participant who interrogates questions of class in the United Kingdom in two films playing at this year's festival: Ken Loach's Sorry We Missed You and Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir.

09 Aug 2019
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Eight Lives, One Ocean: Vai Celebrates the Staggering Resilience of Pasifika women

The lives of Pasifika women told in eight films by eight directors with eight actresses in the portmanteau movie Vai is the subject of MIFF 2019 Critics Campus participant Claire Cao's appreciative critical eye.

09 Aug 2019
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Bait, Buoyancy and the Struggle for Independence

The politics of fishing and its social impact in two films at this year's festival – Bait and Buoyancy – are the subject of this deep dive by 2019 Critics Campus participant Olivia Bennett.

08 Aug 2019
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Pain and Pleasure: The Complicated Humanity of Abel Ferrara’s Tommaso

Abel Ferrara reunites once again with regular collaborator Willem Dafoe for their latest film Tommaso, examined by 2019 MIFF Critics Campus participant Luke McCarthy.

08 Aug 2019
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Patience Pays Off: The Rewards of Tsai Ming-Liang’s Your Face

From the frontlines of the 2019 MIFF Critics Campus, participant Zach Karpinellison shares his reflections on Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang's moving cinema experience Your Face.

07 Aug 2019
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Woman Under the Influence: An Interview with Alia Shawkat

2018 Critics Campus participant Sam Harris spoke to Alia Shawkat about autobiographical art, the influence of John Cassavetes in her work, and future projects.

By Critics Luke | 21 Aug 2018
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Beyond the Boundary: An Interview with The Merger director Mark Grentell

MIFF Critics Campus participant Claire White talks to director Mark Grentell about The Merger.

By Critics Luke | 21 Aug 2018
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Uncompromising Voices: An Interview with Leave No Trace Director Debra Granik

Critics Campus participant Debbie Zhou sits down for a conversation with Leave No Trace director Debra Granik at MIFF 2018.

By Critics Luke | 21 Aug 2018