Revue

More Heart than Horror: An Interview with Florian Habicht

In an interview with director Florian Habicht, MIFF 2017 Critics Campus participant Dominic Ellis looks behind the theme-park frights in the documentary Spookers.

By Alex | 16 Aug 2017
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“It’s Really Worth Watching a Whole Range of Cinema”: An Interview with Wendall Thomas

Delivering a series lectures as part of MIFF’s Industry Public Access Events, developer, writer and lecturer Wendall Thomas speaks to 2017 Critics Campus participant Greer Forrester.

By Alex | 16 Aug 2017

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The Ashes of a Medium: Anocha Suwichakornpong on the Death and Resurrection of Film

MIFF2017 Critics Campus participant Kai Perrignon speaks to Thai director Anocha Suwichakornpong about her film By the Time it Gets Dark

By Alex | 15 Aug 2017

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Song to Song, Four Ways

Four participants from the 2017 Critics Campus tackle Terrence Malick’s Song to Song in these short reviews, with a diverse range of responses.

By Alex | 13 Aug 2017

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Higher Learning: The MIFF Kids and MIFF Schools Programs

2017 Critics Campus participant Greer Forrester talks to programmer Thomas Caldwell about the MIFF Kids and MIFF Schools programs, and the Kids’ Gala screening of Ash Brannon’s Rock Dog.

By Alex | 13 Aug 2017

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Let the Sunshine In, Four Ways

Let the Sunshine is reviewed by four participants from the 2017 Critics Campus, providing a range of different takes on Claire Denis' latest.

By Alex | 12 Aug 2017

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Going Underground: Celluloid in the Digital Age

Through Bill Morrison's Dawson City: Frozen Time and Niles Atallah’s Rey, MIFF2017 Critics Campus participant Keva York reflects on the materiality of cinema history.

By Alex | 12 Aug 2017

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Critics Campus 66th MIFF MIFF 2017 Sci Fi Video Essay

Tetsuo: The Iron Man - A Queer Marxist Reading

A video essay by 2017 Critics Campus participant Amanda Barbour explores the queer Marxist possibilities opened up by Shinya Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo: The Iron Man.

By Alex | 12 Aug 2017

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Pushing Boundaries: The Breakout Films from Pioneering Women

The Pioneering Women filmmakers of Australian cinema look into aspects of women’s experiences often ignored by their male counterparts, argues MIFF 2017 Critics Campus participant Faith Everard.

By Alex | 11 Aug 2017

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On Dries and Rethinking the Fashion Documentary

2017 Critics Campus participant Phoebe Chen strips back the glamour in her look at Reiner Holzemer’s Dries and the fashion documentary.

By Alex | 11 Aug 2017

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Fitting In is Tough: The Trials of a Teenage Dahmer

The ethics of movies about real life serial killers like Marc Meyers' My Friend Dahmer is placed under the microscope by 2017 Critics Campus participant Kai Perrignon.

By Alex | 10 Aug 2017