MIFF Blog
Beyond the Boundary: An Interview with The Merger director Mark Grentell
On 21/08/2018 at 5:00 pm
MIFF Critics Campus participant Claire White talks to director Mark Grentell about The Merger.
Woman Under the Influence: An Interview with Alia Shawkat
On 21/08/2018 at 5:00 pm
2018 Critics Campus participant Sam Harris spoke to Alia Shawkat about autobiographical art, the influence of John Cassavetes in her work, and future projects.
What the dreaming doing is what the dreaming does: a conversation with the Karrabing Film Collective
On 19/08/2018 at 10:00 am
James Waters sat down with Elizabeth Povinelli, Linda Yarrowin and Cecilia Lewis of the Karrabing Film Collective discuss filmmaking, developing a collective voice and censoring swear words!
Burning and the adaptations of Haruki Murakami
On 13/08/2018 at 4:00 pm
MIFF 2018 Marketing Intern Claudia Biaggini takes us through Murakami's Barn Burning and the filmic adaptations of his works.
Shoplifters, Four Ways
On 10/08/2018 at 5:00 pm
Four participants from this year's Critics Campus - Sam Harris, Eliza Janssen, Claire White, and James Waters - tackle Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters from four different perspectives.
It’s Like He Was Never Really Here: How Lynne Ramsay Externalises Inner Trauma in You Were Never Really Here
On 10/08/2018 at 8:00 am
MIFF2018 Critics Campus participant Debbie Zhou considers Lynne Ramsay's breathtaking You Were Never Really Here through the lens of her previous films.
Bodied: Look What You Made Joseph Kahn Do
On 09/08/2018 at 5:00 pm
MIFF2018 participant Sam Harris celebrates the work of Joseph Kahn through the release of his latest feature, Bodied.
Third Wave Nicolas Cage
On 09/08/2018 at 1:00 pm
MIFF2018 participant Eliza Janssen braves the wild, weird world of Nicolas Cage in anticipation of the upcoming Cage-A-Thon!
Like How I Pictured It: Fangirls and the Enduring Power of the Boyband
On 09/08/2018 at 8:00 am
From the sweaty front row of the MIFF2018 Critics Campus, participant Ivana Brehas writes about Jessica Leski’s I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story
Dance in the Art Film
On 08/08/2018 at 5:00 pm
Inspired by Gaspar Noé’s Climax, MIFF2018 Critics Campus participant André Shannon’s video essay looks into the relationship between dance and art film
The Killer Teen Queens of Thoroughbreds
On 08/08/2018 at 1:00 pm
MIFF2018 Critics Campus participant Claire White goes in for the kill in her review of Cory Finley's luscious Thoroughbreds
What Do You Want to Hear? On the Quasi-Musical Filmography of Jia Zhangke
On 08/08/2018 at 8:00 am
James Waters’ debut piece for the MIFF2018 Critics Campus is a deep dive into the work of Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke
Other Worlds: Spirituality and the Refugee Experience
On 07/08/2018 at 3:00 pm
MIFF2018 Critics Campus participant Valerie Ng explores the spiritual side of the refugee experience through Gabrielle Brady’s The Island of the Hungry Ghosts and Beatriz Seigner’s Los Silencios.
The Beauty of the Familiar: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s imitations of life
On 27/07/2018 at 3:00 pm
MIFF 2018 Critics Campus participant Valerie Ng takes us through the beautiful everyday moments that take centre stage in the imagery of Hirokazu Kore-eda, director of MIFF 2018 films Shoplifters and The Third Murder
MIFF Talks Podcast: Dystopia on Film
On 04/12/2017 at 2:00 pm
Fill the Handmaid's Tale-sized hole in your life with this panel discussion. ... Drawing on MIFF’s Sci-Fi Retrospective and other dystopian works, including Ben C Lucas' OtherLife, filmmakers, film cr...
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