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Revue
The Gay Generation Gap in Suk Suk and Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt)
Critics Campus 2020 participant Merryana Salem examines the handling of intergenerational LGBTQIA+ issues in Suk Suk and Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt).
By Merryana Salem | 12 Aug 2020
Critics Campus
Reviews
Walls of Silence: Outside the Oranges Are Blooming and The Plastic House
Critics Campus 2020 participant Jack Rowland explores the depictions of silence and solace in Outside the Oranges Are Blooming and The Plastic House.
By Jack Rowland | 12 Aug 2020
Australian Films
MIFF Premiere Fund
Reviews
Recommendations
Reconciliation cinema: First Nations filmmaking at MIFF
In honour of National Reconciliation Week 2020, we’ve compiled a list of MIFF-featured titles made by, or in collaboration with, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
By MIFF Staff | 01 Jun 2020
International Films
Documentary
Reviews
Recommendations
MIFF Docos To Watch From Home
Five of the best MIFF-featured documentaries you can stream online from Programmer Kate Fitzpatrick.
By MIFF Staff | 19 May 2020
International Films
Reviews
Recommendations
Itchy Feet: Films That Beckon You Outside & Inwards
A curated list of streamable titles from MIFF Programmer Kate Jinx.
By MIFF Staff | 12 May 2020
International Films
Reviews
Recommendations
Stay-Put Cinema
Artistic Director Al Cossar recommends stories of people stuck in place by choice, or circumstance.
By MIFF Staff | 22 Apr 2020
67th MIFF
Critics Campus
Film Criticism
MIFF 2018
Women Filmmakers
Reviews
Other Worlds: Spirituality and the Refugee Experience
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.
By Valerie Ng | 07 Aug 2018
Critics Campus
MIFF 2016
Reviews
Kate Plays Christine, Four Ways
Critics Campus 2016 participants Jessica Ellicott, Doosie Morris, Andréas Giannopoulos and Dominic Barlow review Robert Greene's Kate Plays Christine.
By Alice | 08 Aug 2016
65th MIFF
MIFF 2016
Reviews
Jerry Lewis: The Total Filmmaker Retrospective
To celebrate the MIFF 2016 Jerry Lewis program, the Melbourne-based online film journal Senses of Cinema has published a specially commissioned dossie...
By alex | 20 Jul 2016