Revue

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

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Nothings Lasts Forever and Oddball Dystopias of the 70s and 80s

Nothing Lasts Forever is one of a number of subversive sci-fi satires worthy of your attention, says 2017 Critics Campus participant Dominic Ellis.

By Alex | 10 Aug 2017

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Alive and Radical: The Grey-Haired Girls of Top of the Lake: China Girl

Jane Campion celebrates the spirit of women in their prime both on screen and in person with Top of the Lake: China Girl, writes 2017 Critics Campus participant Blythe Worthy.

By Alex | 09 Aug 2017

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Beyond Ambition: Nicole Kidman and Jane Campion’s journey toward Top of the Lake: China Girl

MIFF 2017 Critics Campus participant Blythe Worthy traces the journey made by Nicole Kidman and Jane Campion to bring them both to Top of the Lake: China Girl

By Natalie | 18 Jul 2017

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Yorgos Lanthimos, Nikos Nikolaidis and the tradition of Greek shock cinema

MIFF Critics Campus participant Kai Perrignon takes a look at the beginnings of the Greek "weird wave" that paved the way for Yorgos Lanthimos

By Natalie | 18 Jul 2017

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A Life Unsaved: an Interview with Sotiris Dounoukos

In the final Critics Campus 2016 article, participant Doosie Morris talks true crime, vulnerability, and community with Joe Cinque’s Consolation director Sotiris Dounoukos.

By Alice | 13 Aug 2016

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Movements in the Desert: an Interview with Celia Rowlson-Hall

Critics Campus 2016 participant Jessica Ellicott discusses virtuous women, the language of dance, and wanting to be Jesus with Ma director Celia Rowlson-Hall.

By Alice | 13 Aug 2016

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Aquarius, Four Ways

Critics Campus 2016 participants Aimee Knight, Tanya Farley, Isabella McNeill, and Ella Donald review Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Aquarius.

By Alice | 12 Aug 2016