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Revue
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.
The Beauty of the Familiar: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s imitations of life
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
A Sisyphean Determination: On Terry Gilliam’s struggle with The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Faith Everard takes us through the plagued production of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and explores why this film is one of the most anticipated films of MIFF 2018.
Ode to the Tough Guy: Ryan Gosling and Masculinity
MIFF 2018 Critics Campus Participant Ivana Brehas explores what Ryan Gosling can teach us about masculinity.
How to Watch A Jean-Luc Godard Film in 2018
MIFF 2018 Critics Campus participant André Shannon gives us some tips for the best way to enjoy Jean-Luc Godard's The Image Book.
Top of the Lake: China Girl – An Interview with Ariel Kleiman
Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake: China Girl co-director Ariel Kleiman talks about the project with MIFF 2017 Critics Campus participant Blythe Worthy
On Character and the Feeling of a City: An Interview With Peter Mackie-Burns
Filmmaker Peter Mackie Burns talks to 2017 Critics Campus participant Phoebe Chen about his movie Daphne, his influences and filming London.
Michel on Malick: The Disembodied Interview - A Video Essay
MIFF2017 Critics Campus participant Amanda Barbour presents a video essay of her interview with legendary composer, filmmaker, historian, writer and sound theorist Michel Chion.
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.
“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.
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