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Revue
Stuck in the Middle with Dudes: Men on the Verge in How Heavy This Hammer and Suntan
Critics Campus 2016 participant Doosie Morris dissects masculinities in two MIFF 2016 international films.
By Alice | 07 Aug 2016
Critics Campus
International Films
Documentary
MIFF 2016
Dance
Dance on Film: Finding Meaning in Movement
Critics Campus 2016 participant Ella Donald explores the elegiac and expressive films in the Melbourne International Film Festival’s Dance on Film program.
By Alice | 07 Aug 2016
Critics Campus
International Films
Documentary
MIFF 2016
Rhymes of Goodbye: Posthumous Films at MIFF
Inspired by Cosmos and No Home Movie, Critics Campus 2016 participant Andréas Giannopoulos sets off on a journey to uncover the meaning of the final film.
By Alice | 06 Aug 2016
Critics Campus
Documentary
MIFF 2016
Cinematic-Nonfiction: Blurring Fact and Fiction To Shed New Light with Kate Plays Christine’s Robert Greene
Critics Campus 2016 participant Isabella McNeill interviews Robert Greene on truth, fiction and the freedom to fail in his latest film Kate Plays Christine.
By Alice | 06 Aug 2016
Critics Campus
Australian Films
Documentary
MIFF 2016
Keeping It Real: Women Paving the Way in Australian Documentary
Critics Campus 2016 participant Tanya Farley explores gender parity, cultural policy and the recent success of Australian women documentarians.
By Alice | 05 Aug 2016
Critics Campus
MIFF 2016
Comedy
Jerry Lewis
Double Fantasy: Jerry Lewis’s The Ladies Man and The Nutty Professor
Critics Campus 2016 participant Jessica Ellicott examines the role of fantasy in two of Jerry Lewis’s classic comedies.
By Alice | 04 Aug 2016
65th MIFF
Australian Films
MIFF 2016
Festival Guests
65 Seconds with Sotiris Dounoukos
This year MIFF welcomes over 100 guests to the festival to participate in Q&As, panel discussions, special events and to showcase their films...
By alex | 04 Aug 2016
65th MIFF
MIFF 2016
MIFF Ambassadors
Introducing MIFF Ambassador Jane Allsop
For MIFF 2016, in addition to our long serving and very loyal Patron Geoffrey Rush, we welcome a new wave of talent to the fold as MIFF Ambassado...
By alex | 04 Aug 2016
65th MIFF
MIFF 2016
MIFF Ambassadors
Introducing MIFF Ambassador Rhys Muldoon
For MIFF 2016, in addition to our long serving and very loyal Patron Geoffrey Rush, we welcome a new wave of talent to the fold as MIFF Ambassado...
By alex | 04 Aug 2016
Critics Campus
MIFF 2016
Animation
The Story of Adult Animation
In the first Critics Campus 2016 article, Dominic Barlow tells the story of animation for adult viewers.
By Alice | 03 Aug 2016
Interviews
Australian Films
MIFF 2016
MIFF Premiere Fund
Q&A with Ella Director Douglas Watkins
One of six MIFF Premiere Fund films for 2016, Ella will have its world premiere at this year's festival. Written and directed by Douglas Wat...
By MIFF Staff | 02 Aug 2016