Making Seats at the Table: An Interview with Kerry Warkia
Critics Campus participant Brooke Heinz speaks to producer Kerry Warkia about the importance of representation and collective creativity, as exemplified by the film Kaīnga and its predecessors Waru and Vai.
By Brooke Heinz | 19 Aug 2022

Aftersun and the Great Unknown
Critics Campus participant Lily Rogers examines the calibrations of suggestion, subtlety and reticence in Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun.
Lily Rodgers
18 Aug 2022

The Australian Ugliness: Thomas M. Wright’s The Stranger
Critics Campus participant Andrew Fraser unravels the ethical tightrope trod by Thomas M. Wright’s The Stranger and male-focused true-crime films of its ilk.
Andrew Fraser
18 Aug 2022

Homeward Bound: An Interview with Sue Thomson
Critics Campus participant Ellen O’Brien speaks to Under Cover director Sue Thomson about her connection to older women and homelessness, navigating the public storytelling of private and intimate experiences, and working with Hollywood star Margot Robbie.
Ellen O’Brien
17 Aug 2022

The Smaller Picture: Itsy Bits of Life in Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Critics Campus participant Isabelle Carney reflects on perspective, empathy and context, as depicted in Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.
Isabelle Carney
16 Aug 2022

Video Essay: The Afterlight
Critics Campus participant Digby Houghton questions the role of contemporary cinephiles in today’s climate. Using Charlie Shackleton’s single-print film The Afterlight as a backdrop, Houghton explores ephemerality, memorabilia and bias in film preservation.
Digby Houghton
13 Aug 2022

Intimacy and Insight: Jane by Charlotte and Documentary as Personal Care
Critics Campus participant James Walsh delves into the revelatory Jane by Charlotte, contrasting Charlotte Gainsbourg’s filmmaking approach with that of Jane B. par Agnès V. director Agnès Varda.
James Walsh
12 Aug 2022

Out With the Old: Plan 75, Incredible but True and the Fear of Ageing on Screen
Critics Campus participant Brooke Heinz explores two MIFF 70 sci-fi films’ distinctly executed yet converging warnings against resisting the course of nature.
Brooke Heinz
11 Aug 2022

Illustrated Film Talks – Q&A with Adrian Wootton OBE
Former London Film Festival and British Film Institute director Adrian Wootton OBE returns to celebrate the 10th Melbourne instalment of his illustrious Illustrated Film Talks series. In conversation with MIFF, he offers a teaser for his upcoming talks about Cher, Elvis, David Bowie and Baz Luhrmann.
MIFF Staff
27 Jul 2022

The Trappings of Wealth: An Interview with Amalia Ulman
Critics Campus 2021 participant Charlotte Daraio speaks to Amalia Ulman about poverty, preconceptions and the cultural pressure of “being proper”, as depicted in her film El Planeta.
Charlotte Daraio
25 Apr 2022

A Fantasy of Control: Agency and Abrasiveness in The Scary of Sixty-First
Critics Campus 2021 alumnus Jared Richards dives head-first into the manic imagery and manifold references of Dasha Nekrasova’s provocative The Scary of Sixty-First.
Jared Richards
18 Apr 2022
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