Revue

Glitter Gore and Magical Madness: An Interview with Hannah Barlow

Critics Campus participant Lamya Nawar speaks to Hannah Barlow about self-awareness, self-forgiveness, and the power and perils of social media, as tackled in the pop-horror film Sissy.

By Lamya Nawar | 28 Aug 2022
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Interviews Critics Campus

Remembering the Radical: An Interview with John Hughes

Critics Campus participant Digby Houghton speaks to Senses of Cinema co-director John Hughes about subversion, collective filmmaking and historiography.

By Digby Houghton | 27 Aug 2022

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Interviews Critics Campus

Down the Rabbit Hole: An Interview with Alena Lodkina

Critics Campus participant Andrew Fraser speaks to Petrol writer/director Alena Lodkina about creative synergies, cultural cringe and challenging audiences to watch films as co-creators.

By Andrew Fraser | 26 Aug 2022

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Interviews Critics Campus

A Film That Talks: An Interview with Beck Cole

Critics Campus participant Lily Rodgers speaks to director Beck Cole about collaboration, revelation and transformative storytelling as embodied in the dynamic anthology We Are Still Here.

By Lily Rodgers | 25 Aug 2022

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Critics Campus Reviews

Funny Pages – Four Ways

Owen Kline’s coming-of-age black comedy Funny Pages gets the critical treatment from four of our 2022 Critics Campus participants: Andrew Fraser, Ellen O’Brien, Lamya Nawar and Brooke Heinz.

24 Aug 2022

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Critics Campus Reviews

Your Money, My Problem: Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies

Critics Campus participant Ellen O’Brien reflects on the entanglement of fascination, aspiration and alienation when watching screen portrayals of wealth, using Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies as her jumping-off point.

By Ellen O’Brien | 23 Aug 2022

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Critics Campus Reviews

Sissy – Four Ways

Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes’s Sissy receives some critical attention from four of our 2022 Critics Campus participants: Isabelle Carney, James Walsh, Digby Houghton and Lily Rodgers.

22 Aug 2022

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Critics Campus Reviews

Killed Off: The Ultimate Villain in Speak No Evil

Critics Campus participant Lamya Nawar dissects the inertia and contrivances – depicted and in delivery – at the heart of Christian Tafdrup’s Speak No Evil.

By Lamya Nawar | 22 Aug 2022

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Interviews Critics Campus

Between Silly and Sincere: An Interview with Pat Mooney

Critics Campus participant Isabelle Carney speaks to Lime Parfait director Pat Mooney about intent, nostalgia and the ethics of the fib.

By Isabelle Carney | 19 Aug 2022

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Interviews Critics Campus

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

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Critics Campus Reviews

Aftersun and the Great Unknown

Critics Campus participant Lily Rogers examines the calibrations of suggestion, subtlety and reticence in Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun.

By Lily Rodgers | 18 Aug 2022