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MIFF Blog
Let the Sunshine In, Four Ways
August 12th 2017 |
Let the Sunshine is reviewed by four participants from the 2017 Critics Campus, providing a range of different takes on Claire Denis' latest.
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Going Underground: Celluloid in the Digital Age
August 12th 2017 |
Through Bill Morrison's Dawson City: Frozen Time and Niles Atallah’s Rey, MIFF2017 Critics Campus participant Keva York reflects on the materiality of cinema history.
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man - A Queer Marxist Reading
August 12th 2017 |
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.
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Pushing Boundaries: The Breakout Films from Pioneering Women
August 11th 2017 |
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.
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On Dries and Rethinking the Fashion Documentary
August 11th 2017 |
2017 Critics Campus participant Phoebe Chen strips back the glamour in her look at Reiner Holzemer’s Dries and the fashion documentary.
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Fitting In is Tough: The Trials of a Teenage Dahmer
August 10th 2017 |
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.
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Nothings Lasts Forever and Oddball Dystopias of the 70s and 80s
August 10th 2017 |
Nothing Lasts Forever is one of a number of subversive sci-fi satires worthy of your attention, says 2017 Critics Campus participant Dominic Ellis.
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Alive and Radical: The Grey-Haired Girls of Top of the Lake: China Girl
August 9th 2017 |
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.
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Michelle Carey Receives Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters
August 6th 2017 |
Congratulations to MIFF Artistic Director Michelle Carey, who has been awarded the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.
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Avoiding MIFF fatigue in 2017
August 2nd 2017 |
Get the most out of MIFF with seasoned festival fan Evan Young's tips for staving off festival fatigue.
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