MIFF
A bad thing happened to Eva Victor. What followed was very good indeed
The debut film Sorry, Baby set Hollywood abuzz with its nuanced approach to sexual assault.
- Stephanie Bunbury
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Hollywood loves a creepy fan, but this pop star just got very unlucky
The cringe-inducing Lurker updates an age-old obsession for the social media age.
- Michael Dwyer
Killer kombucha and possessed vacuums: The weirdest films at MIFF this year
Film festivals may lure you in with buzzy prestige pictures, but it’s often their strangest titles that make you stay.
- Nell Geraets
Kristen Stewart was warned not to make this film. She almost blew it
Screaming matches, hernias and a binned script came close to sinking The Chronology of Water. Then came the glowing reviews.
- Stephanie Bunbury
Why School of Rock director Richard Linklater is obsessed with new wave cinema
The US filmmaker who also gave us Before Midnight and Slacker looks at a key moment in cinematic history in his latest project.
- Stephanie Bunbury
Jimmy Barnes doco to premiere at Melbourne International Film Fest
Making the sequel to Working Class Boy proved painful for the hard-living rocker, both emotionally and physically, says its director.
- Karl Quinn
From prison to the Palme d’Or: Jafar Panahi’s defiant message to the world
Iranian director Jafar Panahi said seeing his secretly made film with an audience after 15 years was the most exciting liberty.
- Stephanie Bunbury
‘I didn’t want to’: How John Clarke’s daughter surprised herself with a doco about her dad
Lorin Clarke had no desire to make a movie about her father – until she heard that a bunch of other filmmakers did, and they had it all wrong.
- Karl Quinn
What would you do if you won $140,000? These filmmakers already know
A movie set in Canada that’s a tribute to Iranian cinema has taken out Australia’s richest film prize, a competition for first- and second-time filmmakers.
- Karl Quinn
He used to sleep in his car. Now he’s judging Australia’s richest film prize
Hollywood director David Lowery knows what it’s like to struggle, which is why he loves the idea of giving away $140,000 to a young filmmaker at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
- Karl Quinn
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