Virat Nehru speaks to director Nandita Das about her new film, which chronicles the life of one of the greatest short story writers of the 20th century.
A Woman Captured
Bernadett Tuza-Ritter’s illuminating observational documentary looks at modern day slavery in Hungary.
Call Me By Your Name – An Interview with Luca Guadagnino
Phoebe Chen speaks with filmmaker Luca Guadagnino about the immediacy of desire, body language, and the power of aesthetics in his latest, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME.
The Butterfly Tree
Priscilla Cameron’s debut feature is every bit as adolescent and as troubled as its protagonist, writes Greer Forrester.
Golden Exits
Alex Ross Perry’s fruitful return to a romanticised celluloid Brooklyn finds tension in a group of suburbanites caught in tangled webs of familial obligation, writes Dominic Ellis.
Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder – An Interview with Fern Silva
We spoke with experimental filmmaker Fern Silva, whose 16mm work Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder recently screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Yourself and Yours
At the Melbourne International Film Festival, YOURSELF AND YOURS is a sharply observed romantic comedy that’s unique among director Hong Sang-soo’s work, writes Conor Bateman.
The Blood of the Covenant: Fringe Politics in A Gray State and The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On
Kai Perrignon writes on the kinship shared by Kenzo Okuzaki and David Crowley, published in partnership with Melbourne International Film Festival’s Critics Campus program.
The Work
Directors Jarius McLeary and Gethin Aldous document a four-day therapy session inside Folsom Prison with THE WORK, a beautiful film with a willingness to step into fear to find a raw, unremitting beauty in the witnessing of healing.
Railway Sleepers
Railway Sleepers observes a cross-section of life and activity in the railway cars that criss-cross Thailand.