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Melbourne Film Festival

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Festivals

Pioneering women at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2017

by Simran Hans

A pro­gram­ming strand ded­i­cat­ed to female per­spec­tives was a high­light of this year’s festival.
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Festivals

Jungle – first look review

by James Douglas

Daniel Rad­cliffe goes off-grid and gets more than he bar­gained for in this mud­dled Ama­zon­ian adventure.
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Festivals

Should film tackle racial hatred with comedy?

by David Jenkins

Abe Forsythe’s con­tro­ver­sial new film Down Under is ruf­fling feath­ers among the Aus­tralian establishment.
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Festivals

Discover this new mermaid movie with a very dark twist

by David Jenkins

Agniesz­ka Smoczynska’s The Lure rais­es a blood-stained mid­dle fin­ger to the likes of The Lit­tle Mer­maid and Splash.
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Melbourne Film Festival

Is this the feminist answer to sexploitation?

by David Jenkins

Anna Biller’s The Love Witch offers a play­ful take on a genre dom­i­nat­ed by male perspectives.
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Festivals

How to run an international film festival

by David Jenkins

Michelle Carey, Artis­tic Direc­tor of the Mel­bourne Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val, offers some vital tips to bud­ding programmers.

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