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Join visiting international critics Miriam Bale and Maya S. Cade along with Sweet Milk Lake’s Harvey Zielinski and host Michael Sun for a lively chat through the what and the why of pop culture right now.
Each year at the Melbourne International Film Festival, a panel of Critics Campus mentors and guests gather to dissect the highs and lows of the zeitgeist. Host Michael Sun will be joined by Los Angeles-based film programmer and critic Miriam Bale, writer and creator/curator of Black Film Archive Maya S. Cade who originally hails from New Orleans, and Melbourne’s own Harvey Zielinski – the writer, director and star of MIFF’s Bright Horizons Competition film Sweet Milk Lake. They’ll discuss the most overrated, underrated and personal-favourite moments in movies, TV, podcasts and books of the past 12 months.
If all goes to plan, there’ll be hot takes, heated discussions and great recommendations to enjoy post-festival.
Presented in partnership with Melbourne International Film Festival
Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Saturday 15 August
2.00 - 3.00pm
Tickets
$19.50
Full
$15.50
Concession
$15.50
Under 30
$0.00
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Location
Accessibility
Accessible toilets available
Assistive Listening
Auslan-Interpreted
Registered Assistance Animals welcome
Wheelchair accessible
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Featuring
Miriam Bale
Miriam Bale is a critic and film programmer. She has written for the New York Times, the New York Daily News, W Magazine, Gagosian Quarterly, The New Republic, Film Comment, Indiewire, Sight and Sound and ...
Maya S. Cade
Maya S. Cade is the creator and curator of Black Film Archive and the inaugural CCDI scholar-in-residence at the Library of Congress. Her work has been featured in publications including the New York Times, the Los ...
Harvey Zielinski
Harvey Zielinski wrote, directed, produced and starred in his debut feature, Sweet Milk Lake (MIFF 2026). Harvey’s developing his second feature, Thugs, with Screen Australia support. He’s been nominated ...
Michael Sun
Michael Sun is a critic, essayist, and editor from China and Australia. He is currently film programmer at Art Gallery of New South Wales and his writing on culture has been published in the Guardian, the Paris ...