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Creating in the Chaos: Kim Miles
Creating in the Chaos: Kim Miles

Amelia Leonard interviews Kim Miles for the MWFF Critics Lab.

NEUTRON STARS, CONNECTION, AND ANCIENT SPACE EGGS: AN INTERVIEW WITH JP, CREATOR OF POND (2022)
NEUTRON STARS, CONNECTION, AND ANCIENT SPACE EGGS: AN INTERVIEW WITH JP, CREATOR OF POND (2022)

Olivia Jones interviews JP for the MWFF Critics Lab

An Interview with Waroonrat (Palmmy) Thanaboonsrikoon, creator of VOID (2024)
An Interview with Waroonrat (Palmmy) Thanaboonsrikoon, creator of VOID (2024)

Eina Tubadeza interviews Waroonrat (Palmmy) Thanaboonsrikoon for the MWFF Critics Lab

T Blockers: The Trans Experience vs the Formula
T Blockers: The Trans Experience vs the Formula

Eina Tubadeza reviews T Blockers for the MWFF Critics Lab.

Grafted
Grafted

Michelle Huang reviews Grafted for the MWFF Critics Lab.

Clever Titles, Podcasts, and (Grand)Parents: Interview with Julie Zhu (Lǎo Lao Lǎo Le, 2023)
Clever Titles, Podcasts, and (Grand)Parents: Interview with Julie Zhu (Lǎo Lao Lǎo Le, 2023)

MWFF Critics Lab’s Michelle Huang interviewed Lǎo Lao Lǎo Le writer-director Julie Zhu.

Audrey
Audrey

Amelia Leonard reviews Audrey for MWFF Critics Lab.

We Were Dangerous
We Were Dangerous

Olivia Jones reviews MWFF Opening Night film We Were Dangerous.

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