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Claire Cao

Claire Cao is a freelance writer and avid dumpling lover from Western Sydney. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming in The Lifted Brow Review of Books, Voiceworks, SBS Life and the anthology Sweatshop Women. She tweets @clairexinwen.
Features, Melbourne International Film Festival

‘Ema’ and the Explosive Composite of the Dance Film

Pablo Larraín’s latest film is a metaphysical exploration that gives into the domination, submission and total openness of the senses.

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Melbourne International Film Festival, Reviews

Review: ‘The Plastic House’ Tends To A Garden of Isolation and Grief

The repetitive imagery and near silence of Allison Chhorn’s experimental film may cause pandemic-era viewers to reflect on their own daily routines.

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Hyperlinks Film Festival, Reviews

Review: Travel Deconstructed in ‘Tourism’

Daisuke Miyazaki questions the merit of travel as two Japanese micro-influencers document their vacation to Southeast Asia.

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Interviews, Sydney Film Festival

Revolt Against The System: An Interview with Slam’s Partho Sen Gupta

Ahead of Slam’s premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, Claire Cao talks to director Partho Sen-Gupta about racial microaggressions, the rousing power of Bankstown Poetry Slam, and the strength of mothers all over the world.

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Reviews

Review: Little Woods

Tessa Thompson and Lily James star as two sisters caught up in the cross-border smuggling trade of prescription drugs.

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