Eugene Onegin
September 25, 2009
New Zealand Opera and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra present Eugene Onegin.
Archives by Year » 2009
Bold Centuries: A Photographic History Album
September 20, 2009
Haruhiko Sameshima’s photographic monograph.
On Sisters from Siberia
September 17, 2009
Stephanie Cook discusses her role in Russell Campbell’s new documentary.
Varda Shorts: Travel and Counterculture (1957-76); Paris (1959-2003); Cinévardaphoto (1963-2004)
September 16, 2009
Recently at the Wellington Film Society: short films from the doyenne of the French New Wave.
A speculative consideration of Lars von Trier and Antichrist
September 13, 2009
Baiting and repelling audiences in equal measure, Lars von Trier’s Antichrist is the most misunderstood film of the year.
Regarding Brüno
September 10, 2009
The transgressive comedy of Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film.
Russell Campbell on Vanguard Films
September 2, 2009
Thirty years of Vanguard Films—from the politically radical (A Century of Struggle) to excursions into dramatic fiction (Taking the Waewae Express)—screen in retrospect at the Film Archive this September. Founding member Russell Campbell recalls three decades of headstrong filmmaking.
Mahler’s Sixth
September 1, 2009
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra perform Gustav Mahler’s Sixth Symphony.
175 East (August 13, 2009)
August 23, 2009
175 East is an unusually constituted ensemble, with an emphasis on the bottom end. It’s an idiosyncratic combination of flute, clarinet, cello, double bass, bass clarinet and trombone that has, for over ten years, performed some of the most interesting ‘new music for old instruments’.
You never know when you’re gonna go: Breathless, Fish Tank, White Night Wedding, The Hurt Locker
August 22, 2009
A violent quartet from the Melbourne International Film Festival 2009.
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra;
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
August 7, 2009
Three recent concerts from New Zealand’s two finest orchestras.
Dailies—February/March 2009
March 16, 2009
Our writers recap the best and rest in film and DVD: The Dark Knight, Snow Angels, 30 Rock—Seasons 1 & 2, Extras—The Special, Persepolis, Cassandra’s Dream. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. Damily Guy—Season 7 (DVD); Frost/Nixon, Dean Spanley, Valkyrie, Empties (Film).
Appreciations: Ten (2002)
January 14, 2009
Abbas Kiarostami’s ethical gaze.