Reel Brazil 2013
April 30, 2013
An Interview with Reel Brazil Film Festival director Leandro Cavalcanti.
Archives by Month » April 2013
The Rotterdam Dispatch, Part 3:
Home Dramas
April 26, 2013
At the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Song Fang’s astute debut feature; plus, via “Changing Channels”, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s first foray into television.
Auckland Writers & Readers Festival Writers: Past and Future
April 24, 2013
Highlights from The Lumière Reader’s past coverage of writers speaking at the forthcoming Auckland Writers & Readers Festival.
Midnight in Moscow
April 23, 2013
Dean Parker’s part spy thriller, part comedy of manners, part political play presented by Auckland Theatre Company.
Sweetman on Simmons on Cohen
April 22, 2013
Thoughts on Sylvie Simmons and music journalism ahead of the Leonard Cohen biographer’s trip to New Zealand in May.
The Pianist:
Luke Buda on Fandango, Part 3
April 19, 2013
Discussing Poland, piano teachers, and favourite Phoenix tracks with Luke Buda ahead of the Phoenix Foundation’s fifth studio album release.
The Return of the Kasimier:
Luke Buda on Fandango, Part 2
April 18, 2013
More from Luke Buda ahead of the Phoenix Foundation’s fifth studio album release, including new drummer Chris O’Connor, sloppy Phoenix gigs, and the Kasimier.
Buda and I:
Luke Buda on Fandango, Part 1
April 17, 2013
Ahead of the Phoenix Foundation’s fifth studio album release, Luke Buda riffs on Glastonbury, Jarvis Cocker, and the Phoenix Sound.
Farhadi’s Moral Tales, plus why retrospectives matter
April 16, 2013
At the newly christened Autumn Events, four films by Asghar Farhadi.
Berlinale Dispatch (2013) #4: Camille Claudel 1915, Nobody’s Daughter Haewon, The Look of Love, Love Battles, Letter From an Unknown Woman, Portrait of Jason
April 15, 2013
Last encounters at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
Beau Travail (1999)
April 14, 2013
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: furtive moments/bodies in motion.
Sundance 2013:
Movies, Movies, and more Movies
April 8, 2013
Thirty-something encounters at the Sundance Film Festival.
Wilco w/ Mavis Staples
April 6, 2013
ALEXANDER BISLEY on the First Lady of Gospel; LUKE BUDA on Wilco’s first tour of the new year.
Sundance 2013: 12 days in Park City
April 4, 2013
An absolute beginner’s guide to the Sundance Film Festival.
Beautiful Spirit:
WOMAD New Zealand 2013
April 2, 2013
A wrap of this year’s WOMAD festival in Taranaki.
The Awful Truth (1937)
April 1, 2013
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: a screwball primer.