The Big Picture: Vision and reality at the Big Screen Symposium 2013
August 30, 2013
Ample inspiration, burning questions, and a few stark reminders at the second annual Big Screen Symposium for New Zealand filmmakers.
Archives by Month » August 2013
After Miss Julie
August 29, 2013
One Lonely Goat tackle Patrick Marber’s flawless play.
The Orator
August 28, 2013
New Zealand’s inspirational Savage on Samoan humour, ‘Swing’, his deadbeat dad’s death, and dissing Wiz Khalifa.
The Orator (The Remix)
August 28, 2013
In this ‘b-side’ with Savage, the New Zealand rapper discusses his collaborations and influences.
Post-Festival Report 2013:
Know Your Auteur
August 26, 2013
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, it was a banner year for auteurs and their cinephile constituency.
Resident Alien
August 23, 2013
Roy Ward plays Quentin Crisp in Tim Fountain’s play.
Post-Festival Report 2013:
Crime and no punishment
August 22, 2013
Heavyweight themes, vanity and pretence, escapes from escapism—just another year at the New Zealand International Film Festival.
The Dancer
August 21, 2013
A conversation with writer-director Toa Fraser, whose latest project, a film version of the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s acclaimed Giselle, heads to the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
The Hunter:
An Interview with Guillermo Arriaga
August 20, 2013
Keynote speaker at Auckland’s Big Screen Symposium, writer and director Guillermo Arriaga shares thoughts on his film craft and collaborators.
Critical Roundup #5: NZIFF Endnotes
August 19, 2013
A roundup of film favourites from our most prolific Auckland and Wellington correspondents at the New Zealand International Film Festival 2013.
Speaking in Tongues
August 19, 2013
Andrew Bovell’s bracing play receives a world-class treatment at Silo.
Motel
August 18, 2013
One room, four scenes, and eight characters converge in April Phillips’s fly-on-the-wall play.
Hemingway and beyond
August 17, 2013
A conversation about great writers and filmmakers with British film boss Adrian Wootton, fresh off lecturing on Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and Hemingway at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
An Interview with Craig Cliff
August 16, 2013
The writer/columnist/public servant on The Mannequin Makers, his follow-up to the award-winning short story collection, A Man Melting.
The Brave
August 12, 2013
Massive Company explores the New Zealand male and his many flaws, strengths, and differing experiences.
Big Bands: Mistaken for Strangers, Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
August 11, 2013
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, The National and Big Star on film.
Sean Baker on Starlet
August 10, 2013
The talented American filmmaker on depicting Los Angeles, channelling Harold and Maude, and the cruelty of truth.
Friends and Lovers:
Starlet, Much Ado About Nothing
August 10, 2013
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, Sean Baker’s ode to friendship; and Joss Whedon’s carefree Shakespeare adaptation.
Space Invades:
Ornette: Made in America
August 9, 2013
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, Shirley Clarke’s captivating 1985 portrait of jazz icon Ornette Coleman.
On This Ain’t No Mouse Music!
August 9, 2013
Documentarian Maureen Gosling talks Chris Strachwitz, preserving American music culture, and learning from Les Blank.