Venice or Bust
September 25, 2013
A traveller’s account of the 70th Venice International Film Festival.
Archives by Month » September 2013
Brief notes on Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s fraudulent new film
September 23, 2013
Film review of Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine.
Timothy Blackman, This Country
September 20, 2013
The Wellington singer-songwriter on ‘When You Find That Love’ and other mini-masterpieces on his new EP.
Kiss the Fish
September 18, 2013
Indian Ink’s latest enchanting show.
The Flying Dutchman
September 17, 2013
New Zealand Opera’s production of this foaming, sea-salt crested opera is a real treat.
Wicked by Nature
September 16, 2013
Uncovering the dark themes beneath the light-hearted surface of Broadway smash Wicked: The Musical ahead of its New Zealand debut.
Jess Feast on Gardening With Soul
September 14, 2013
From cowboys and communists to compost and compassion.
Lord of the Flies
September 13, 2013
Auckland Theatre Company adapt William Golding’s seminal novel for the stage.
Abigail’s Party
September 13, 2013
A flawless production of Mike Leigh’s seminal text in British theatre.
Performance in The Master
September 12, 2013
A closer look at the human spectacle of Paul Thomas Anderson’s striking film.
The Joyless Street (1925)
September 10, 2013
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: G.W. Pabst’s Weimar Republic landmark accompanied by the Joyless Orchestra.
Life after Miyazaki
September 6, 2013
With the retirement of its greatest living auteur, where to for anime from here? Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children, plus other past and present discoveries at Madman’s Reel Anime festival, prove that the medium is in good hands.
Reimagining La Belle et la Bête
September 5, 2013
At the Edinburgh International Festival, Philip Glass transforms of Jean Cocteau’s 1946 classic into a synthesis of opera and film.
The Yeti Trilogy
September 4, 2013
A comic odyssey of a lovable yeti.
Five Up, The Comedian
September 2, 2013
Catching up with ex-pat Kiwi humourist John Clarke, who Barry ‘Dame Edna’ Humphries describes as “Australia’s greatest comedian.”