- The Lumière Reader is New Zealand’s leading online journal of film criticism and the arts review. Since February 2010, we have published from this new website. A complete archive of features and reviews, dating back to 2003, can be accessed at lumiere.net.nz/reader.
Current Contributors
Brannavan Gnanalingam
Tim Wong
Alexander Bisley
Andy Palmer
Thomasin Sleigh
Steve Garden
Jacob Powell
Sam Brooks
Samuel Phillips
Michael Boyes
Saradha Koirala
Kimaya Mcintosh
Alix Campbell
At a Glance
- Auckland Writers & Readers Festival
- Autumn Events/World Cinema Showcase
- New Zealand Cinema
- New Zealand International Arts Festival
- New Zealand International Film Festival
- Opera
- Photography
- WOMAD
- Years in Review
Editor’s Picks
- The Stuttering Conversation: Art New Zealand in 2013
- On the Road with Mu of Fat Freddy’s Drop
- Minutes from ‘The Clock’
- The Best of Film in 2012
- The Cultural Legacy of Sweet Valley High
- Eleanor Catton on The Rehearsal
- Edward Yang’s Taipei Stories
- Campaign for Censorship Reform
Guest Contributors
- Abby Cunnane on Lucien Rizos’s A Man Walks Out of a Bar
- David Straight on Black Milk
- Grahame Edgeler on The Thick of It.
- Martyn Pepperell listens to the stories behind the songs on SJD’s latest album, Elastic Wasteland
- Megan Dunn takes a slow ride on the Crazy Horse
- Zhou Ting-Fung on Lee Chang-dong’s Oasis
From the Archives
- Creative Writing on Lumière [Oct 09]
- The Ethics of World Music [Jan 09]
- An Interview with Sarah Watt [Mar 08]
- Smells Like Teen Spirit: Judd Apatow, Adam McKay & The Comedy of Arrested Development [Mar 08]
- The Elusive Junot Díaz [Jun 08]
- The Fearless Writer: Mayra Montero [Mar 08]
- Interesting Tension: Observations from the Intellectual Brothel [Oct 07]
- The Braunias Interview [Sept 07]
- Robert Fisk on Film [Apr 06]
A Man Walks Out of a Bar