Andrew Bujalski on Computer Chess
June 25, 2013
The quiet achiever behind Mutual Appreciation and Beeswax talks about his surreal fourth feature ahead of the New Zealand International Film Festival.
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Three’s Company: The Loneliest Planet
August 7, 2012
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, traversing the emotional terrain of human relationships.
Fact and Fiction:
Moonrise Kingdom, Bernie
July 29, 2012
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, the eccentricities of Wes Anderson and Richard Linklater.
Telling Tales:
Beasts of the Southern Wild
July 24, 2012
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, Benh Zeitlin’s post-Katrina folk tale sweeps us away.
WCS 2012: Miss Bala
April 30, 2012
At the World Cinema Showcase, the good, the bad, and the not so ugly.
WCS 2012: Presumed Guilty
April 16, 2012
At the World Cinema Showcase, crime and punishment in Vincent Garenq’s harrowing reconstruction of the ‘Outreau Affair’.
WCS 2012: This is Not a Film
April 8, 2012
At the World Cinema Showcase, the injustice and creative resilience of Jafar Panahi’s captivating new film.
WCS 2012: The Tall Man, Hell and Back Again
April 3, 2012
At the World Cinema Showcase, harsh realities as seen through the documentary lens.
WCS 2012: The Swell Season
March 26, 2012
At the World Cinema Showcase, the receding tide of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová’s musical romance.
Time Crimes: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
August 8, 2011
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Ceylan’s rich, contemplative crime movie.
Send in the Clowns: The Last Circus
August 4, 2011
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Álex de la Iglesia’s circus of horrors.
What the title says: Hobo with a Shotgun
August 2, 2011
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Arthouse makes way for Grindhouse in this straight-shooting exploitation flick.
Going, going, gone:
Martha Marcy May Marlene
July 30, 2011
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: A woman on the verge…
Yours Affectionately: Love Story
July 29, 2011
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Florian Habicht’s valentine to the character and characters of New York City.
Men and their Monsters:
Footnote, Troll Hunter
July 26, 2011
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Israeli academics and Norse mythology.
Upstairs Downstairs: The Innkeepers
July 23, 2011
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Ti West’s old-new horror movie.
Love In A Time Of Architecture: Medianeras
July 8, 2011
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Love in—and for—the city of Buenos Aires.
Gold-Digger: 25 Carat
August 5, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Patxi Amézcua’s pulp Spanish thriller.
Toys and Terrorists:
A Town Called Panic, Four Lions
July 29, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Laugh-out-loud moments in stop-motion and jihadism.
Homegrown: Quirky Stories
July 27, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Seven new shorts by New Zealand filmmakers.