Author Archives: Tim Wong
Out of the Past: Damsels in Distress
At the World Cinema Showcase, Whit Stillman makes a comeback—but after 14 years, has his cinema of propriety and verbal wit aged well?
Distractions and Denouements:
Final Thoughts on NZIFF 2011
As ominous clouds gathered both on and off the screen at the New Zealand International Film Festival, nothing could deny the quality of cinema, nor for that matter the event’s staying power and relevance.
Two From Japan: 13 Assassins, Arrietty
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Miike’s ferocious swashbuckler; Ghibli’s latest animated triumph.
Silent Souls: Las acacias, A Useful Life
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: The quiet affection and reverie of two South American films.
Matters of Life and Death:
Aita, The Turin Horse
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Meditations on mortality and the passing of time.
Love Hurts:
Oki’s Movie, Norwegian Wood
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Hong Sang-soo and Tran Ahn Hung’s ‘love triangles’.
Lost and Found in America:
Meek’s Cutoff
Kelly Reichardt’s remarkable new film isn’t a revisionist western—it’s a rediscovery of history through primitive, classical, and modern gestures. The following is a discussion of its unique qualities, as well as a conversation about its making with actress Shirley Henderson.
These Kids Are All Right:
Heartbeats, Tiny Furniture
Should we care about rich kids and their problems? Two new films by two young filmmakers at the New Zealand International Film Festival make a convincing case for ‘cinema of the self’.
Three From Europe: Attenberg, My Joy, The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: A small, exciting snapshot of the gems we expect from the 150-strong programme.
Wendy and Lucy (2008)
This week at the Wellington Film Society: Kelly Reichardt's American tales.
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Introducing Pedro Costa
Charting the evolution—and revolution—of the Portuguese auteur’s miraculous cinema, at last set to screen in New Zealand courtesy of the Film Society.
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The New World (2005)
This week at the Wellington Film Society: Terrence Malick.
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WCS 2011: White Meadows, We Are What We Are
At the World Cinema Showcase: Mohammad Rasoulof’s arresting fable of Iranian sorrow; Jorge Michel Grau’s horror movie as social satire.
The Lacemaker (1977)
This week at the Wellington Film Society: Isabelle Huppert’s breakthrough.
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Millennium Actress (2001)
This week at the Wellington Film Society: the late Satoshi Kon.
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Imagining Disaster: Into Eternity
At the Documentary Edge Festival, Danish filmmaker Michael Madsen contemplates the future through the burial of our past.
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Dance Dance Revulsion: Black Swan
Film review of Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan.
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Eccentricities of an
International Film Festival:
Snapshots from NZIFF and TIFF 2010
Even against Toronto’s embarrassment of cinematic riches, New Zealand’s own international film festival stacks up as a world-class event.
Deep Focus: Ne change rien
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Pedro Costa’s sublime study of an artist at work.
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