The Human Condition: An Interview with Joshua Oppenheimer
February 26, 2016
Ahead of The Look of Silence’s date at the Oscars for Best Documentary Feature, a conversation with filmmaker and human rights activist Joshua Oppenheimer.
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The Year in Review:
The Best of Film in 2015, Part 4
December 21, 2015
Ten films to write home about in 2015, plus ten discoveries and revelations.
The Year in Review: The Best of Film (and Music) in 2015, Part 3
December 17, 2015
In praise of the New Zealand International Film Festival, plus the future of live music in Wellington.
The Year in Review: The Best of Film (and TV) in 2015, Part 2
December 16, 2015
Ten personal bests in film, plus favourite television series and repertory screenings in 2015.
The Year in Review:
The Best of Film in 2015, Part 1
December 15, 2015
The year in cinema releases, festival highlights, and moments from films that history might otherwise forget.
Houses and Homes:
Briar March on A Place to Call Home
December 14, 2015
Filmmaker Briar March talks about the creative and collaborative process behind her three-year project to document opposing housing projects in Glen Innes and Northland.
“I lost about 700kg worth of friends”
December 3, 2015
Actor Brendan Cowell on tackling Australia’s alcohol culture in his feature film directorial debut, Ruben Guthrie.
The Best of Youth
November 25, 2015
Talking Paolo Sorrentino, John Huston, and BFI London Film Festival highlights with film culture tsar Adrian Wootton.
“Let this be the beginning now”: A Conversation with Ramin Bahrani
October 28, 2015
The director of 99 Homes on his film’s moral tightrope, New Zealand’s current housing bubble, and the trouble with John Key.
From Trainspotting to Porno
September 24, 2015
A speculation on Danny Boyle’s recently announced sequel to Trainspotting—an adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel Porno—and what it means for the film’s legacy.
“Some sort of strange cousin”
September 9, 2015
Jake Gyllenhaal on Everest, family, boxing, and Lou Bloom’s connection with Donnie Darko.
Kidlat Tahimik on Balikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment
August 12, 2015
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, an interview with the veteran Filipino filmmaker and “father of independent cinema in the Philippines.”
Sitting on the edge
August 6, 2015
An interview with Grant Scicluna, writer-director of Downriver—a powerful new Australian film in the tradition of The Boys.
Zhao Qi on The Chinese Mayor
July 27, 2015
Producer Zhao Qi on China’s unstoppable growth and the controversial mayor intent on fast tracking one city’s modernisation.
Jason Lei Howden on Deathgasm
July 23, 2015
A new splatter-fest joins the annals of Kiwi horror comedy at the New Zealand International Film Festival.
Jennifer Peedom on Sherpa
July 23, 2015
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, the spectacular highs and tragic lows of filming on Mt Everest.
Patricia Highsmith—Adaptations
June 5, 2015
A closer look at the screen iterations of Patricia Highsmith’s classic anti-hero, Tom Ripley.
The Rituals of Reporoa:
The Ground We Won
May 1, 2015
A conversation about tackling rugby, male identity, and rural stoicism with filmmakers Christopher Pryor and Miriam Smith.
Making That Sugar Film
April 19, 2015
At this year’s Autumn Events, Damon Gameau puts his body to the sugar test.
Jon Stewart Directs
January 26, 2015
The Daily Show host on condescending to young people, leather, absurd comedy, and directing Rosewater.