Category Archives: Film Festivals
WCS 2012: Presumed Guilty
At the World Cinema Showcase, crime and punishment in Vincent Garenq’s harrowing reconstruction of the ‘Outreau Affair’.
WCS 2012: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, Woody Allen—A Documentary, The Color Wheel
At the World Cinema Showcase, BRANNAVAN GNANALINGAM on the West Memphis Three and Woody Allen; TIM WONG on Alex Ross Perry’s double act.
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?
WCS 2012: This is Not a Film
At the World Cinema Showcase, the injustice and creative resilience of Jafar Panahi’s captivating new film.
Jim Marbrook on Mental Notes
At the World Cinema Showcase, acknowledging New Zealand’s atrocious history in mental health care through documentary and testimony.
WCS 2012: The Tall Man, Hell and Back Again
At the World Cinema Showcase, harsh realities as seen through the documentary lens.
The Human Condition: Margaret
At the World Cinema Showcase, Kenneth Lonergan’s all-too-human drama, a film as mercurial as it is masterful.
WCS 2012: The Swell Season
At the World Cinema Showcase, the receding tide of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová’s musical romance.
WCS 2012: Under African Skies
At the World Cinema Showcase, Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ is both celebrated and scrutinized.
Berlinale Dispatch #8: Last Words
Reflections on the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.
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Berlinale Dispatch #7: Rebelle, Gnade
Jungle and ice at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.
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Berlinale Dispatch #6: Pietra Brettkelly and Ngaa Rauuira Pumanawawhiti on Maori Boy Genius
NINA FOWLER talks to the director/producer and star of Maori Boy Genius, one of two Kiwi feature films at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival
Berlinale Dispatch #5: Two Kiwis in Berlin—Maori Boy Genius, Two Little Boys
Hobbits and elfin glades fade from the mind at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.
Berlinale Dispatch #4: Guy Maddin on Keyhole—and what comes next
At the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, the cult Canadian director talks film noir, collage parties, and séances with Isabella Rossellini.
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Berlinale Dispatch #3:
Crowd-financing, Iron Sky
At the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, should Hollywood give crowd-financing a go? Plus: space Nazis attack!
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Berlinale Dispatch #2: Rebecca Thomas on Electrick Children
At the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, Rebecca Thomas tells the Cinderella story behind her feature debut.
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Berlinale Dispatch #1:
Farewell, My Queen; Hello, Berlin
Benoit Jacquot’s new film sets the tone at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.
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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.
Pia Marais on At Ellen’s Age
The director of The Unpolished confronts the dilemmas of ageing and belonging in her unpredictable new film.
WCS 2012: Miss Bala