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Category Archives: Film Society

Wake in Fright (1971)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | April 7, 2012
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: one of the great, unheralded Australian films of all-time.
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Mildred Pierce (1945)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | March 28, 2012
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: Joan Crawford as James M. Cain’s desperate housewife.
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The Skin I Live In (2011)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | March 12, 2012
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: Almodóvar’s dark days.
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Die Mitte (The Centre, 2003);
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | October 5, 2011
This week at the Wellington Film Society: The heart of Europe; Lubitsch’s touch.
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The Story of Me (2009)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | September 21, 2011
This week at the Wellington Film Society: Brazil in the spotlight.
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The Woman with the Five Elephants (2009)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | September 6, 2011
This week at the Wellington Film Society: The weight of history; the power of language.
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In Vanda’s Room (2000);
Colossal Youth (2006)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | June 28, 2011
This week at the Wellington Film Society: Part two and three of Pedro Costa’s Fontaínhas trilogy.
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Le Doulos (1962)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | June 14, 2011
This week at the Wellington Film Society: Putting a finger on the brilliance of Melville’s classic film noir.
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Ossos (1997)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | May 24, 2011
This week at the Wellington Film Society: Part one of Pedro Costa’s Fontaínhas trilogy.
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Wendy and Lucy (2008)

By Tim Wong | May 14, 2011
This week at the Wellington Film Society: Kelly Reichardt's American tales.
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Introducing Pedro Costa

By Tim Wong | May 2, 2011
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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Coup de torchon (1981)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | April 10, 2011
This week at the Wellington Film Society: a killer inside.
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The New World (2005)

By Tim Wong | April 3, 2011
This week at the Wellington Film Society: Terrence Malick.
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The Lacemaker (1977)

By Tim Wong | March 26, 2011
This week at the Wellington Film Society: Isabelle Huppert’s breakthrough.
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Millennium Actress (2001)

By Tim Wong | March 18, 2011
This week at the Wellington Film Society: the late Satoshi Kon.
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Back to Normandy (2004); Life is a Miracle (2007)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | August 29, 2010
This week at the Wellington Film Society: Nicolas Philibert and Emir Kusterica.
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Comrades in Dreams (2006)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | June 30, 2010
This week at the Wellington Film Society: a love letter to independent cinema owners the world over.
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The Innovator:
Norman McLaren Shorts (1941-2004)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | May 16, 2010
This week at the Wellington Film Society: part two of a retrospective on Canada’s pioneering experimental filmmaker.
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The White Balloon (1995)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | May 5, 2010
This week at the Wellington Film Society: Jafar Panahi’s marvellous debut.
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Close-Up (1990)

By Brannavan Gnanalingam | April 19, 2010
This week at the Wellington Film Society: Abbas Kiarostami’s masterpiece.
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