Post-Festival Report 2013:
Know Your Auteur
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, it was a banner year for auteurs and their cinephile constituency.
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, it was a banner year for auteurs and their cinephile constituency.
Heavyweight themes, vanity and pretence, escapes from escapism—just another year at the New Zealand International Film Festival.
A roundup of film favourites from our most prolific Auckland and Wellington correspondents at the New Zealand International Film Festival 2013.
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, The National and Big Star on film.
The talented American filmmaker on depicting Los Angeles, channelling Harold and Maude, and the cruelty of truth.
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, Sean Baker’s ode to friendship; and Joss Whedon’s carefree Shakespeare adaptation.
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, Shirley Clarke’s captivating 1985 portrait of jazz icon Ornette Coleman.
Documentarian Maureen Gosling talks Chris Strachwitz, preserving American music culture, and learning from Les Blank.
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, David Moreau’s romantic comedy of mismatched intentions; and Ashgar Farhadi’s emotionally draining follow up to A Separation
Closing the New Zealand International Film Festival, Jim Jarmusch’s vampire elegy leaves an impression.
Death and darkness await in Alain Guiraudie’s beautiful but malevolent film.
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, Diego Quemada-Díez’s tough, compassionate tale of three border-crossing teens.
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, , JACOB POWELL on Shane Carruth’s belated follow-up to Primer; and ALICE MAY CONNOLLY on Theo Taylor’s honest portrait of escalating anxiety.
Wellington musician Theo Taylor discusses the making of his debut feature, Scenes in My Head—a belated return to the ethos first cultivated by the Aro Valley film movement.
Innovation, inspiration, and human expression in Stephanie Beth’s grassroots gaming documentary.
A conversation with filmmakers Kim Mordaunt and Sylvia Wilczynski about their acclaimed coming-of-age drama set in the heart of Laos.
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, a documentary experience like no other.
The engaging face and voice behind the New Zealand Film Commission’s latest Escalator release chats about the project’s metamorphosis from monologue to feature film.
Abbas Kiarostami’s follow-up to Certified Copy is a brilliant formal exercise in which the audience, as usual, is part of the puzzle.
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: SAM BROOKS on Alain Guiraudie’s queer thriller; BRANNAVAN GNANALINGAM on Rithy Panh’s recovery of a terrible past; and ANDY PALMER on William Yang’s photographic memory.