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STEVE GARDEN’s final word on New Zealand International Film Festival, in which the likes of Dogtooth, 24 City, Double Take, Serbis, Summer Hours and Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl impressed and demanded repeat viewings.
» 13.10.09 / Film Festivals /
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Compassionate and hard-hitting, Warwick Thornton’s Cannes-winning Samson and Delilah returns to cinemas this week following screenings at the New Zealand International Film Festival. He talks to BRANNAVAN GNANALINGAM.
» 03.10.09 / Film Festivals /
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- » A Lech Majewski Interview
- » Edward Lynden-Bell on The Last Great Snail Chase
- » Year in Review: The Best of Film in 2008 NZ International Film Festivals, Eleven Unreleased Films
- » In Retrospect: Edward Yang's Taipei Stories
- » Smells Like Teen Spirit: Judd Apatow, Adam McKay & The Comedy of Arrested Development
- » Taika Waititi: The Finest of Homecomings
- » In Praise of The Wire
- » Nina Davenport on Operation Filmmaker
- » Annie Goldson on An Island Calling
- » There Will Be Hope: The Films of Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- » An Interview with Sarah Watt
- » Film Society 2008: Five Reasons to Join
- » Flight of the Conchords: "definitely in the top 3"
- » Year in Review: The Best of Film, DVD and Posters in 2007
- » Sex and Them: Californication vs Family First
- » Spike Lee's Territory
- » Syndromes of a Century: Spears, Network, and not taking it anymore
- » Fight the Power
- » Script to Screen, the Internet, and beyond
- » How irony killed satire: an earnest investigation
- » La Binoche
- » The Summer of Seth
- » Making Be Sharp, See Flat
- » The Muse of Brazilian Cinema: An Interview with Helena Ignez
- » Sign of the Times: A Struggle No More
- » Janet Goldwater on Rosita
- » Directorial Bandit: Sandor Lau on Squeegee Bandit
- » A Convenient Truth: Jeff Blitz on Spellbound
- » Year in Review: The Best of Film in 2006
- » In Praise Of: Ten Actors and Filmmakers in 2006
- » One-Sheet Wonders: The Best Movie Posters of 2006
- » Notes from the Underground: the V 24 Hour Movie Marathon 2006
- » West Coast Represent: Aunty Gaylene, Greymouth's Finest
- » The Passion of Laurie David
- » Ode to The West Wing
- Interviews from the NZ International Film Festivals:
- » Ben Russell on We Can Not Exist in This World Alone
- » Adam Wingard on Pop Skull
- » Yung Chang on Up the Yangtze
- » Benjamin Gilmour on Son of a Lion
- » Kathy Dudding on The Return
- » Gregory King on A Song of Good
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By Brannavan Gnanalingam
- Selected theatrical film releases in New Zealand, rated and reviewed:
- » Bruno **
- » He's Just Not That Into You *
- » Zack and Miri Make A Porno **
- » Vicky Christina Barcelona ***
- » The Map Reader *
- » Yes Man *
- » Slumdog Millionaire ****
- » The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button *
- » The Visitor **
- » The Dark Knight ***
- » Dan in Real Life ***
- » I'm Not There *****
- » Rambo 4 **
- » There Will Be Blood *****
- » 2 Days in Paris ***
- » Rescue Dawn ***
- » No Country For Old Men *****
- » The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ****
- » Once ****
- » Mr Brooks ***
- » A Mighty Heart **
- » Death Proof ****
- » We're Here to Help ****
- » Venus, Evening ****/**
- » Eastern Promises ****
- » La vie en rose ****
- » Superbad **
- » Joy Division ***
- » Eagle vs Shark ****/**
- » The Simpsons Movie ***
- » Zodiac ***
- » Scoop ***
- » 28 Weeks Later ***
- » The Host ****
- » The Road to Guantanamo ****
- Short Reviews:
- » Frost/Nixon, Dean Spanley, Valkyrie, Empties, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
- » Taken, Body of Lies, Young at Heart, Caramel, In Bruges
- » Up the Yangtze, Paris; 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
- » The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Get Smart, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Second-Hand Wedding, Charlie Bartlett
- » Street Kings, I'm Not There
- » Lars and the Real Girl, Gone Baby Gone, Four Minutes
- On Vampyr
- Selected Region 4 DVD releases and reissues reviewed:
- » The Darjeeling Limited
- » Inland Empire
- » Allan Wilson: Evolutionary
- » Bubble
- » The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer
- » Eagle vs Shark
- » Jesus Camp
- » Sicko
- » The West Wing: The Complete Series
- » The Wrong Man, I Confess, Stage Fright, Dial M for Murder
- » Rome: The Complete First Season
- » Entourage: Season Three, Part 2
- » The Fred Dagg All-Purpose DVD
- » Rang de Basanti, Volver, Black Sheep
- » Becoming Jane
- » Wordplay
- » Rampage
- » A Scanner Darkly
- » Pan's Labyrinth
- » Sherrybaby
- » Out of the Blue
- » Flags of Our Fathers, Letters From Iwo Jima
- » Kubrick Triple Feature, Straight Time, The Yakuza, Lust for Life, Body Heat
- » The Simpsons: Season 9
- » The Pajama Game, Young Man With a Horn
- » The Queen
- Short Reviews:
- » Snow Angels, The Dark Knight, 30 Rock: Season 1 & 2, Extras: The Special, Silent Light
- » The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, War/Dance, Tintin and I, I'm Not There, Sex and the City: The Movie
- » Underbelly, Donnie Darko: Collector's Edition, The Chaser's War on Everything, The War on Democracy, The Investigator, Secret Diary of a Call Girl
- » Outrageous Fortune: Series Three
- » Mandela: The Living Legend, We're Here to Help, Death at a Funeral, Barking Dogs Never Bite
By Steve Garden
- Lumière at the New Zealand International Film Festivals 2009
- NZIFF commentary:
- A speculative consideration of Lars von Trier and
- Post-Festival Report (Part 3): In praise of slow-burning cinema
- Post-Festival Report (Part 2): Less, not MOR
- Post-Festival Report (Part 1): Poetry and Poetics
- Mid-Festival Report: Politics and other predicaments
- Features, reviews and comment from the film festival circuit:
- » German Film Festival: Berlin Calling
- » Melbourne International Film Festival 2009: Breathless, Fish Tank, White Night Wedding, The Hurt Locker
- » Reality Bites: JCVD
- » Dark Fever: Tony Manero
- » This is England: Of Time and The City
- » Lost Soul: Respect Yourself—The Stax Records Story
- » New School: The Class
- » Image Conscious: Chevolution
- » Reggae Rebellion: The Harder They Come
- » Italian Film Festival 2008
- » Not Miffed: Melbourne International Film Festival 2008
- » Lumiere at the New Zealand International Film Festivals 2008
- » Postnatal Neglect: A Walk to Beautiful
- » Factory Girls: Maquilapolis—City of Factories
- » Left Alone: Western Sahara—Africa's Last Colony
- » Cannes 2008: Line-up
- » Interiors: Margot at the Wedding
- » Out of Sight: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- » Midnight Cowboy: El Topo, The Holy Mountain
- » Lady-Tramp: An Old Mistress
- » Time-F**K: Southland Tales
- » Mutual Exploitation: Black, White + Gray
- » Crimes Committed: Dry Season
- » Wrong Man: Strange Culture
- » Type-Cast: Helvetica
- » Out of Africa: War/Dance
- » Eastern Promise: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
- » World Cinema Showcase 2008
- » French Film Festival 2008: Ascenseur pour l'echafaud
- » Festival Notes From Abroad: Marrakech, Melbourne, Venice
– Full Coverage Inside –
- Dailies—a monthly roundup of the best and rest in film and DVD:
- » Dailies (Film/DVD), Oct 2009
- » Dailies (Film/DVD), Sept 2009
- » Dailies (Film), March 2009
- » Dailies (Film/DVD), Jan 2009
- » Dailies (Film/DVD), Oct/Nov 2008
- » Dailies (Film/DVD), Aug/Sept 2008
- » Dailies (Film/DVD), June/July 2008
- » Dailies (Film/DVD), May 2008
- » Dailies (Film/DVD), Apr 2008
- » Dailies (Film/DVD), Mar 2008
- » Dailies (Film), Feb 2008
- » Dailies (Film/DVD), Jan 2008
- » Dailies (Film), Dec/Jan 2007/08
- On discovering Madmen, and other TV series on DVD
- Appreciations—writers and critics on memorable and favourite films:
- » Steve Garden on Ten
- » Steve Garden on Mother and Son
- » Steve Garden on Russian Ark
- » Steve Garden on The Merchant of the Four Seasons
- » Tim Wong on Little Dieter Needs to Fly
- » Chris Knox on Frankenstein
- » Jessica Borrelle on The Loved One
- » Samuel Fuller and Francois Truffaut
- » Caleb Starrenburg on Rumble in the Bronx
- » Brannavan Gnanalingam on The Wizard of Oz
- » Alexander Bisley on Hana-bi
- » Philip Matthews on Planet of the Apes
- » Costa Botes on Fantastic Voyage
- » Andrew Langridge on Scream and Scream Again, and others
- » Robert Smith on O Lucky Man!
- Opinion & Unknown Pleasures—comment on film and television, past and present:
- » Sisters from Siberia
- » Regarding Bruno
- » On Star Trek (w/ illustration)
- » Once, twice, three times Majewski
- » Film Society Preview 2009
- » On Slumdog Millionaire
- » Less Conviction: Doubt
- » The Road Ahead: Films to look forward to in 2009
- » Lights Out: on Circa's Wait Until Dark
- » The Hollow Men
- » Fay Grim
- » Secret Sunshine
- » Transformers
- » Extras: Series 2 (TV)
- » Girls in Prison, Marie Antoinette
- » Adrift: Open Water 2; They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
- Film Society Preview 2009
- Film Society—dispatches from Wellington's weekly screenings:
- » Moolaade
- » Infernal Affairs
- » Untold Scandal
- » Attack the Gas Station!
- » NZ Short Films with Donogh Rees
- » Fallen Angels
- » The Colour of Pomegranates
- » Cinevardaphoto: Varda Shorts
- » Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring
- » Paris: Varda Shorts
- » You, the Living
- » Travel and Counterculture: Varda Shorts
- » The Architects
- » Her Third
- » I Was Nineteen
- » Berlin-Schonhauser Corner
- » Drugstore Cowboy
- » Mala Noche
- » Noi Albinoi
- » Flandres
- » Darwin's Nightmare
- » La Sentinelle
- » Manufactured Landscapes
- » Diva
- » Basquiat
- » Mauvais Sang
- » Angelus
- » The Gospel According to Harry
- » The Garden of Earthly Delights
- » Crazy Love
- » M
- » The Yellow Ticket
- » Mirror
- » Cosi
- » The King and the Clown
- » Barking Dogs Never Bite
- » Forbidden Quest
- » Driving With My Wife's Lover
- » A State of Siege/In Spring One Plants Alone
- » Time Indefinite
- » Six Classic New Zealand Shorts
- » Persona
- » Charleen/Backyard
- » Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors
- » To Sleep With Anger
- » My Brother's Wedding
- » Killer of Sheep
- » The Glass Shield
- » Cat People
- » The Passenger
- » Zabriskie Point
- » Requiem
- » Pool of Princesses
- » Peau d'Ane
- » The Young Girls of Rochefort
- » Longing
- » Ghosts
- » Jacquot de Nantes
- » The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- » Bay of Angels
- » Lola
- » Dazed and Confused
- » 13 Rue Madeleine
- » The House on 92nd Street
- » The Murderers Are Among Us
- » The Devil Strikes at Midnight
- » The Bridge
- » Violence des Echanges en Milieu Tempere
- » King of the Hill
- » Les Revenants
- » Waxworks
- » Forty Guns
- » I Wake Up Screaming
- » Park Row
- » Fixed Bayonets
- » Clean
- » Red Light Bandit
- » Macunaima
- » Barren Lives
- » Black God, White Devil
- » Earth Entranced
- » The Irrefutable Truth About Demons
- » Shock Corridor
- » The Naked Kiss
- » L'Esquive
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