Welcome [sort of]
...to the new Lumière Reader. Currently, you're viewing the DIY bits and pieces of a new design that, given a few more weeks, will resemble something of an actual website. In the meantime, most of the hyper links don't work, things may not function quite as they should, whilst the entire back catalogue of existing content requires a long and arduous relocation to its eventual new home. The makeup of this site will be explained in weeks to come; for now, we ask you bear with the "under construction" roadblocks, as well as the illusion of things actually being done.
The old Lumière Reader, no longer updated, can still be viewed here, and will remain online until renovations are complete. The TNZIFF weblog, which will also eventually be discontinued, can be viewed in its usual place until it merges officially, along with everything else.
The old Lumière Reader, no longer updated, can still be viewed here, and will remain online until renovations are complete. The TNZIFF weblog, which will also eventually be discontinued, can be viewed in its usual place until it merges officially, along with everything else.





Pineapple Express: The funniest stoner movie I can remember. Seth Rogen's horsepowered performance anchors a consistently amusing flick. George Washington's David Gordon Green ably directs. Rogen effortlessly draws on his natural affability. He tells Lumiere his numerous acting roles aren't hard; generally they are "pretty similar" to his own life: "



Richard Armstrong wrote:
I am an Associate Tutor affilated to the British Film Institute. My work has been published at Senses of Cinema, Film Quarterly (US), Cineaste (US), Metro (Aus), Ausstralian Screen Education and Screening the Past (Aus). My last book - Understanding Realism - was published by the Bfi in January.
Are you looking for overseas contributors by any chance?