Notes on Nebraska
January 30, 2014
Alexander Payne’s new road movie returns to the Midwest.
Archives by Month » January 2014
Check the Fine Print: What Exactly is The Wolf of Wall Street Selling?
January 27, 2014
Does the razzle-dazzle beauty of Martin Scorsese’s new film seduce in a way that obscures the horrors within?
Jessica Rivera on Ainadamar
January 26, 2014
The American soprano introduces us to Osvaldo Golijov’s powerful opera ahead of its one-off New Zealand Festival performance.
Best in Show
January 24, 2014
Choice quotes from the movers and shakers at the 51st New York Film Festival.
Stuff I’ve Been Reading
January 21, 2014
In Nick Hornby’s second collection of Believer columns, humour is the greatest takeaway.
360 – A Theatre of Recollections
January 16, 2014
The Civic hosts this engaging and affecting “memory play” about a circus performer family.
Obsession, Ambition, Lust, Love:
Kill Your Darlings
January 14, 2014
John Krokidas’s worthy addition to the Beat canon.
Cycle of Life: Short Term 12
January 9, 2014
“Just once take the advice that you give your kids every fuckin’ five minutes and learn to talk about what’s going on inside your head.”
Festival!
January 7, 2014
Selected highlights from the forthcoming New Zealand Festival for 2014.