Making REALITi
July 31, 2014
On the eve of its world premiere, Jonathan King takes us behind the scenes of his new science-fiction venture.
Archives by Month » July 2014
Verbatim
July 31, 2014
Two thought-provoking plays developed through interviews with violent offenders, their families, and their victim’s families.
Time Lapse: Boyhood
July 30, 2014
Richard Linklater’s intimate, epic 12 year odyssey of growing up.
Inside The Babadook
July 30, 2014
Australian actor turned director Jennifer Kent on her breakout feature, the mother-and-son horror The Babadook.
Road Warrior: The Rover
July 29, 2014
David Michôd evokes the outback as post-apocalypse in his gripping new film.
Femme Fatales:
Venus in Fur, Under the Skin
July 29, 2014
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: masochism and menace in new films by Roman Polanski and Jonathan Glazer.
Uncommon Bonds:
Love Is Strange, Lilting
July 28, 2014
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Ira Sachs and Hong Khaou portray unique relationships with deep sensitivity.
Misfits of Science: The Congress, Snowpiercer, Jodorowsky’s Dune
July 28, 2014
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: new films by Ari Folman and Bong Joon-ho, and one gone but not forgotten by Alejandro Jodorowsky.
Life as a House: Exhibition
July 27, 2014
Joanna Hogg’s penetrating new film—her best yet—explores a ménage a trois between husband, wife and house.
Rinse and Repeat: Our Sunhi
July 27, 2014
The brilliant and beguiling sameness of Hong Sang-soo’s cinema.
Sophie Hyde on 52 Tuesdays
July 26, 2014
On directing first-timers, being inspired by the Up Series, and the challenge of filming across 52 Tuesdays.
Brian Knappenberger on The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
July 25, 2014
Bringing the galvanizing—and ultimately tragic—story of tech genius Aaron Swartz to the screen.
Burden of Dreams:
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
July 24, 2014
On the supreme sadness and power of escapism in the Zellner Brothers’ strange tale of an obsessive personal quest.
The Documentarian: An Interview with Frederick Wiseman
July 23, 2014
Cinema’s preeminent documentary filmmaker on his two latest triumphs, At Berkeley and National Gallery.
Master of the Universe:
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
July 22, 2014
Documenting the “cursed dreams” of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki and the future of his Studio Ghibli legacy.
Face/Off: The Double, Kung Fu Elliot
July 21, 2014
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Richard Ayoade’s eagerly awaited follow-up to Submarine; the marital arts madness of a would-be kung fu movie star.
Eye-opening and mind-expanding: The Green Prince, Particle Fever
July 20, 2014
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: the complexities of an Israeli secret service spy operation; the inspiring physics of the Large Hadron Collider experiments
Soundscapes:
An Interview with Paul Wolffram
July 19, 2014
A discussion on Maori instrumental traditions, taonga puoro torch bearer Richard Nunns, and music and culture in documentary Voices of the Land: Nga Reo o te Whenua.
Stories We Tell: E-Team
July 18, 2014
Documenting the essential and dangerous investigative work of the Human Rights Watch Emergencies Team.
2015 Summer Writing Residency
July 17, 2014
We’re excited to be collaborating with Dunedin’s Blue Oyster Art Project Space on a new Summer Writing Residency focused on critical writing practice.