The Human Condition: An Interview with Joshua Oppenheimer
February 26, 2016
Ahead of The Look of Silence’s date at the Oscars for Best Documentary Feature, a conversation with filmmaker and human rights activist Joshua Oppenheimer.
Archives by Contributor » Brannavan Gnanalingam
The Year in Review: The Best of Film (and Music) in 2015, Part 3
December 17, 2015
In praise of the New Zealand International Film Festival, plus the future of live music in Wellington.
An Interview with Eamonn Marra
September 17, 2015
Returning for a season at the Basement Theatre in September, Eamonn Marra’s Respite finds laughter and sadness through literary influence.
SJD on Saint John Divine
September 3, 2015
SJD walks us through the creative process behind his latest and greatest album, Saint John Divine.
Kidlat Tahimik on Balikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment
August 12, 2015
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, an interview with the veteran Filipino filmmaker and “father of independent cinema in the Philippines.”
What to Watch at NZIFF 2015, Part 8
August 11, 2015
Flying under the radar at New Zealand International Film Festival, Guy Maddin’s exhilarating The Forbidden Room, plus The Tribe and Ever the Land
What to Watch at NZIFF 2015, Part 7
August 7, 2015
On the politics of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s devastating Cemetery of Splendour, Inherent Vice’s countercultural ennui, and Mustang’s cultural barriers at the New Zealand International Film Festival.
What to Watch at NZIFF 2015, Part 5
July 29, 2015
Thoughts on Amy, The Wrecking Crew, The Lobster, and While We’re Young at this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival.
Zhao Qi on The Chinese Mayor
July 27, 2015
Producer Zhao Qi on China’s unstoppable growth and the controversial mayor intent on fast tracking one city’s modernisation.
Jason Lei Howden on Deathgasm
July 23, 2015
A new splatter-fest joins the annals of Kiwi horror comedy at the New Zealand International Film Festival.
Jennifer Peedom on Sherpa
July 23, 2015
At the New Zealand International Film Festival, the spectacular highs and tragic lows of filming on Mt Everest.
What to Watch at NZIFF 2015, Part 2
July 14, 2015
Three new films by three essential auteurs at this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival.
On Where the Rekohu Bone Sings
May 12, 2015
A conversation about damaging myths, Moriori ancestry, and fluid cultural identities with novelist Tina Makereti.
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); A Time To Love and A Time To Die (1958)
April 24, 2015
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: encapsulating Erich Maria Remarque’s resonant anti-war message.
Making That Sugar Film
April 19, 2015
At this year’s Autumn Events, Damon Gameau puts his body to the sugar test.
Electric Dreams: Eden
April 7, 2015
Mia Hansen-Løve’s new film charts the flight and fall of a struggling musician across two decades of the French electronic scene.
The Tarnished Angels (1958)
March 25, 2015
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: the desperate living of Douglas Sirk’s bleak Faulkner adaptation.
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
March 12, 2015
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: love doesn’t conquer all in Douglas Sirk’s superlative Hollywood melodrama.
Harun Farocki: Three films,
plus Beatriz’s War
December 4, 2014
Celebrating the late, great German media artist, critic, editor, and curator; plus, notes on East Timor’s first ever feature film.
Facing the Music: A Conversation with Ian Jorgensen (Blink)
September 8, 2014
The trailblazing founder of A Low Hum and Puppies on music as a commodity, the death of live music, mainstream media, and the problem with APRA.