Flaws and All: Championing The Stranger and The Lady from Shanghai
September 1, 2014
In praise of two compromised Orson Welles films, still vital and almost joyful in their imposed messiness.
Archives by Contributor » Brannavan Gnanalingam
Histories of Violence: Concerning Violence, Timbuktu, The Wonders
August 15, 2014
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Africa in the spotlight, plus Alice Rohrwacher’s surprise Grand Prix winner.
Abi King-Jones on Hot Air
August 6, 2014
Exploring the politics of climate change and why New Zealand government has yet to act accordingly.
God Complex:
The Reunion, Force Majeure
August 5, 2014
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: two brilliant Swedish takes on human relations.
(Extra)ordinary Stories: Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision
August 5, 2014
Edgar Reitz’s powerful chronicle of 19th Century German history privileges the small narratives of ordinary folk.
“A closed mouth admits no flies”
August 4, 2014
Filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine on the murder mystery at the heart of their documentary The Galápagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden.
Bob Dylan as the greatest, or pointless veneration?
August 4, 2014
Touring New Zealand from August, Bob Dylan’s genius, his lyrics, and his undying cool continue to endure.
Scenes from a Marriage: Winter Sleep
August 2, 2014
The weight of charity and power relations in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s superb Palme d’Or winner.
Filming Pulp
August 1, 2014
Kiwi filmmaker Florian Habicht on his collaboration with Jarvis Cocker, the people of Sheffield, and appealing to non-fans of Pulp.
Inside The Babadook
July 30, 2014
Australian actor turned director Jennifer Kent on her breakout feature, the mother-and-son horror The Babadook.
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.
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.
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.
Holy Motors (2012)
July 15, 2014
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: with Leos Carax’s latest, there’s life in cinema yet.
Observation vs. Intervention: Matthew VanDyke on Point and Shoot
July 10, 2014
A conversation about Libyan and Syrian hospitality, fighting and filmmaking for a cause, and the road to revolution.
Tokyo to Minnesota: David Zellner on Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
July 3, 2014
Tracking the urban legend of a quest for Fargo’s ‘treasure’ from the far east to midwest.
The Connection (1961)
May 27, 2014
Previously at the Wellington Film Society: the radical cinema of Shirley Clarke.