A Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man: Michael Smither, Gordon Crook
July 25, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: An artist in residence; a life of art.
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Voyage to Italy: Certified Copy
July 24, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Kiarostami takes on Juliette Binoche in Tuscany, and loses none of his edge.
Raw Ambition: Extraordinary Stories
July 24, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Mariano Llinás’s storytelling feat.
Cut and Run: The Peddler
July 23, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Filmmaking as community spirit.
Mad Men:
Draquila—Italy Trembles, The Room
July 23, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Berlusconi’s racket is exposed in Sabina Guzzanti’s fiery documentary; Tommy Wiseau’s ultimate bad movie.
Peter Esmonde on
Trimpin: The Sound of Invention
July 21, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Filmmaker Peter Esmonde talks about capturing the elusive sonic artist at work.
Deep Focus: Ne change rien
July 20, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Pedro Costa’s sublime study of an artist at work.
Traditional Family Values: Splice
July 19, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: The director of ‘Cube’ indulges his jones for the mad scientist movie.
Costa Botes on Candyman
July 18, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: An unsung entrepreneur gets his due in Costa Botes’s new documentary.
Robin Greenberg on The Free China Junk
July 17, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: The personal journey of five young men in a rickety old junk is recharted in Robin Greenberg’s buoyant documentary.
Film School Reject:
Birdemic—Shock and Terror
July 17, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: A ‘disasterpiece’ earns its wings.
The will that moves all things:
Women Without Men
July 16, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Shirin Neshat’s striking tragedy about four women in Iran.
Interior Monologues: Marwencol
July 14, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: A reluctant outsider artist, Mark Hogancamp’s imaginary world invites fantasy as self-therapy.
Apocalypse Now: Between Two Worlds
July 13, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Vimukthi Jayasundara’s stunning second film.
Clive Neeson on Last Paradise
July 12, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: The plight of the great outdoors hangs over Clive Neeson’s adventure sports documentary.
Two great filmmakers, two great films: White Material and Police, Adjective
July 7, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Auteurs Claire Denis and Corneliu Porumboiu deliver.
Commerce, Art: Beeswax, La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
July 5, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Andrew Bujalski’s third feature means business; Frederick Wiseman on the high art of ballet.
Histories of Violence: Strange Birds of Paradise, Cooking History
July 1, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Fraught and forgotten stories of conflict.
Kitchen Sink Story: The Arbor
June 28, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Playwright Andrea Dunbar’s sobering legacy.
A Dance in Time: The Red Shoes
June 24, 2010
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: The restored glory of Powell and Pressburger’s rapture in ballet.