Wellington’s first Roxy Cinema was either notorious or legendary depending on your point of view. Originally the Britannia on Manners Street, it was renamed the Roxy in 1935 and ran…
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For this year’s World Cinema Showcase preview I started with a list of all the films I wanted to see and then realised that I had used up my entire…
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Only one film for review this week: Paul is the third feature to be written by and star Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, responsible for two of my favourite films…
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Regular and attentive readers to this column will know that I heartily endorse membership of the Film Society as the best value cinema-going in town. For example, a few weeks…
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I use movie posters here to illustrate my reviews, not for aesthetic reasons for the most part, but to use as markers (so readers can easily find their way to…
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For years I’ve been complaining about films that give audiences everything on a plate - they tell what you should be thinking and feeling, leaving no room for us. This…
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