I watch a lot of movies in this job and this week I’d like to start with a couple of important tips that will help keep your cinema-going experience in…
It took well over 18 months for Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker to get a general release in New Zealand – a year in which it steadily built audiences and…
It’s never been a tougher time to be running a film festival. In addition to the usual commercial considerations of just selling enough tickets to stay afloat, each year brings…
Once again, things have gone a bit quiet around here but I have been producing some writing for the Internet at Russell Brown's Public Address blog for the last week…
From the Large Hearted Boy: On sale at Amazon MP3: the 36-track Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox compilation album (featuring Jeff Mangum, the Mountain Goats, Stephin Merritt, Portastatic, and many…
Most films go in one eye and out the other but some stick in your brain and won’t leave – for better or worse. John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s…