The city of Christchurch has appeared in feature films infrequently. Philip Matthews uses those appearances as a way in to understanding the current - earthquake-devastated - state of the place:…
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In these days when capitalism seems like the cause of all our problems rather than the solution to them, it is more than educational to read the latest letter to…
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A dispiriting portrait of the current commercial cinema from Mark Harris in GQ: Such an unrelenting focus on the sell rather than the goods may be why so many of…
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Lynn Freeman's Arts on Sunday show returned from the Summer break yesterday but film correspondent Simon Morris was given an extra week off (something to with Matinée Idle I suspect).…
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2011's reviews kick-off on Tuesday with my Summer Holiday round-up. In the meantime let us please celebrate the kind of obsessive attention to detail sadly lacking from most of modern…
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After the abject disaster that was the Nicolas Cage vehicle Next, I am surprised to report that Once Were Warriors director Lee Tamahori has made another film. And even more surprised…
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