Computer programmers have a concept called 'garbage collection' whereby useless and redundant items are automatically disposed of by 'the system'. We film reviewers don't have access to such technology, however,…
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The Film Festival has been a fixture of Wellington's winter calendar for nearly 40 years and for those of us who organise our lives around glowing rectangles of one kind…
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Roger Ebert repeats an anecdote told him by Marcello Mastroianni about filming the famous Trevi Fountain splashabout in La Dolce Vita: "The water, it was-a very cold," He said. "Fellini,…
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I wouldn't want to watch an entire feature film in 11 parts via YouTube but when it's Geoff Murphy's The Quiet Earth I might consider it:
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Two films this week made by screen legends whose careers have settled in to something a little less than their glorious past. Sidney Lumet was making television drama when it…
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My friend Rachey is blogging at The Wire which means she is a person of some significance: everyone I know went a bit crazy on the weekend with the full…
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