There has been much discussion in the circles in which I move about the quantity of films released to local cinemas. Not only are there too many films coming out…
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Still hovering around some local cinemas - and the longest-delayed of all my outstanding reviews - Still Mine is a surprisingly effective Canadian drama about an elderly man (James Cromwell,…
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Update (2 Aug 2012): The unfinished screener of Song of the Kauri that I watched had a caption that stated that New Zealand imported more timber than it exported. It…
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The Rugby World Cup was supposed to be a boon for the whole economy, the thousands of excited guests soaking up our food, wine, culture and hospitality. Ask any cinema…
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Genius filmmaker Mike Leigh has been on a bit of an up and down streak in recent years. 2002’s All or Nothing was wonderful, Vera Drake (2004) I found frustratingly…
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So, after trawling through the many thousands of words written about cinema in these pages this year, I suppose you want me to come to some conclusions? Do some “summing…
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