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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In Hope Springs, Meryl Streep proves once again that not only can she play any woman, she can also play everywoman. She’s Kay, an unfulfilled Nebraska housewife, married for 31…
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Firstly I want to apologise that there is no review of Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life in this week’s column. I saw it during the Festival and like most…
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After a week when New Zealand has been forced to confront its own intolerance and social myopia it seems fitting that two films that are essentially about understanding and accepting…
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When the Film Festival screening of Animal Kingdom finished, my companion and I turned to each other and realised that neither of us had breathed for the last five minutes.…
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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…
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