Tag: Film
NZIFF: International Showcase Animated Shorts
The Animation NOW! portion of the New Zealand International Film Festival will have an evening session entitled International Showcase. This will feature some inspiring animated…
NZIFF: Black & White Animated Shorts
The Animation NOW! segment of the New Zealand International Film Festival is broken down into appropriate categories, and day two of NZIFF showcases two more…
NZIFF: Animation NOW! Opens The Festival
The New Zealand International Film Festival opens later today local time (Friday evening) with the Animation NOW! programme, beginning with Living Masters New Works. The…
New Zealand International Film Festival Is Here
Uniquely consolidated across the country in 2009, the New Zealand International Film Festival is about to kick-off, literally a national event which shows some of…
Film Honors: 1985
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
Cinema 2017 Half-Time Report: Movies 4/4
And we’ve made it to the end. Or should I say halfway mark. Some awesome movies, moments, and performances have sailed on by in the…
Cinema 2017 Half-Time Report: Movies 3/4
Here are 8 more recommendations movie-wise from the pre-summer, awards season era of this year. 2017 has uncovered some gems for me personally, and a…
Cinema 2017 Half-Time Report: Movies 2/4
It feels as though the deep dramas, cringey horrors, and black comedies are three of the freshest produce on the market these days – lucky…
Cinema 2017 Half-Time Report: Movies 1/4
There’s a common myth that the first half of the movie year lacks the kind of quality and quantity that closed the year usually. Well…
Cinema 2017 Half-Time Report: Performances 2/2
Acing. Star quality. Going above and beyond. Breaking through. Genuinely surprising us. However you want to spin it, there have been some illustrious screen presences…
Cinema 2017 Half-Time Report: Performances 1/2
And so we move onto the performances of 2017 we’ve loved in the first half. Obviously we can’t cater for all tastes, but there are…
Cinema 2017 Half-Time Report: Moments 2/2
In my view there are too many fine moments to mentions from 2017 so far. As we enter the second half, we mentally clock up…
Cinema 2017 Half-Time Report: Moments 1/2
And the whistle blows for half-time on the 2017 year of cinema. This halfway series will highlight 2017 so far in Moments, Performances, and the…
Film Honors: 1984
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
