Tag: Movies

Thanks to those involved in voting for the Directors’ Weekend poll. Clearly, the realm established by filmmaker David Fincher has certainly created a huge fanbase…

Here we are once again. I literally salivate at the mouth at the prospect of spending hours and hours in a darkened room with all…

Off the bat, the following barrage of videos centering around the elusive career of David Fincher, were not to difficult to track down. However, they…

For this exercise, I’m choosing films where the tone, pace and look are intended to enhance the spirit to the person being portrayed. They have the feel of a time or place as well as convey the essence the subject, be it crazy, pathetic, heroic, or creative. Based on artistic merit of the film and NOT the person portrayed –or doing the portraying, although most of these performances are career highs – here are ten biopics worthy of acclaim. Five for him and five for her. And filmmakers – please take a chance and give us another classic biopic of a woman. 1928 was oh-so-long ago. And make certain a woman will direct it, as well. Thanks

To put it simply, David Fincher is my all-time favorite movie director. I like how stylish his movies are, and how much detail he puts…

To begin with I think The Social Network is a masterpiece. It’s a film that I really love, and ever since I first saw it…

So with exactly 10 feature film credits to his name (it feels like more, right?), we have our David Fincher top 10. But let’s not…

The curtain has fallen on NZIFF’s Christchurch leg for 2017, and it has been a remarkable Festival. Every year, NZIFF goes above and beyond to…

After a satisfyingly diverse NZIFF for 2017, all eyes were on the Closing Night film, Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winning satire The Square. Not only…

From joy to despair in a matter of seconds as a family congratulatory gathering becomes a tense affair in a hospital waiting room. A life…

The Fifties, that squeaky-clean decade of that saw the birth of the suburbs, strict morality and, the McCarthy era, also had the misfortune to precede…

Several people I spoke to very recently were open about not only their lack of knowledge of French film-maker Henri-Georges Clouzot, but also that they…

The long overdue, and overly neglected, links series on the site returns to pay respect to just some of the fine, informative, intriguing writing on…

The Christchurch leg of the New Zealand International Film Festival is creeping ever closer to the final few days; but there are still magnificent films…