Tag: Movies
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: 1986
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…
Alicia Malone's Talk On The Importance Of Female Directors
Remember the impact films had on you when you’re a tiny person absorbing stories in this way for the first time? Moments like in The…
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…
Listmania – Al's Best of 2017 (Jan-June)
It’s now July, and that means that the first half of the year is over. That also means that it’s time to look back at…
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…
Can 2017’s Blockbusters Get Oscar-Nominated?
By Daniel Smith-Rowsey Ah, blockbusters. For us discriminating film fans, they’re a bit like that fashionable cousin at the family reunion that just won’t shut…
Genre Blast: On a Grand Scale – The Epic
Let’s start with the brash statement that cinema, as we know it exists because of this genre. It’s the genre that draws crowds (or used…
50 Films Made By Women – Part 10 of 10
As we reach the halfway point, take a gander at the following female directed films, featuring football, time leaps, stardom, unlikely alliances. And of course…
50 Films Made By Women – Part 9 of 10
So what have you learned? Who have you heard of? How many have you actually seen? I thought so. Lets crack on with the next…
50 Films Made By Women – Part 8 of 10
Two of the finest romantic comedies coming up to feast on. Speaking of appetite, there’s also a cannibalistic tale in the mix. So fulfill your…
