Film Review: Altman
Robert Altman was one of the most important, challenging and visionary American directors off the last 40 years. Despite myriad setbacks and periods in the wilderness, he made some of…
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Film Review: The Dark Horse
The New Zealand film industry is hardly a powerhouse in world cinema. Every so often it throws up a gem, but the early work of Peter Jackson aside, it tends…
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Film Review: Blind
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences loves to reward actors for playing a character with a physical or mental disability. However, they tend to only award Oscars to…
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Film Review: Wild Tales
Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film tend to be of a very high standard. Two of the best films from last year, Leviathan and Ida, were both in the…
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Film Review: Girlhood (Bande de Filles) – BFI Flare 2015
For the first time in an age, I’m back at the British Film Institute’s LGBT festival, in the only screen that matters. This evening NFT1 hosted Céline Sciamma’s 2014 feature…
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Film Review: My Name Is Salt
We often take our standard of living and comfortable lifestyles for granted. Not to mention modern technology, infrastructure and all the trappings of living in a Western liberal democracy. Precisely…
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ShAFF Preview: Valley Uprising
Since the birth of humanity, man has longed for adventure and discovery. This can take many forms, but there’s a certain type of person whose eye are always looking upwards.…
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Film Review: Life of Riley
Until his passing last year, French director Alain Resnais had a celebrated career spanning seven decades. Undoubtedly, his most fertile period was in the late ’50s/early ’60s. However, he continued…
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Film Review: Dreamcatcher
Kim Longinotto has spent her entire career behind the camera giving a voice to female victims of oppression and discrimination. She’s covered topics including divorce in Iran, sexual identity, Female…
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Film Review: Difret
With International Women’s Day on Sunday, Difret is a timely reminder of the discrimination, persecution and victimisation suffered by females around the world. Whilst the situation is hardly perfect in…
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