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September 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies: Halloween – Expanded Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies Halloween: Expanded Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Sacred Bones John Carpenter’s original score for the original Halloween movie is what saved it – the low-budget movie which is legendary now for its kickstarting of a new strain of horror films and for its pioneering indie film spirit was […]Archive
March 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 212: Sameena Zehra
Welcome to episode 212 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys . Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your […]Archive
October 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 138 – Ross Jolly
Welcome to episode 138 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library to access each new episode; or […]Archive
September 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 83 – Stuart McKenzie
Welcome to episode 83 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a chat with Stuart McKenzie. He’s a writer, producer, director, actor – he’s worked extensively across theatre and film, creating plays and short films, directing the full-length feature, For Good and his most recent (shared) project […]Archive
August 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 75 – Gaylene Preston
Welcome to episode 75 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I was lucky to have a chat with legendary Kiwi film director Gaylene Preston. We talked about her career, her work, many of her films but in particular the focus was on her brilliant new film, My Year With […]Archive
July 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Simon Ogston
Simon Ogston is an Auckland-based producer, director and camera-operator. Among other things, Simon has made a number of feature-length films about New Zealand bands. These include Rumble & Bang, Gone With The Weird, Antarctic Angels and the Unknown Blues and Sheen of Gold. His latest film is about Bill Direen, A Memory of Others and it screens at this year’s New […]Archive
June 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 66 – Danny Mulheron
Welcome to episode 66 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with the actor, writer, director Danny Mulheron. I hadn’t met Danny until he bounded in through the doorway, found the piano in our house and started hitting the […]Archive
April 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 60 – Miranda Harcourt
Welcome to episode 60 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. For episode 60 I talked with actor/director/acting coach Miranda Harcourt. I first met Miranda as part of one of my first ever professional assignments; a housing feature where I interviewed her while a photographer took […]Archive
April 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 58 – Lyndee-Jane Rutherford
Welcome to episode 58 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. This one is a chat with actor and director Lyndee-Jane Rutherford. I had never met Lydnee-Jane before but I’ve seen her work – often – from way back when she was a newbie, one of […]Archive
August 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Tom Roston: I Lost It At The Video Store – A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era
I Lost It At The Video Store: A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era Tom Roston The Critical Press This well-intentioned, slim volume aims to bring together a range of voices around the idea of the local video store being the birth place of modern independent cinema and indie-filmmaking; most famously Quentin Tarantino and […]Archive
June 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman