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October 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – China’s Van Goghs (October 8)
The Wellington Film Society rolls on. Last week it was Mustang. This week it’s back to documentary, with China’s Van Goghs. One of the most affecting moments in China’s Van Goghs unfolds in a small art gallery, where the documentary’s protagonists and their friends eagerly gather to watch the 1956 Vincent van Gogh biopic Lust for Life. Their […]Archive
September 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 135 – Rhian Sheehan Divides The Quiet
Welcome to episode 135 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Rhian Sheehan and I go back way further even than episode two of this podcast – which was recorded over three years ago now. In that conversation, if you missed it at the time, we chart his first few […]Archive
August 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Midnight Oil – 1984: Film
Midnight Oil: 1984 Director: Rob Argall Piccolo Films Pty Ltd./Madman In 1985 Tears For Fears sang that “Everybody” wanted “to rule the world” from their hit of the same name. In 1980s pop – certainly by the mid-80s – musicians were either aiming to be world-beaters or world-savers. The political climate was fraught, the threat […]Archive
July 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 124 – Bill Direen
Welcome to episode 124 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I was chuffed to finally get to have a good long yarn with Bill Direen; to meet him even. We’d never met though we had corresponded. I had reached out to him a while back to podcast – and […]Archive
July 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Grace Jones – Bloodlight and Bami: DVD
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami Director: Sophie Fiennes Umbrella Entertainment As with her recent/ish memoir (a mostly great read) here Grace Jones is self-mythologising. And rightly. Wisely. More than fair enough. She’s singular – her impact felt across fashion and music and (to a lesser degree) both the big and small screen. She’s a visual […]Archive
June 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 120 – Sam Cutler
Welcome to episode 120 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Sam Cutler was tour manager for The Rolling Stones during their infamous 1969 tour of America, he went on to work for The Grateful Dead. You can see him in a small handful of documentaries focussed on that era […]Archive
May 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
An Evening with Sam Cutler: Film Screening and Q&A
UPDATE: The Wellington show has now been cancelled due to low ticket sales. Sam Cutler was tour manager for The Rolling Stones during the tumultuous Altamont show that capped the 1969 tour. He was left to clean up the mess – and eventually wrote about it, along with so many other stories from his life […]Archive
May 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Film Preview: Swagger of Thieves
Swagger of Thieves – the documentary feature about Head Like A Hole made its debut last year at the Wellington Film Festival (see here for my review). The independently produced and distributed film will now have a limited run in theatres across New Zealand from May 17. See here and here for more details. And see here for […]Archive
April 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
XTC – This Is Pop: Film
XTC: This Is Pop Directors: Roger Penny, Charlie Thomas Special Treats Distribution We open with Andy Partridge giving us one of those I’m not gonna give you a quote-quotes: “Rockumentaries, I really dislike them. They always have that lugubrious keyboard player from that prog rock group…” Cue interview snippet from Rick Wakeman.Archive
April 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Documentary Edge Festival 2018: Programme Announced
The always-wonderful Documentary Edge Festival returns for 2018 with screenings in Wellington (09 – 20 May, Roxy Cinema) and Auckland (23 May – 04 Junes, Q Theatre) with a range of docs from New Zealand and abroad. Music, gender, politics, life – documentaries on a single subject, films that cover many things – shorts (9 mins) […]Archive
February 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman