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November 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Fireworks Wednesday [Chaharshanbe-soori] (November 5)

The Wellington Film Society is back and last week it was all about Halloween with Daughters of Darkness, so this week, as it’s “Fireworks Monday” we have the film Fireworks Wednesday (hey, close enough…) Actually, this Iranian film from 2006 is – literally – about fireworks; though it’s a new year celebration rather than any […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2006, 6.15pm, Asghar Farhadi, Chaharshanbe-soori, Cinema, Embassy, Film, Fireworks, Fireworks Wednesday, Fireworks Wednesday [Chaharshanbe-soori], Guy Fawkes, Iran, Monday, Movie, Nov 5), November 5, Preview – Fireworks Wednesday, Theatre, Wellington Film Society, Wellington Film Society: Preview, Wellington Film Society: Preview – Fireworks Wednesday (November 5), Wellington Film Society: Preview – Fireworks Wednesday [Chaharshanbe-soori] (November 5), Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Daughters of Darkness (October 29)

The Wellington Film Society is back tonight – after last weekend’s pause for Labour Weekend. Here we are now with Halloween almost at the doorstep, as it were. And so…to Daughters of Darkness. Re-released more than a decade after its 1971 debut, Daughters of Darkness has lost none of the eerie, subterranean fascination it held for its […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 6.15, Daughters of Darkness, Daughters of Darkness (October 29), Embassy, Film, Film Society, Halloween, Harry Kumel, Horror, http://www.filmsocietywellington.net.nz/, Labour Weekend, Monday, Movie, October 29, Preview, Society, Vampire, Vampires, Vampirism, Wellington, Wellington Film Society: Preview, Wellington Film Society: Preview – Daughters of Darkness, Wellington Film Society: Preview – Daughters of Darkness (October 29), Wgtn ·

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October 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Neon Bull [Boi Neon] (October 15)

The Wellington Film Society rolls on – there’ll be a break next week for Labour Weekend. Last week we were treated to China’s Van Goghs. This week it’s Neon Bull. Gabriel Mascaro’s Neon Bull takes us to Brazil and the world of the vaquejada – two cowboys (“vaqueiros”) on horseback pursue a bull, seeking to pin it between two […]
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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 […]
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September 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Mustang (October 1)

The Wellington Film Society hits into October, meaning the end of the year is on its way…last week it was Lewat Djam Malam – shown internationally as “After The Curfew” – this week it’s Deniz Gamze Ergüven‘s Oscar-nominated first feature, Mustang. “Its emotions are universally recognizable, as is the powerful yearning of its young, female […]
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September 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – After The Curfew/Lewat Djam Malam (September 24)

The Wellington Film Society showed Paris, Texas last week and record numbers turned out for that screening. This week it’s to Usmar Ismail, a pioneer of Indonesia cinema for Lewat Djam Malam – shown internationally as “After The Curfew”. Released in 1954, restored in 2012 this will be a must-see for fans of rare, rewarding […]
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September 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Paris, Texas (September 17)

The Wellington Film Society showed Santi-Vina last week. This week it’s Paris, Texas. I’ve seen a lot of Wim Wenders films. I’ll watch almost anything that is scored by Ry Cooder. I love Harry Dean Stanton, and Dean Stockwell too for that matter. I’ve read plenty of Sam Shepard including his Motel Chronicles which was […]
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September 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Santi-Vina (September 10)

The Wellington Film Society screening of Tangerine last week was a treat. And this week it’s back to Thai film for Santi-Vina in fact the first Thai film shot on 35mm in colour. Long believed lost and the film’s director Thavi Na Bangchang died in 1970, believing the last 35mm print had been irreparably damaged […]
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August 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Manila In The Claws of Light (August 27)

The Wellington Film Society’s program continues – last week it was Baden Baden this week it’s Manila In The Claws of Light. When Lino Brocka died in a car crash in 1991, the Philippines lost its outstanding director – a man who, despite the constraints of a commercial industry and vicious censorship under Marcos, succeeded […]
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June 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Les Cowboys (July 2)

The Wellington Film Society’s program moves back up to date this week. Last week it was the glam of Gilda – with cocktails after! But this week it’s Les Cowboys, a French-Belgian film from 2015. Reaching across 15 years and multiple countries, Les Cowboys repurposes the narrative codes of the classic western to explore the complexities of […]
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June 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Gilda (June 25)

The Wellington Film Society’s program rolls out another oldie and a goldie. Last week it was to more modern times with Of Horses And Men, this time we’re back in the Golden Era with Gilda – featuring of course Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford and directed by Charles Vidor.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 6.15pm, B & W, Charles Vidor, Cocktails, Embassy, Film Noir, Film Society, Glenn Ford, https://offthetracks.co.nz/wellington-film-festival-2018-films-to-screen-at-wellingtons-iconic-embassy-theatre/, June 25, Monday, Preview, Rita Hayworth, Trailer, Wellington, Wellington Film Society: Preview, Wellington Film Society: Preview – Gilda (June 25), Wgtn ·

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June 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Of Horse And Men (June 18)

The Wellington Film Society’s program is continues, last week it was 1960s paranoia with Seconds, this week we’re in Iceland, we’re right up to date (well, 2013) and we’ve got one of the shortest running times of the year (around 70 minutes or so) with Benedikt Erlingsson’s movie, Of Horses And Men. Part of the […]
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