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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.Archive
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 […]Archive
June 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Seconds (June 11)
The Wellington Film Society’s program is back after a week off – and we’re still in the sixties, following on from Alphaville we’re in the world of John Frankenheimer. His Seconds (1966) is in fact the third film in his “Paranoia Trilogy” (following 1962’s The Manchurian Candidate and 1963’s Seven Days In May). The film […]Archive
May 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Wild (May 14)
The Wellington Film Society’s program continues – last week it was Le Quattro Volte and sticking with more modern films and return screenings of features that debuted in the big film festival we have Wild. From the Film Society’s notes: A walk on the wild side in the most literal sense, Wild is a wayward, confrontational, anarchic, […]Archive
May 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Le Quattro Volte (May 7)
The Wellington Film Society’s program continues – after Things To Come last week it’s time for the first film of May. Le Quattro Volte sounds like a must see. And I missed it when it was on at the Film Festival back about seven years ago now. So we’re lucky to have another chance to […]Archive
April 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Things To Come (April 30)
The Wellington Film Society’s program continues – last week it was a contemporary story (24 Weeks) and now we travel back in time to look at the future with William Carlos Menzies’ 1936 take on a future dystopian vision, Things To Come. Based on the H.G. Wells novel of the same name, the black and […]Archive
April 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – 24 Weeks (April 23)
The Wellington Film Society’s program continues – last week it was Mon Oncle, now we’re moving forward several decades to something far more modern, contemporary with 24 Weeks (2016). It’s a tough watch about a touch subject – Astrid (Julia Jentsch) must choose whether or not to have a late term abortion when she discovers […]Archive
April 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – The Adventures of Prince Achmed (April 9)
The Wellington Film Society’s program resumes – following a break from Easter. We left off with an animated film – The Illusionist (L’Illisioniste). And we return with one too… The oldest existing feature-length animated film, The Adventures of Prince Achmed. The work of Charlotte “Lotte” Reiniger – the film features several famous avant-garde animators and a […]Archive
March 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Une Femme Est Une Femme (Mon, March 19)
The Wellington Film Society’s program rolls on. Week four. I loved last screening of The Lady From Shanghai – my first time seeing the film too. This week’s screening is Une Femme Est Une Femme (or A Woman Is A Woman) by Jean-Luc Godard, it’s a co-screening with the Alliance Française as part of The French […]Archive
January 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: 2018 Films To Screen at Wellington’s Iconic Embassy Theatre
New Zealand’s largest Film Society will move to screening at Wellington’s iconic Embassy Theatre after the demise of the Paramount in late 2017. The Wellington Film Society will launch its 2018 programme with a screening of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (1985) on 26 February. The Embassy Theatre will for the first time host the entire film society programme […]Archive
January 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman