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March 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 54 – Graeme Tuckett

Welcome to episode 54 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with film reviewer and film maker Graeme Tuckett. You can read Tuckett’s reviews – and watch them – on Stuff.co.nz, he’s written regularly for the Dominion Post and before that Capital Times; he’s been a film reviewer on RNZ and […]
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November 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 38 – Costa Botes

Welcome to episode 38 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with Wellington filmmaker Costa Botes. I first met Costa Botes about 10 years ago, I was writing a profile on him for a magazine. I visited his house for a couple of hours over a couple of days and came […]
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May 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

A.O. Scott: Better Living Through Criticism

Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think about Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth A.O. Scott Penguin Press It’s a good idea, and worth it because A.O. Scott is a good writer, a good critic – worth reading (film critic for the New York Times) and because, hopefully, you believe/in the subject. But it’s odd because […]
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March 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Philip Matthews

Philip Matthews is a senior reporter with Fairfax Media in Christchurch and is a former film reviewer with the NZ Listener. He blogs about films at Second Sight and is on Twitter as @secondzeit. Here are Five Films That Have Stayed With Him… 1 – Solaris: This is such an intensely sorrowful film. If I was […]
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September 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Sarah McMullan

Sarah McMullan is a freelance publicist and film reviewer. She had a six-year stint reviewing films at Radio New Zealand, has worked for the New Zealand International Film Festival and currently writes for The 13th Floor and her own The Call Her Square Eye. Here are five films that have stayed with her… I worked […]
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