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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 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Alphaville (May 28)
The Wellington Film Society’s program continues – last week it was Only Angels Have Wings, and now we’re back in the world of Jean-Luc Godard with Alphaville. This is from Godard’s most celebrated period in the 1960s, but a genre in which he had not worked before; science-fiction with a dash of film noir. In Alphaville, […]Archive
May 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Only Angels Have Wings (May 21)
The Wellington Film Society’s program continues – last week it was Wild, and after a few contemporary stories we return to film-history and historic movies to view Only Angels Have Wings. This is a Howard Hawks film starring Cary Grant. Considered one of Hawks’ best films it is notable for its special effects of the […]Archive
May 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 116 – Mark Cubey
Welcome to episode 116 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one’s a conversation I had with Mark Cubey. His most recent job was managing Writers & Readers as part of the NZ Festival. Before that, for more than a decade, he was the producer of Saturday Mornings on […]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 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
To Be Or Not To Be: Film
To Be Or Not To Be Director: Jing Chen (Independent) A short film – merely a conversation of just 11 minutes – but it screens as part of a series of shorts at the Doc Edge Festival – To Be Or Not To Be is a snapshot of the busking-career, motivations, influences and frustrations of […]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
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 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 113 – Lisa Harrow
Welcome to episode 113 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I met Lisa Harrow in the green room at Circa Theatre. She is acting royalty. I couldn’t believe my luck – that she had agreed to a long conversation for the podcast. Well, then, as soon as I met […]Archive
April 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman