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December 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Breaker Upperers: DVD
The Breaker Upperers Directors: Madeleine Sami/Jackie van Beek Madman The much-hyped The Breaker Upperers is a giant dud; a turkey. You get the feeling it was made in real-time almost, plotted out scene by scene as it’s happening. Shoot something. Wait. Print. Write a new scene. That’s the diminishing-returns aspect. The trailer-worthy highlights appear thick, […]Archive
December 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 16: The Compleat Beatles
Maybe it’s because it’s hard to find and best remembered for what it represented (also: time/place) but I reckon The Compleat Beatles is the very best Beatles doco there’s ever been. It shits on The Anthology which is not terrible, but is, probably, far too much of a good thing. When The Anthology was released […]Archive
December 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Cover Girl (December 3)
Well, we made it – this week is the final screening for 2018 of The Wellington Film Society. What a year. A huge range of amazing films, all shown on one of the biggest screens in one of the greatest movie venues in this part of the world. It has been a year of transition […]Archive
November 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – The Selfish Giant (November 12)
The Wellington Film Society is heading into its final few weeks for 2018. Last week it was Fireworks Wednesday, this week we’re in the world of Oscar Wilde, or at the least inspired by his words with this take on The Selfish Giant. Actually, this Iranian film from 2006 is – literally – about fireworks; […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
October 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 138 – Ross Jolly
Welcome to episode 138 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library to access each new episode; or […]Archive
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 […]Archive
October 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
I Feel Pretty: DVD
I Feel Pretty Directors: Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein Wonderland Sound and Vision/STXfilms When this was released there was talk of Schumer’s shaming – she had the body-image stuff all wrong; was tone-deaf. That’s probably the least of this film’s worries I would have thought. Well, I can say that, I’m a man. (I am […]Archive
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 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman