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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 […]Archive
October 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The John Waters Interview: From The Archives
I have John Waters on the line, cult film-maker, writer, visual artist, collector and curator, journalist, raconteur and lifelong music fan. His voice, that unmistakable purr, camp but measured, a highbrow hick so happy to talk. The subject/s? Anything. Everything. He’s back in his home. Baltimore. The only place John Waters could come from. We […]Archive
August 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Tom Roston: I Lost It At The Video Store – A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era
I Lost It At The Video Store: A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era Tom Roston The Critical Press This well-intentioned, slim volume aims to bring together a range of voices around the idea of the local video store being the birth place of modern independent cinema and indie-filmmaking; most famously Quentin Tarantino and […]Archive
June 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Bud Spencer
Reports are in that Bud Spencer has died. He was 86. The Italian actor and director was born Carlo Pedersoli and after a career as a professional swimmer moved into acting. He was a bit-part player through the late 1950s until meeting his action-film partner, Terence Hill (a fellow Italian, born Mario Girotti). As a […]Archive
June 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Edward Ross: Filmish – A Graphic Journey Through Film
Filmish: A Graphic Journey Through Film Edward Ross SelfMadeHero Well, it’s all there in the title really, here cartoonist/illustrator/film-buff Edward Ross takes a tour through cinema, painting himself into the picture in a narrator-role occasionally, but most often delighting in drawing up key scenes from iconic movies. Filmish is divided into seven thematic studies, seven […]Archive
May 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Vorn Colgan
Vorn Colgan has been New Zealand’s best-kept musical secret for so long now that it seems almost a shame to spoil it. He has been writing and releasing albums under the Vorn moniker to critical acclaim and commercial non-plussed-ness since 1999, as well as contributing to the work of indie legends such as Dangerpin, The Sproutts and […]Archive
February 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Adam Fresco
Adam Fresco works in film, theatre and TV as a writer, director, producer, performer and professional acting coach. Born in London, he arrived in Auckland a decade ago, having worked in professional British Theatre and TV. The Director of DramaTrain.co.nz and Producer for Imagine Studios NZ, Adam is a self-confessed film nut. He regularly reviews […]Archive
February 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Jimmy Jones
Jimmy Jones is a landscape gardener, constructor, designer etc. He arrived in Sydney 17 years ago via Dunedin, Nelson, Motueka and well NZ in general. He’s never written about music or played in a band but has been surrounded by music, musicians, engineers, producers, writers et al since he was a teenager. His brother Damian […]Archive
December 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Off The Tracks’ (Belated) Christmas Message: Year in Review 2015
Last year I was a day late, even slacker this year, sorry… but I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and thanks for reading Off The Tracks. Three full years we’ve been operating now – I say ‘we’ because it’s due to you and me. I had a week off in Hawke’s Bay where […]Archive
November 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Gregory O’Brien
Wellington-based, Gregory O’Brien is a full-time poet, artist, essayist, curator and cultural odd-jobs-man. Recent books include a monograph on Pat Hanly and a collection of poems, Beauties of the Octagonal Pool. His book length essay News of the Swimmer Reaches Shore (2007) was propelled into being by a strict diet of Fred Frith, The Necks, Olivier […]Archive
November 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman