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November 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Andrew Paul Wood

Andrew Paul Wood is a Christchurch-based writer, cultural critic and freelance curator. He writes for The Press, the Listener, Urbis, Architecture New Zealand, and a host of others. Recent work includes a translation into English of the New Zealand poems of German-Jewish poet Karl Wolfskehl, Under New Stars: Poems from the New Zealand Exile (Holloway, 2012, edited by Friedrich Voit), and a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 'Three Colours', 2001: A Space Odyssey, Adam Sandler, Alien, Aliens, Andrew Paul Wood, Andrew Wood, Art, Art Critic, Art History, Blade Runner, Blazing Saddles, Bridesmaids, Critic, Cultural Critic, District 9, Film, Film Review, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Ghostbusters, Hannah Montana, Hollywood, Jem and the Holograms, Josie and the Pussycats, Jupiter Ascending, Labyrinth, Lord of the Rings, Melancholia, Metropolis, Movie Review, Movies, Paul Feig, Queen Margot, Remake, Sequel, Special Guest, Star Wars, The Dark Crystal, The Hobbit, The Karamazovs, The Man Who Fell To Earth, The Matrix, The NeverEnding Story, The Princess Bride, The Ridiculous 6, The Shining, Watership Down, Willow, Writer ·

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April 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 56 PJ

I got involved in the Wellington movie world from a side door and quite late in the piece. Lord of the Rings and King Kong were done and dusted and it had all sort of passed me by. In 2003 I needed work and was sick of house painting and someone suggested I try film […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Fran Walsh, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, King Kong, Lord of the Rings, Music, Painting, Peter Jackson, PJ, Set Decorating, Sir Peter Jackson, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 56 PJ, War Stories, War Stories # 56, Wingut, Writing ·

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