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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 […]
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June 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1352

Iggy Pop, Lust For Life (1977) There’s a lot of good Iggy Pop stuff but there aren’t all that many great Iggy Pop albums. Fans might get up in arms about that – they tend to do that sort of thing – but Iggy’s albums are patchy, in most cases. I do love this one […]
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