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June 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 19: The Apostle
I sat in a theatre alone watching The Apostle. Late 1990s. I’ve always loved going to movies by myself – are you there to talk to other people? I started going to movies by myself when I was in high school. I’ll happily go with a friend or in a group – but having no […]Archive
June 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 18: Dead Presidents
I think about the movie Dead Presidents a lot – and I’ve seen it a few times too. It might not be many people’s idea of a true classic movie but it felt like a truly profound experience to me when I first saw it, I tried mentioning it to many others, tried introducing it […]Archive
June 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 17: Beverly Hills Cop
I still go to the video store. And yes, it’s still called a Video Store. We rent/borrow DVDs – we do this because it’s convenient. The store (the last of its kind still standing in our town) is just down the road/just around the corner. And though I never meant for this to happen – […]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
October 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 15: Happiness
When Happiness arrived – late 1990s – I was already a Todd Solondz fan. Welcome To The Dollhouse had convinced me I needed to watch whatever else he put out into the world – and I did. I have. I’ve seen them all now – pretty much in order, as they’ve arrived. And though I […]Archive
January 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 14: The Blues Brothers
I have had the double-pack DVD of The Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 on my shelf for quite a few years. I didn’t need Blues Brothers 2000 but it was cheaper to buy the double-pack than just the original movie… The Blues Brothers had a profound influence on me. It is possibly the movie […]Archive
May 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 13: Blind Fury
Just recently I rewatched the movie Blind Fury – it’s been released/re-released on DVD by Madman, no (real) frills as such; just the movie on DVD, a chance to watch it if you’ve never seen it, a chance to stroll down memory lane if, as was the case for me, it was a favourite… As […]Archive
June 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 84 – Year of the Horse, Wellington, 1998
I can’t believe I’ve held on to some movie tickets – but I did love this film, Neil Young’s Year of the Horse; saw it first at the Wellington Film Festival in 1998, on the giant screen at the Embassy – in fact I’ve already written about it here, as one of the Movies of […]Archive
June 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 12: This Boy’s Life
A favourite phrase in our house right now is “I Want”. It’s what my 2.5yo son Oscar says more often than just about anything else. It’s quite annoying. Every sentence starts with “I want”. Sometimes (often) that’s the full sentence. We’re told it’s a phase. A stage. His age. Well, just the other day I […]Archive
June 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 11: Shihad Beautiful Machine
You should see this film. It’s the best music documentary that will ever come out of New Zealand. It has grit and heart and soul – and then there is the manipulation, the rewriting of history, the candidness that becomes a cover for what is tantamount to backstabbing. It’s all here. Shihad is New Zealand’s […]Archive
May 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman