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January 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Jim Henson Retrospectacle: Wellington, April 2018
Wellington will host a world-first three-week Jim Henson Retrospectacle in April 2018. It culminates in a celebration concert with Bret McKenzie, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and Jim Henson’s characters from Sesame Street, The Muppets and Fraggle Rock.Archive
January 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: 2018 Films To Screen at Wellington’s Iconic Embassy Theatre
New Zealand’s largest Film Society will move to screening at Wellington’s iconic Embassy Theatre after the demise of the Paramount in late 2017. The Wellington Film Society will launch its 2018 programme with a screening of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (1985) on 26 February. The Embassy Theatre will for the first time host the entire film society programme […]Archive
January 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: 2018 Schedule
The Wellington Film Society’s 2018 Schedule has just been released. It’s a new year, there’s the excitement of a new home – The Embassy – and so plenty of space for new members. There’s also this list of great films for 2018:Archive
January 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Film Review: Paddington 2 – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)
Paddington 2 Director: Paul King Heyday Films/Studio Canal/Canal+ Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)Archive
January 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The Shorts
The trick phone calls have been happening a lot lately, Lois tells Fran while waiting for the movie. Oh really? says Fran. I’ve had those as well… Yes, they call all the time. Though it’s usually around dinner. I don’t answer them often or if I do I’m quite rude. But I must tell you […]Archive
November 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The TED.Danson Talks
* I first knew Ted Danson from Cheers. He played a guy called Sam Malone. But he could have been named Ted Danson. * Ted Danson had been in a load of TV before Cheers – rubbish soaps and sitcoms, a walk-on here, a bit part there. But he was in Taxi… it was […]Archive
September 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 83 – Stuart McKenzie
Welcome to episode 83 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a chat with Stuart McKenzie. He’s a writer, producer, director, actor – he’s worked extensively across theatre and film, creating plays and short films, directing the full-length feature, For Good and his most recent (shared) project […]Archive
August 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 508
V/A, Pulp Fiction [OST] (1994) I saw the film six times on the big screen. I went to it three days in a row. Final year of school. Friday afternoon. So good we could only talk about it all night after, on the piss, already quoting lines. So back the next day with a new […]Archive
August 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 75 – Gaylene Preston
Welcome to episode 75 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I was lucky to have a chat with legendary Kiwi film director Gaylene Preston. We talked about her career, her work, many of her films but in particular the focus was on her brilliant new film, My Year With […]Archive
July 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Simon Ogston
Simon Ogston is an Auckland-based producer, director and camera-operator. Among other things, Simon has made a number of feature-length films about New Zealand bands. These include Rumble & Bang, Gone With The Weird, Antarctic Angels and the Unknown Blues and Sheen of Gold. His latest film is about Bill Direen, A Memory of Others and it screens at this year’s New […]Archive
May 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman