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May 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Only Angels Have Wings (May 21)
The Wellington Film Society’s program continues – last week it was Wild, and after a few contemporary stories we return to film-history and historic movies to view Only Angels Have Wings. This is a Howard Hawks film starring Cary Grant. Considered one of Hawks’ best films it is notable for its special effects of the […]Archive
May 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Wild (May 14)
The Wellington Film Society’s program continues – last week it was Le Quattro Volte and sticking with more modern films and return screenings of features that debuted in the big film festival we have Wild. From the Film Society’s notes: A walk on the wild side in the most literal sense, Wild is a wayward, confrontational, anarchic, […]Archive
May 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Comedy Festival: Rhian Wood-Hill (Cavern Club, Wgtn)
Rhian Wood-Hill: Rhian Vested Cavern Club Tuesday May 8 – Saturday May 12 (7.00pm) Like a lot of fresh Kiwi comics Rhian Wood-Hill appears, for most of his set, to be delivering a ramshackle-endearing, but largely unfunny and overly long, amateur TEDTalk. It’s so awkward as to be almost excruciating – there’s no timing to […]Archive
May 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Le Quattro Volte (May 7)
The Wellington Film Society’s program continues – after Things To Come last week it’s time for the first film of May. Le Quattro Volte sounds like a must see. And I missed it when it was on at the Film Festival back about seven years ago now. So we’re lucky to have another chance to […]Archive
April 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Things To Come (April 30)
The Wellington Film Society’s program continues – last week it was a contemporary story (24 Weeks) and now we travel back in time to look at the future with William Carlos Menzies’ 1936 take on a future dystopian vision, Things To Come. Based on the H.G. Wells novel of the same name, the black and […]Archive
April 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 204 The Set List
It was where we got our name from in the first place The Spines very first gig We’d been unable to decide from a long list of terrible attempts It was a packed University hall at lunchtime orientation Malcom McSporran was going to introduce us and he asked me what we were called I looked […]Archive
April 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – 24 Weeks (April 23)
The Wellington Film Society’s program continues – last week it was Mon Oncle, now we’re moving forward several decades to something far more modern, contemporary with 24 Weeks (2016). It’s a tough watch about a touch subject – Astrid (Julia Jentsch) must choose whether or not to have a late term abortion when she discovers […]Archive
April 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 203 Visions of JoHannah
“But Mona Lisa must have had the highway blues You can tell by the way she smiles” Bob Dylan I’ve said it before – It’s hard to talk about the act of painting without appearing pretentiousArchive
April 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Mon Oncle (April 16)
The Wellington Film Society’s program resumes – following the world’s oldest existing feature-length animated film, The Adventures of Prince Achmed we move to the world of Jacques Tati and the first of his colour films, Mon Oncle. The film centres on the socially awkward yet lovable character of Monsieur Hulot and his quixotic struggle with post-war France’s infatuation with […]Archive
April 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 111 – Gil Eva Craig
Welcome to episode 111 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Gil Eva Craig – a sound engineer, producer, tech and musician. She was in the band Sugarbug (I loved them!) and she continues to make music in a variety of sporadic projects including as […]Archive
April 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman