tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63735100645017960032024-03-12T22:41:34.976-07:00Auckland Cinephileddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009382323004019335noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-888169587803567532013-06-01T22:33:00.001-07:002013-06-01T22:34:51.193-07:00In Cinemas: May 23 - June 5Well, we've both been flat out lately and writing about what's playing has taken a back seat to <i>watching</i> what's playing. Thought I might crash through a quick catch-up though, as I feel bad having missed things like SUMMER DAYS WITH COO (河童のクゥと夏休み) as the Japanese Monthly Screening last week and the DOCTOR WHO episodes that screened yesterday (S07E01 & S07E05). Lemme bullet-point;<p>
<b>NEW THIS WEEK:</b><p>
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* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_%26_Furious_6" target="blank">FAST & FURIOUS 6</a> - I dug the fifth, so I'm excited! The Rock, Vin Diesel, Statham or whoever...</br>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_(film)" target="blank">EPIC</a> - CG kids' flick from the ICE AGE crew. Girl gets shrunk down & fights with the leaf people.</br>
* <a href="http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/film/shopping" target="blank">SHOPPING</a> - NZ bleakness in a shitty coastal town, 1981. Young brothers caught up in thieving.</br>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Sentence" target="blank">THE LAST SENTENCE</a> (DOM ÖVER DÖD MAN) - Swedish newsman vs. Fascism. True story.</br>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeh_Jawaani_Hai_Deewani" target="blank">YEH JAWAANI HAI DEEWANI</a> (THIS YOUTH IS CRAZY) - Bollywood coming-of-age rom-com.<p>
<b>NEW LAST WEEK:</b><p>
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* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1978447/" target="blank">POLICEMAN</a> (השוטר) - Young Israeli radicals vs. the anti-terrorist unit. Rather exciting!</br>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reluctant_Fundamentalist_(film)" target="blank">THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST</a> - Mira Nair's thriller about racism & the American Dream.</br>
* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatts_In_Golmaal" target="blank">JATTS IN GOLMAAL</a> - Punjabi comedy about...a gangster in need of a heart transplant??</br>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hangover_Part_III" target="blank">THE HANGOVER PART III</a> - John Goodman & Melissa McCarthy join the gang for a third round.</br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1830843/" target="blank">THE FALL GUYS</a> - NZ crime comedy about three dopey mates finding a bunch of heroin. Hmm.<p>
<b>REPERTORY / ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:</b><p>
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* Finishing Monday; <a href="http://www.48hours.co.nz/2013/city/" target="blank">Rialto Channel 48 HOURS Heats</a> - Screenings of all the competition entries.</br>
* Finishing Monday; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)" target="blank">THE WIZARD OF OZ</a> (1939) has been playing at the <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/movies/2241.php" target="blank">Vic Pic Palace</a>.</br>
* Finishing Tuesday! <a href="http://www.outtakes.org.nz/" target="blank">OUT TAKES 2013</a> Queer Film Festival - Haven't even read the brochure yet; so far behind...</br>
* 6:30pm Tuesday (for a change); <a href="http://www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz/beats_being_dead.htm" target="blank">Film Society</a>: DREILEBEN Pt.1: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2587742/" target="blank">BEATS BEING DEAD</a> (ETWAS BESSERES ALS DEN TOD) - Young lovers and an escaped killer. On blu ray at the Academy.</br>
* Wednesday morning; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Fair_Lady_(film)" target="blank">MY FAIR LADY</a> (1964) - <a href="http://www.montereycinemas.co.nz/movies/3220.php" target="blank">Monterey Classics are back</a> with Audrey Hepburn.</br>
* Long Weekend; <a href="http://www.bridgeway.co.nz/movies/7654.php" target="blank">Bridgeway has</a> preview screenings of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1733105/" target="blank">BEKAS</a> - Two homeless kids in Kurdistan plan to move to the US to live with Superman.</br>
* <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/Marathon-1-Fast-And-Furious-6--Oblivion--3D-Jur" target="blank">$20 11PM Sunday Triple!</a> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_%26_Furious_6" target="blank">FAST & FURIOUS 6</a> / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblivion_(2013_film)" target="blank">OBLIVION</a> / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)" target="blank">JURASSIC PARK</a> (3D).</br>
* <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/Marathon-3-The-Hangover--The-Hangover-Part-Iii-" target="blank">$20 11PM Sunday Triple!</a> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hangover_(franchise)" target="blank">THE HANGOVER</a> Trilogy.</br>
* <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/Marathon-2-Star-Trek--3D-Star-Trek-Into-Darknes" target="blank">$20 11PM Sunday Triple!</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_(film)" target="blank">STAR TREK</a> / <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Into_Darkness" target="blank">STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS</a> (3D) / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe:_Retaliation" target="blank">G.I. JOE: RETALIATION</a> (3D).<p>
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<i>All sessions above are accurate at the time of publication. Your best bet would be to check <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/" target="blank">Flicks</a> or the theatre website before attending. Please let us know in the comments if you spy anything we've messed up/missed out!</i>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-79839266168918489072013-05-15T12:58:00.000-07:002013-05-15T13:02:16.044-07:00In Cinemas: May 16 - 22<a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPwp5PjDIE-_Rvsl9YR5eMxiAahcM_txxOTyysqr4eT5g45OjMx3rw6ScSKWlnU8k_KuSR7mbp7FDb8sp2ObC-lHIfyAB5opQh-c_Ed2q5wq3UKS5yIY16l6i-j2S0HQmTym8v0Vy2VTW/s1600/2013-05-16-1.jpg" /></a><p>
<b>CURRENTLY SHOWING:</b><p>
* From stuntman Ric Roman Waugh comes the direct-to-DVD-looking <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snitch_(film)" target="blank">SNITCH</a>, starring The Rock as a loving father busting drug dealers to keep his son out of jail. Alongside 'stellar' titles like G.I. JOE: RETALIATION, FAST & FURIOUS 6 and Michael Bay's PAIN & GAIN, this somehow looks to be Dwayne Johnson's most B-grade flick of the year. Also featuring Susan Sarandon, Barry Pepper, Omar from THE WIRE, Rey from LAW & ORDER and Shane from THE WALKING DEAD.<p>
* Speaking of B-grade, the acting in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_(2012_film)" target="blank">KON-TIKI</a> trailer reminds me of the white folks that sometimes appear in Asian films. But <a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/autumn-events/film/6b72704f-eeeb-48ad-aa4a-006f1e1e509b" target="blank">NZIFF deemed it worthy</a> to premiere at The Mighty Civic, so perhaps I'm way off base. This true story of six scientists travelling the Pacific Ocean in a homemade balsa wood/hemp raft is already a book and a doco, but is now also Norway's most expensive feature film ever. Playing at The Capitol, Rialto Newmarket and some of the other arthouses.<p>
* Rialto Newmarket also has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_(2012_film)" target="blank">BROKEN</a>, about a young girl witnessing a violent beating. A coming-of-age / loss-of-innocence drama featuring Cillian Murphy and Tim Roth.<p>
* Bridgeway has a preview of Maria Nair's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reluctant_Fundamentalist_(film)" target="blank">THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST</a> at <a href="http://www.bridgeway.co.nz/movies/7245.php" target="blank">8 PM Wednesday 22nd</a>. With Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, et al...<p>
* And then we have TWO new Bollywood films out this week; crime-thriller <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurangzeb_(film)" target="blank">AURANGZEB</a> and action comedy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangeelay" target="blank">RANGEELAY</a>.<p>
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<b>REPERTORY / ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:</b><p>
* <a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00005704/AutumnEventsScreeningFireworksWednesday.aspx?cinemaidlist=R08&from=2013-05-18&to=2014-05-18" target="blank">6 PM Saturday 18th</a>, NZIFF's Autumn Events has the fourth and final in their Farhadi retrospective - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks_Wednesday" target="blank">FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY</a> (چهارشنبه سوری). Set at New Year's, it's about a cleaning agency girl stumbling into a domestic, but like his other films, I'm sure it contains a lot more than that one line'd suggest.<p>
* And rounding out NZIFF's Autumn Events is Godard's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierrot_le_Fou" target="blank">PIERROT LE FOU</a> (PETE THE MADMAN, 1965), in which Belmondo & Anna Karena go on a crime spree, chased by gangsters. Kind of. Playing at the <a href="http://academycinemas.co.nz/CurrentlyShowing.aspx?ID=41" target="blank">Academy, 4:30 PM Sunday 19th</a>.<p>
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* Paul McCartney fans can see a restoration of the 1980 concert film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockshow" target="blank">ROCKSHOW</a> (FROM THE WINGS OVER AMERICA TOUR) this <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/Rockshow-From-The-Wings-Over-America-Tour" target="blank">Thursday 16th at Queen St, Albany & Westcity Event</a>. Says one night only, but we'll see...<p>
* Resene's Architecture & Design Film Festival 2013 continues on too, with titles like <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972646/" target="blank">EAMES: THE ARCHITECT & THE PAINTER</a>, <a href="http://fitchfoundation.org/2011-Kenneth-Love-Fallingwater-A-Conversation-with-Edgar-Kaufmann-jr" target="blank">FALLINGWATER: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MASTERWORK</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1379049/" target="blank">AMERICAN ARTIFACT: THE RISE OF AMERICAN ROCK POSTER ART</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Studio-Gang-Architects-Aqua-Tower/dp/B0035AQI3U" target="blank">STUDIO GANG ARCHITECTS: AQUA TOWER</a>.<p>
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* Film Society won't be at Academy Cinemas Monday, because they're playing an actual print of Leos Carax' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Amants_du_Pont-Neuf" target="blank">THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE</a> (LES AMANTS DU PONT-NEUF, 1991). SkyCity Theatre has the means to screen that, so be up there <a href="http://www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz/lovers.htm" target="blank">6:30 PM Monday 20th</a>.<p>
* The Writers & Readers Festival runs from Wednesday 15th until Sunday the 19th. The reason we're mentioning it in a list of filmic events? At <a href="http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/Home/Programme/EventDetail/tabid/57/id/442/Default.aspx" target="blank">4 PM on Sunday</a>, local filmmakers Alyx Duncan (THE RED HOUSE) & Annie Goldson (BROTHER NUMBER ONE) will be having a chat entitled FACTION at Aotea Centre.<p>
* The 63rd annual (seriously?!?) ski film put out under Warren Miller's name is currently touring NZ and will be in Auckland <a href="http://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2013/may/warren-millers-flow-state" target="blank">Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th</a>. With six screenings at EGGS off Gillies Ave in Epsom, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2455402/" target="blank">FLOW STATE</a> will set you back $26.<p>
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* The Monterey's weekly Monterey Abroad slot is taken by Susanne Bier's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Better_World" target="blank">IN A BETTER WORLD</a> (aka REVENGE / HÆVNEN) this week, playing for $15 at <a href="http://www.montereycinemas.co.nz/page-monterey-abroad.php" target="blank">6:30 PM Friday 17th</a>. A Danish drama dealing with things like looking weak in front of your kids, it gets the thumbs up from one - and probably <i>only</i> one - of your Cinephile contributors.<p>
* Feel like driving North for an hour? The Vintry are having something called Nostalgia Night on <a href="http://www.matakanacoast.com/main.php?eventId=221&from=undefined" target="blank">Tuesday 21st at 7 PM</a>, with wine, nibbles and an old film. This time 'round, it's the Robert Redford / Mia Farrow version of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby_(1974_film)" target="blank">THE GREAT GATSBY</a> (1974).<p>
* Screen-related - The Planetarium has another musical extravaganza; some tacky-looking retro animation set to all your U2 favourites! <a href="http://www.stardome.org.nz/u2---music-show/" target="blank">Tuesday 21st at 8 PM</a>;<p>
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<i>All sessions above are accurate at the time of publication. Your best bet would be to check <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/" target="blank">Flicks</a> or the theatre website before attending. Please let us know in the comments if you spy anything we've messed up/missed out!</i>
<a href="" target="blank"></a>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-54382863113391988892013-05-09T22:14:00.001-07:002013-05-09T22:23:08.701-07:00In Cinemas: May 9 - 15<a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsZKyL9A21beca9ZB5GqWeuy5nSJ8Xt84BI1MANekKqlj26alvQZVAbQdR_9Okv__7ME62WH9zILa8TWNsOy_LpQGq-YSiiHcwW3Ix6owsWNGPXTLIwzWIWT5tYLs3ySVrVzjYgn3PM0d/s1600/2013-05-10-1.jpg" /></a><p>
<b>CURRENTLY SHOWING:</b><p>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Breakers" target="blank">SPRING BREAKERS</a> marks provocateur Harmony Korine's big-time break, grossing more in its opening weekend than all his features from GUMMO to TRASH HUMPERS did in their runs combined. It's almost like there's a market for ex-child stars wearing bikinis and getting debauched or something. <p>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Witch" target="blank">REBELLE</a> was released as WAR WITCH overseas, such as in the US where it got a Best Foreign Picture nomination in the Oscars. The story of a 12-year Congolese girl who's kidnapped and enmeshed in war takes some unexpected turns amidst its more predictable social drama concerns, apparently. Exclusive to the Academy.<p>
* And file under "probably terrible but absolute catnip for Incredibly Strange fans": <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Goa_Gone" target="blank">GO GOA GONE</a> is a Bollywood zombie comedy with Russian mafiosos, now playing at Event Manukau and Queen St. You can probably get everything you want to know from the trailer: <p>
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* Also: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambit_(2012_film)" target="blank">GAMBIT</a> is a remake of a 60s Michael Caine film with a Coen Brothers script, but rumour has it that it carries the charm of neither; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_for_Marion" target="blank">SONG FOR MARION</a> (aka UNFINISHED SONG) looks to fulfill that gaping void left by BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL in the bankbooks of certain cinemas, with Vanessa Redgrave attempting to coax a curmudgeonly Terrence Stamp out of his shell; and you may have heard there's a new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Into_Darkness" target="blank">STAR TREK</a> film on the scene.<p>
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* The latest Met Opera - Verdi's <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/opera/rigoletto-verdi-tickets.aspx" target="blank">RIGOLETTO</a> - is kicking off in selected arthouses this week; there're previews of The Rock's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snitch_(film)" target="blank">SNITCH</a> next Wednesday at <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/Snitch" target="blank">select Event cinemas</a>; it <i>appears</i> that there may be a <a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00005793/FILMCLUBSCREENINGKon-Tiki.aspx?cinemaidlist=&from=2013-05-13&to=2014-05-13" target="blank">$5 Monday night preview</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_(2012_film)" target="blank">KON-TIKI</a> at Rialto; and there is a tonne of other films continuing this week - Johnnie To's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_War_(film)" target="blank">DRUG WAR</a> (毒戰), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_(2012_film)" target="blank">BARBARA</a>, <a href="http://www.maoriboygenius.com/" target="blank">MAORI BOY GENIUS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_of_Memphis" target="blank">WEST OF MEMPHIS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiviral_(film)" target="blank">ANTIVIRAL</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perks_of_Being_a_Wallflower_(film)" target="blank">THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER</a>, etc...<p>
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* The Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival 2013 has already started! Boy oh boy, I'm running behind...20 features (and six shorter films paired into double features) all started Thursday 9th and run for two weeks. I'd like to try catch these first four;<p>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1669274/" target="blank">CARTOON COLLEGE</a> - A peak inside the school for comic books in Vermont.<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1379049/" target="blank">AMERICAN ARTIFACT: THE RISE OF AMERICAN ROCK POSTER ART</a> (2009) - The '60s!<br>
- <a href="http://release.kasparworks.com/myplayground.kasparworks.com.html" target="blank">MY PLAYGROUND</a> (2009) - People + buildings = Parkour!<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972646/" target="blank">EAMES: THE ARCHITECT & THE PAINTER</a> - One screening only! James Franco narrates this look at the works from the Eames office and the Renaissance studio in Venice, CA.<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234419/" target="blank">16 ACRES</a> - The clashes and differing opinions over rebuilding NYC's Ground Zero.<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1858388/" target="blank">43 COLUMNS ON SCENE IN BILBAO</a> (43 COLONNE IN SCENA A BILBAO) - Building the new cultural centre in the Basque city.<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1762393/" target="blank">(AMONGST THE RUINS...) UNFINISHED ITALY</a> - 34mins of Italy's ruins. Playing alongside...<br>
- <a href="http://www.gebrueder-beetz.de/en/productions/modern-ruins-detroit" target="blank">MODERN RUINS pt.5 - DETROIT: HOPE FOR THE MOTOR CITY</a> - Detropia II?<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137414/" target="blank">(THE ARCHITECTURE OF) CARLO SCARPA</a> (1996) - A look at the man, revived in hi-def.<br>
- INDEPENDENT LENS S12E02: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1720692/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2" target="blank">ART & COPY</a> (2009) - Genius advertising creatives.<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2132308/" target="blank">DESIGN & THINKING</a> - A chat with folks who've changed the world with their designs.<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2458608/" target="blank">DILLER SCOFIDIO + RENFRO: REIMAGINING LINCOLN CENTER AND THE HIGH LINE</a> - The design firm in the title does exactly what the title suggests.<br>
- <a href="http://fitchfoundation.org/2011-Kenneth-Love-Fallingwater-A-Conversation-with-Edgar-Kaufmann-jr" target="blank">FALLINGWATER: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MASTERWORK</a> - a restoration of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137509/" target="blank">the 1994 film</a>, chatting with Edgar J. Kaufmann's son about the titular building and architect.<p>
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- <a href="http://www.acteon.es/contenido.php?catid=1&conid=89" target="blank">FORTUNY AND THE MAGIC LANTERN</a> (FORTUNY I LA LLÀNTIA MERAVELLOSA) - The 19th century Oriental design found in the photos, sculptures and textiles of Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo.<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2273237/" target="blank">FROM NOTHING, SOMETHING: A DOCUMENTARY ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS</a> - Game designers, screenwriters, chefs, Tegan's Sara & others discuss creative thinking.<br>
- <a href="http://www.biophilicdesign.net/" target="blank">BIOPHILIC DESIGN: THE ARCHITECTURE OF LIFE</a> - Architecture + nature. Plays with...<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1865473/" target="blank">PASSIVE PASSION</a> - 21mins of energy-conscious architecture.<br>
- <a href="http://blog.schmickfilms.com/archives/24" target="blank">LIFE ARCHITECTURALLY</a> - Husband & wife design team in Aussie.<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2130114/" target="blank">LINOTYPE: IN SEARCH OF THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD</a> - The near-extinction of the machine Edison called the 8th wonder.<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1275724/" target="blank">MILTON GLASER: TO INFORM AND DELIGHT</a> (2009) - The work of the I Heart NY guy.<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1417090/" target="blank">EYE OVER PRAGUE</a> (OKO NAD PRAHOU, 2010) - the National Library's design grief.<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1757922/" target="blank">UTOPIA LONDON</a> - Modernist architects rebuild London after WWII.<br>
- <a href="http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/around-town/features/beyond-blueprint" target="blank">VOLUME ZERO: THE WORKS OF CHARLES CORREA</a> (2008) - India's most famous architect.<br>
- <a href="http://www.designonscreen.org/dvds/hella-jongerius-contemporary-archetypes/" target="blank">HELLA JONGERIUS: CONTEMPORARY ARCHETYPES</a> (2009) - Half an hour with the Dutch designer. Plays alongside...<br>
- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Studio-Gang-Architects-Aqua-Tower/dp/B0035AQI3U" target="blank">STUDIO GANG ARCHITECTS: AQUA TOWER</a> (2009) - That buzzy building pictured above.<br>
- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1886760/" target="blank">WOMAN IN THE DIRT: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS SHAPING OUR WORLD</a> - Follows seven female landscape designers in LA.<p>
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<b>REPERTORY / ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:</b><p>
* NZIFF's Autumn Events is now in retrospect mode; at <a href="http://www.academycinemas.co.nz/CurrentlyShowing.aspx?ID=40" target="blank">Academy Cinemas, Sun 12th 4:30 PM</a>, the Godard films continue with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bande_%C3%A0_part_(film)" target="blank">BANDE À PART</a> (BAND OF OUTSIDERS, 1964), the 'story' of Anna Karena helping two crooks to rob her aunt, before things go pear.<p>
* There's Farhadi, too; at <a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00005702/AutumnEventsScreeningBeautifulCity.aspx?cinemaidlist=R08&from=2013-05-11&to=2014-05-11" target="blank">Rialto Newmarket, Sat 11th 6 PM</a >, 2004's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beautiful_City" target="blank">THE BEAUTIFUL CITY</a> (شهر زیبا) sees a kid kill his girlfriend and go to juvie, only to have his sister and some thief try save him from execution. Also at <a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00005703/AutumnEventsScreeningDancingintheDust.aspx?cinemaidlist=R08&from=2013-05-15&to=2014-05-15" target="blank">Rialto, Wed 15th 6:15 PM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_in_the_Dust_(2003_film)" target="blank">DANCING IN THE DUST</a> (رقص در غبار)(2003) is about a guy made to divorce his wife and go on the run from debt, eventually winding up with a snake hunter in the desert, or something.<p>
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* Auckland Film Society is back to their Claire Denis screenings this week, with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35_Shots_of_Rum" target="blank">35 SHOTS OF RUM</a> (35 RHUMS, 2008). <a href="http://www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz/35_shots.htm" target="blank">Academy Cinemas 6:30 PM Monday 13th</a>.<p>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Dancing" target="blank">DIRTY DANCING</a> (1987) in back again on <a href="http://www.hoyts.co.nz/movies/2013/pcc_dirty_dancing.aspx" target="blank">Sunday 12th 2:30 PM</a> at Takapuna and Mission Bay Berkeleys. It's repertory, so I should mention <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_Wears_Prada_(film)" target="blank">THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA</a> (2006) will be playing at <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/movies/1680.php" target="blank">The Vic Saturday 11th 8:40 PM</a>. And I forgot to mention last week that Disney's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan_(1953_film)" target="blank">PETER PAN</a> (1953) plays <a href="http://www.hoyts.co.nz/movies/2013/peter_pan.aspx" target="blank">Hoyts and Berkeley cinemas</a> on weekend mornings this month.<p>
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* Monterey Cinema has kicked of its Monterey Abroad nights again; at <a href="http://www.montereycinemas.co.nz/movies/5385.php" target="blank">6:30 PM Friday 10th</a>, you can have a drink and watch Israel's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footnote_(film)" target="blank">FOOTNOTE</a> (הערת שוליים) for $15 out in Howick.<p>
* The Film Archive on K Rd is playing the 2010 film essay <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772382/" target="blank">THE FORGOTTEN SPACE</a> for <a href="http://www.photographyfestival.org.nz/programme/detail.cfm?exhibition_id=1746&exhibition_date=1%20june%202013" target="blank">FREE, two or three times a day</a>?? Not sure how that works...The Dutch National Ballet brings <a href="http://www.het-ballet.nl/en/performances/2012-2013/cinderella/" target="blank">Cinderella</a> to St. Lukes, Albany & Westgate Events on <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/Cinderella---Dutch-National-Ballet" target="blank">Sunday 12th at 11 AM and 2 PM</a>. Technically a screening - Stardome has <a href="http://www.starlight-prod.com/catalog.php?categ_id=16" target="blank">PINK FLOYD'S THE WALL and DARK SIDE OF THE MOON</a> in the planetarium on <a href="http://www.stardome.org.nz/pink-floyd-music-double-feature" target="blank">Tuesday 15th 8 PM</a>.<p>
<i>All sessions above are accurate at the time of publication. Your best bet would be to check <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/" target="blank">Flicks</a> or the theatre website before attending. Please let us know in the comments if you spy anything we've messed up/missed out!</i>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-61175545560672935042013-05-01T16:33:00.000-07:002013-05-01T16:45:21.187-07:00In Cinemas: May 2 - 8<b>CURRENTLY SHOWING:</b><p>
There's a lot on this week, but really it's all about Johnnie To's DRUG WAR. More on that in a moment...<p>
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* If you missed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiviral_(film)" target="blank">ANTIVIRAL</a> at Autumn Events and are wondering what a film by David Cronenberg's son is like, or just enjoy seeing icky things on camera, it's returned unexpectedly quickly and is playing in Rialto's e-Cinema.<p>
* It's been a much longer wait for the return engagement of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)#Release" target="blank">JURASSIC PARK 3D</a>, but hopefully its accoutrement of 3-dimensionality has made that wait worthwhile. Now playing all over the place.<p>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Company_You_Keep_(film)" target="blank">THE COMPANY YOU KEEP</a> seems to be crossing over the mainstream and arthouse cinemas - it's a Robert Redford-directed tale centered around The Weather Underground. Personally, we reckon it's going to have a hard task living up to the fantastic documentary on the group, even if its bombing-related subject matter is unexpectedly timely...<p>
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* More in the "returning from film festivals department"; <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2094877/" target="blank">HAUTE CUISINE</a> opened the French Film Festival and will undoubtedly turn over crowds eager for inoffensive filmmaking for months, whilst the locally-produced documentary <a href="http://www.maoriboygenius.com/" target="blank">MAORI BOY GENIUS</a> may have a shorter lifespan but augurs to be the more substantial of the two. The latter has a Film Talk at Rialto with filmmakers Pietra Brettkelly and Joanna Paul on <a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00005738/FILMTALKMaoriBoyGenius.aspx?cinemaidlist=R08&from=2013-05-02&to=2014-05-02" target="blank">Thu 2nd May at 6 PM</a>.<p>
* But, seriously, <b>seriously</b>, SERIOUSLY: if you can see one film this week, make it Johnnie To's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_War_(film)" target="blank">DRUG WAR</a> (毒戰), screening exclusively at <a href="http://www.hoyts.co.nz/movies/2013/drug_war.aspx" target="blank">Hoyts Sylvia Park</a>. Johnnie To is one of the living masters of Hong Kong filmmaking, having brought us such titles as EXILED, BREAKING NEWS, ELECTION, THROWDOWN, MAD DETECTIVE...the list goes on and on. And whilst his last few films have mined romantic comedy and drama, DRUG WAR could be a return to vintage To mayhem, and if you've ever loved a Hong Kong action film, you owe it to yourself not to miss this.<p>
Is that all? No, it's not all: there's the heartwarming Korean comedy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_in_Cell_No._7" target="blank">MIRACLE IN CELL NO. 7</a> (7번방의 선물) at <a href="http://www.hoyts.co.nz/movies/2013/miracle_in_cell_no_7.aspx" target="blank">Hoyts Wairau Park</a>; this week's Bollywood offering, the action-crime drama <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout_at_Wadala" target="blank">SHOOTOUT AT WADALA</a> at Hoyts and Event; <a href="http://www.exhibitiononscreen.com/manet.html" target="blank">MANET: PORTRAYING LIFE</a>, an up-close look at the artist's works, plays at Rialto Newmarket; and there's a preview of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambit_(2012_film)" target="blank">GAMBIT</a>, the Coen Brothers-penned remake of the Michael Caine film, sneaking into select Event cinemas at <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/Gambit" target="blank">10:30 AM Mon and Wed</a>... not convenient for us, but maybe for you?<p>
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<b>REPERTORY / ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:</b><p>
* NZIFF's Autumn Events continue this week, and in addition to such returning titles as THE HOUSE I LIVE IN, WHERE THE CONDORS FLY, AFTER MAY, THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES, GREGORY CREWDSON: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS, and THE DEEP, there are a few extra additions; in Jean-Luc Godard's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_to_Live" target="blank">VIVRE SA VIE: FILM EN DOUZE TABLEAUX</a> (MY LIFE TO LIVE, 1962), Anna Karena ditches her family to act, but instead becomes a prostitute with pimps fighting over her. Playing once only, <a href="http://www.academycinemas.co.nz/CurrentlyShowing.aspx?ID=38" target="blank">this Sunday at Academy Cinema</a>.<p>
* From Asghar Farhadi, the director of 2011's Iranian 'hit' A SEPARATION (جدایی نادر از سیمین), NZIFF also brings us 2009's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Elly" target="blank">ABOUT ELLY</a> (درباره الی) as part of their Autumn Events selection. Drama, conversation and panic as 'friends' scour the beach for a missing girl's body. It's only playing once, <a href="http://www.academycinemas.co.nz/CurrentlyShowing.aspx?ID=39" target="blank">next Wednesday at Academy</a>, but it's the first of four Farhadi works to be shown in a retrospective; look for more next week!<p>
* I like it when midnight premieres are an excuse for a double feature. <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/Star-Trek" target="blank">Next Wednesday</a> we've got <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_(film)" target="blank">STAR TREK</a> (2009) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Into_Darkness" target="blank">STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS</a>, which you can go see at 9 PM in Vmax, IMAX or good ol' regular.<p>
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* Down in Howick, Visconti's epic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Leopard_(1963_film)" target="blank">THE LEOPARD</a> (IL GATTOPARDO)(1963) gets a spin on the big screen, and it's a movie that well deserves that scope. Catch it at Uxbridge Arts Cinema Club, <a href="http://www.uxbridge.org.nz/whats-on/cinema-club" target="blank">8 PM Thu 2nd May $8</a>.<p>
* Auckland Film Society, meanwhile, presents Terrence Malick's first film (and at least one of your contributor's candidate for the top 20 films ever made); <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlands_(film)" target="blank">BADLANDS</a> (1973). If you missed out on Sissy Spacek and Martin Sheen as young killers road-tripping back when the 35mm print played a couple years ago, this HD presentation is likely to be your best alternative. <a href="http://www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz/badlands.htm" target="blank">6:30 PM Mon 6th May</a> at Academy.<p>
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* An odd one for a one-night-only; London rapper Plan B has made a film! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ill_Manors" target="blank">iLL MANORS</a> threatens to be all hip-hop, crime and swearing and will only by playing at <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/Ill-Manors" target="blank">Queen St. Event, Fri 3rd May 9 PM</a>.<p>
* And then there is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_But_a_Dream" target="blank">BEYONCÉ: LIFE IS BUT A DREAM</a>. Not sure exactly what it is, but it'll be on at <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/Beyonce-Life-Is-But-A-Dream" target="blank">7-ish Wed 8th May</a> at select Event cinemas.<p>
<i>All sessions above are accurate at the time of publication. Your best bet would be to check <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/" target="blank">Flicks</a> or the theatre website before attending. Please let us know in the comments if you spy anything we've messed up/missed out!</i>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-21201318024532058422013-04-28T12:54:00.001-07:002013-04-28T12:54:10.530-07:00In Cinemas: Apr 25 - May 1This is VERY late; if I had posted this on time last week, I would've told you that the upcoming weekend (27th & 28th) sees the end of Reel Brazil, as well as being your only opportunity to see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Before_Her" target="blank">THE WORLD BEFORE HER</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiviral_(film)" target="blank">ANTIVIRAL</a> at NZIFF's Autumn Events. Screwed <i>that</i> up.<p>
But there are a couple of films worth mentioning before Thursday's edition arrives;<p>
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<b>IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...</b><p>
* Film Society is playing David Lynch's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eraserhead" target="blank">ERASERHEAD</a> (1977) at 6:30 PM Monday 29th April.<p>
* This month's Japanese Film Screening - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Class_to_Remember_II" target="blank">A CLASS TO REMEMBER II</a> (学校II) - is on a Tuesday this time 'round. It will be playing for FREE at <a href="http://www.auckland.nz.emb-japan.go.jp/culture/film_show.htm" target="blank">7:30 PM Tue 30th</a> under the Auckland Uni Library.<p>
* <a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/autumn-events/film/3e8855f6-c27d-4b17-8b33-bd3343e40d2c" target="blank">NZIFF Autumn Events</a> has three screenings of <a href="http://www.taskovskifilms.com/film/where-the-condors-fly/" target="blank">WHERE THE CONDORS FLY</a> (DONDE VUELAN LOS CÓNDORE) starting Tuesday 30th April. It follows an enthusiastic director as he travels the globe shooting "¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!"<p>
* Also at <a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/autumn-events/film/e66e79a9-13e9-464b-9d5a-faa43e3080f8" target="blank">NZIFF's Autumn Events</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_I_Live_In_(2012_film)" target="blank">THE HOUSE I LIVE IN</a> begins Tuesday 30th April. It's a doco about how the war on drugs is futile, but also an unstoppable industry.<p>
<b>CONTINUING ON:</b><p>
NZIFF Autumn Events also has a bunch of other things that continue into this week;<p>
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- <a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/autumn-events/film/84754ebe-88ba-4069-b356-3db1c38acd43" target="blank">NZIFF Autumn Events:</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Crewdson:_Brief_Encounters" target="blank">GREGORY CREWDSON: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS</a> is a cool documentary about this cinematic photographer I'd never heard of before. I'm not saying it's the most well-made doco ever, but I adored that look into his world.<p>
- <a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/autumn-events/film/27b8ca9e-7bdd-45b8-a2f0-02b1d8821972" target="blank">NZIFF Autumn Events:</a> <a href="" target="blank">FROM UP ON POPPY HILL</a> (コクリコ坂から) is the second Studio Ghibli effort from Miyazaki's kid Goro. This is the English Language Version, but these Ghibli things usually even get <i>that</i> part of it right.<p>
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- <a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/autumn-events/film/3b8e6057-dad9-416d-9329-d73416a8b5e6" target="blank">NZIFF Autumn Events:</a> <a href="" target="blank">THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES</a> is a doco about the wife of a timeshare mogul with eight kids and the biggest house in America.<p>
- <a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/autumn-events/film/87e37236-c0bc-475e-bb5c-a240751cc89c" target="blank">NZIFF Autumn Events:</a> <a href="" target="blank">THE DEEP</a> (DJÚPIÐ) is the true story of a normal Icelandic dude swimming six hours while chatting to a gull, after capsizing in icy water.<p>
- <a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/autumn-events/film/b319d1c9-6fb1-4e19-9193-c8ff3dc50331" target="blank">NZIFF Autumn Events:</a> <a href="" target="blank">APRÈS MAI</a> (AFTER MAY / SOMETHING IN THE AIR) is kinda about Olivier Assayas’s youth, student protests, young love, coming-of-age...<p>
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<b>AND IN GENERAL RELEASE:</b><p>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man_3" target="blank">IRON MAN 3</a> is pretty fun and should be here for aaaages now.<p>
* The new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Dead_(2013_film)" target="blank">EVIL DEAD</a> remake is only playing at Queen St. Event and Sylvia Park Hoyts, and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of screenings either. Might be best to catch that one sooner rather than later.<p>
* The 4th doco about the West Memphis Three, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_of_Memphis" target="blank">WEST OF MEMPHIS</a>, is only playing at Rialto Newmarket.<p>
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* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Position" target="blank">FIRST POSITION</a> is a doco about ballet teens...<p>
* ...there's a new Punjabi comedy called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Di_Unlucky_Story" target="blank">LUCKY DI UNLUCKY STORY</a>...<p>
* ...and the new Met Opera - Donizetti’s <a href="https://www.metoperafamily.org/opera/maria-stuarda-donizetti-tickets.aspx" target="blank">MARIA STUARDA</a> - has arrived.<p>
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<b>CURRENTLY SHOWING:</b><p>
* Apparently, Rasta isn't just weed, Bob Marley and dreadlocks. Sounds like it was more about hating white folks and believing that the Ethiopian Emperor was the messiah. Academy Cinemas has <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1789024/" target="blank">THE FIRST RASTA</a> (Le premier rasta, 2010) playing in their 16-seater boutique theatre as of this week. It details the life of Gong Guru Maragh, one of the first Rastafari Movement preachers. Its country of origin is listed as France/Mauritius - my favourite!<p>
* Can't imagine why I didn't see <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592527/" target="blank">THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967–1975</a> at <a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/film/7b014579-dda3-4838-9ce4-d27b533b3b05" target="blank">NZIFF 2011</a>, but it's back at Academy Cinemas, so I'm safe. A documentary that remixes some 16mm Black Power movement footage discovered recently in Sweden. With names like Danny Glover, Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Talib Kweli, ?uestlove and Melvin Van Peebles alongside folks like Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver, Louis Farrakhan, Martin Luther King, Huey P. Newton and Malcolm X, it sounds fascinating to this white kid who grew up listening to Public Enemy.<p>
* Ugly-lookin' CG kids' film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765446/" target="blank">ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH</a> (3D) is out in general release now. While the voice talents of Brendan Fraser, Jessica Alba, Sarah Jessica Parker and Steve Zahn don't do anything for me, there're also cool dudes onboard like Craig Robinson, Shatner, Jane Lynch, Paul Scheer and Chris Parnell. Rob Corddry (Frank Wrench from ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT) also lends his voice to this, so you could do a Corddry big-screen-double with the currently screening WARM BODIES (that stars Nicholas Hoult, who is also lead in the now-playing JACK THE GIANT SLAYER. I could do this all day). Oh yeah, Ricky Gervais is in this children's alien adventure as well. Which reminds me;<p>
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* Keeping with the double-feature theme above, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2302755/" target="blank">OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN</a> features Michael Dudikoff (the American Ninja himself), who is also in G.I. JOE: RETALIATION at the moment. But Dudikoff's current resurgence aside, this film is about Gerard Butler saving POTUSA Aaron Eckhart when shit goes down. From director Antoine Fuqua (SHOOTER, TRAINING DAY), it also features Morgan Freeman & Melissa Leo (who're both currently appearing in OBLIVION, I just can't help myself), Angela Bassett, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Ashley Judd & Robert Forster.<p>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1823684/" target="blank">ETERNITY</a>, the latest NZ/Hong Kong sci-fi mystery is playing at Rialto Newmarket. A detective is stuck in a video game investigating a seemingly impossible murder? Who knows, could be fun.<p>
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* There is also a new filmed play in the National Theatre series - <a href="http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/people" target="blank">PEOPLE</a> stars Frances de la Tour in a comedy about...old ladies or something. I dunno, check the link.<p>
* There is another load of preview screenings this week; first up, Rialto has a members' screening of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_of_Memphis" target="blank">WEST OF MEMPHIS</a> playing after Film Society at <a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00005743/FILMCLUBSCREENINGWestofMemphis.aspx?cinemaidlist=R08&from=2013-04-22&to=2014-04-22" target="blank">8:30 PM Monday 22nd</a>. Much like the three PARADISE LOST films, this is about the West Memphis Three case, where a trio of teens was wrongly arrested for murder and went to jail for 18 years. This time 'round, we focus on the step-father of one of the victims and his probable guilt. NZ's own PJ has his name on it, too.<p>
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* It turns out that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man_3" target="blank">IRON MAN 3</a> has been deemed worthy of a midnight opening! That happens next Wednesday night - the 24th - and you can even re-watch <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(2012_film)" target="blank">THE AVENGERS</a> before it at 9 PM. That's quite an action-packed double for a school-night...<p>
* If six hours of superheroes seems a bit much for you though, The Bridgeway are having a preview of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_for_Marion" target="blank">SONG FOR MARION</a> (aka UNFINISHED SONG) next <a href="http://www.bridgeway.co.nz/movies/7683.php" target="blank">Wednesday 24th 8 PM</a>. Grumpy old man (Terence Stamp) joins the local choir to please his dying wife (Vanessa Redgrave) and is made to like it by the charming young choir mistress (Alice Creed). Bitterness thaws.<p>
* But there is plenty more goodness in general release; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perks_of_Being_a_Wallflower_(film)" target="blank">THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER</a> looked to be on its last legs at Queen St. Event, but Rialto Newmarket has picked it up; I rather enjoyed Ronny Yu's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_General_Yang" target="blank">SAVING GENERAL YANG</a> (忠烈楊家將) and am rapt that it's hanging in there; and <a href="http://aucklandcinephile.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/spotlight-red-house.html" target="blank">THE RED HOUSE</a> is still on at Rialto and over at The Vic.<p>
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<b>REPERTORY / ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:</b><p>
* This Saturday (aka Record Store Day), The New Zealand Film Festival kicks off their Autumn Events program. They have three films playing at the mighty Civic on Saturday, starting at 3 PM with the colourful old Frank Sinatra/Marlon Brando musical <a href="http://nzff.co.nz/autumn-events/film/360bc13a-417e-48c6-9703-7973c7a978ba" target="blank">GUYS AND DOLLS</a> (1955). This is followed at 7:15 PM by the man-vs-nature film <a href="http://nzff.co.nz/autumn-events/film/6b72704f-eeeb-48ad-aa4a-006f1e1e509b" target="blank">KON-TIKI</a>, about the Norwegian that took a raft from Peru to Polynesia; and then at 10 PM, we have the NZ premiere of the Ant Timpson/Tim League-produced horror-anthology <a href="http://nzff.co.nz/autumn-events/film/a34c8275-e93a-4b13-8b60-ded082048573" target="blank">THE ABCS OF DEATH</a>. And then on Sunday, they have brought back <a href="http://nzff.co.nz/autumn-events/film/3c05ac24-b4e3-4128-b529-fcfb4214a8f6" target="blank">LAWRENCE OF ARABIA</a> (1962), pro'ly well-suited to the Civic!<p>
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* <a href="http://www.documentaryedge.org.nz/2013/ak/" target="blank">The Documentary Edge Festival</a> finishes up this weekend on Queen St., but there is still LOADS to enjoy! For example; you can still catch <a href="http://www.documentaryedge.org.nz/2013/ak/film/detropia" target="blank">DETROPIA</a> where you get to see Detroit falling to bits; <a href="http://www.documentaryedge.org.nz/2013/ak/film/seeking-asian-female" target="blank">SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE</a> is a pretty funny flick about a US fellow of around 60-ish getting himself a Chinese bride half his age; <a href="http://www.documentaryedge.org.nz/2013/ak/film/how-to-survive-a-plague" target="blank">HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE</a> is about activists battling AIDS, defying government agencies, infiltrating industry & helping to fix the problem; and it all wraps up with the one and only screening of <a href="http://www.documentaryedge.org.nz/2013/ak/film/muscle-shoals" target="blank">MUSCLE SHOALS</a>, about the tiny music town in Alabama visited by Dylan, The Stones, Skynyrd, Redding, Garfunkel, et al.<p>
* <a href="http://www.reelbrazil.co.nz/RBFF_2013/The_Films.html" target="blank">REEL BRAZIL</a> is here for the year, with 10 films playing in Rialto's e-Cinemas (although a couple of them also have screenings in cinema 4 to watch out for). As per, I've chopped each synopsis down to a few words, for handy/dopey overview reasons. I reckon I'll pr'oly hit these first two;<p>
- <a href="http://www.reelbrazil.co.nz/RBFF_2013/Film_-_Dirty_Hearts.html" target="blank">DIRTY HEARTS</a> (Corações Sujos) - Japanese living in 1940s Brazil fight one another after WWII.<br>
- <a href="http://www.reelbrazil.co.nz/RBFF_2013/Film_-_Two_Rabbits.html" target="blank">TWO RABBITS</a> (2 Coelhos) - "Gritty urban thriller", crooked politicians, gangsters...<br>
- <a href="http://www.reelbrazil.co.nz/RBFF_2013/Film_-_In_Therapy.html" target="blank">IN THERAPY</a> (Divã) - A lady's therapy sessions lead her to young lovers, raves & a new life.<br>
- <a href="http://www.reelbrazil.co.nz/RBFF_2013/Film_-_Heleno.html" target="blank">HELENO</a> - Black & white biopic of an angry young football talent from the 40s.<br>
- <a href="http://www.reelbrazil.co.nz/RBFF_2013/Doc_-_Grandpas_Watch.html" target="blank">GRANDPA'S WATCH</a> (O Relógio do Meu Avô) - Director traces Grandpa's footsteps to Auschwitz.<br>
- <a href="http://www.reelbrazil.co.nz/RBFF_2013/Doc_-_Pirinop,_My_First_Contact.html" target="blank">PIRINOP, MY FIRST CONTACT</a> (Pïrinop, Meu Primeiro Contato) - Doco about a tribe's relocation.<br>
- <a href="http://www.reelbrazil.co.nz/RBFF_2013/Doc_-_The_World_in_Two_Round_Trips.html" target="blank">THE WORLD IN TWO ROUND TRIPS</a> (O Mundo Em Duas Voltas) - Doco about a sailing family.<br>
- <a href="http://www.reelbrazil.co.nz/RBFF_2013/Doc_-_Tropicalia.html" target="blank">TROPICÁLIA</a> - Doco about the 60s Brazilian art movement that spawned Tropicalismo music.<br>
- <a href="http://www.reelbrazil.co.nz/RBFF_2013/Doc_-_Who_Cares.html" target="blank">WHO CARES?</a> (Quem se importa) - Doco about social entrepreneurs all over the globe.<br>
- <a href="http://www.reelbrazil.co.nz/RBFF_2013/Film_-_Found_Memories.html" target="blank">FOUND MEMORIES</a> (Historias que so existem quando lembradas) - Photographer finds a coffee town untouched by time.<p>
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* Over at The Vic in Devonport, the writer & the lead actress of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106240/" target="blank">ALEX</a> (1992) will both be there on <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/movies/7682.php" target="blank">Saturday 20th at 4 PM</a>, to present a screening of the film, which is about a New Zealand teen training to swim in the 1960 Olympics, while dealing with a huge amount of schoolwork and the death of her boyfriend. Hefty.<p>
* Auckland Film Society will have their next Claire Denis film playing <a href="http://www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz/trouble_every_day.htm" target="blank">Monday 22nd at 6:30 PM</a> - 2001's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204700/" target="blank">TROUBLE EVERY DAY</a>. The synopsis mentions eating people and Vincent Gallo's thirst for blood, so I'm assuming that it's a little different from her other films...While Tindersticks are doing the soundtrack again, the film's title comes from the Frank Zappa tune;<p>
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<i>All sessions above are accurate at the time of publication. Your best bet would be to check <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/" target="blank">Flicks</a> or the theatre website before attending. Please let us know in the comments if you spy anything we've messed up/missed out!</i>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-28592358845453816052013-04-14T00:51:00.001-07:002013-04-14T00:51:16.301-07:00DocEdge (Drunken) Review #1: SEXY BABY, SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE, TALES FROM THE ORGAN TRADE, 9 MUSES OF STAR EMPIRE, UNRAVELED, THE DEFECTOR, I AM BREATHING, REPORTERO<br />
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<i>A note of explanation: Nigel and I thought it would be a good idea to do our reviews for the DocEdge fest over drunken GChats, as a way of not getting precious and falling behind, and also as a tribute to our origins. So, here we are. Enjoy. - Doug</i></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1fz">Alright, well, let's begin!</span></div>
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Shall I start?</div>
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Because I have a lot to say.</div>
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As always.</div>
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a. You should be glad you missed it, given your aversion to surgery footage.</div>
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b. I WANT TO FIREBOMB THE CULTURE</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1fe">...all of it??</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1f9">like, it's kind of the running joke that watching a lot of documentaries makes you want to just give up on life and everything</span></div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1e2" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
but Jesus.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1fi" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
all the mainstream culture, yes.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1o5" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Ok, so there's 3 stories.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1o6" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
1. 22-year old who wants to get labia reduction so she looks like porn stars look.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1o7">I'm starting to feel better about skipping it drink Guinnesses.</span></div>
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Guinnii</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1o9">2. 32-year old who is/was a porn star, trying to mainstream her way into life.</span></div>
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(You're already dropping prepositions. This cannot end well.)</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1ob" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
3. 12-year old.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1oc" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Oh fuck.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1od" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
The 12-year old.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1oe">haha, almost enough said</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1of">She starts out</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1og">But not QUITE; 12yo?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1oh">in a school play</span></div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1oi" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
decrying how Paris Hilton et al are valorized while Susan B. Anthony and other respectable female heroes are ignored.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1oj" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
And you think, wow: this girl has her head on her shoulders.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1ok" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
And then you watch culture destroy her.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1ol" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
And sexualize her.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1om" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
I don't ...</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1on" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Let's put it this way.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1oo" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
There is a lot of sexual imagery in the film.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1op" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
I did not respond ONCE; I felt fucking guilty as a human being for being complicit in a culture that was ruining women's lives so deeply.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1oq" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
In a way, I suppose, that's a positive review.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1or" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Also, you get to see chunks o' labia.</div>
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(The surgery footage I mentioned.)</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ot">My new favourite band is BABYMETAL; a 14yo performing J-Pop over speed metal, with two 12yo dancer sidekicks. I suddenly feel bad.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ou">Something to disappoint/disg<wbr></wbr>ust everybody, really.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ov">CHUNKS?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ow">... perhaps we should switch the topic.</span></div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1ox" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
"So, Nigel, what films have you been enjoying?"</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1oy" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
or ask me more</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1oz">SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE<br />9 MUSES OF STAR EMPIRE<br />THE DEFECTOR</span></div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1p0" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Yeah, just asian stuff...</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1p1" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
I have issues...</div>
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Though, between ALL of those films, I never felt overwhelmed by labia</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1p3">That's a common reaction to virtually every film that is not SEXY BABY.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1p4">Haha</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1p5">But, ok, to make a hamhanded segue, isn't SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE also about idealization/fe<wbr></wbr>tishization of females?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1p6">I wonder if there are sites out there that rate the percentage of labia in a film...?</span></div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1p7" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Yeah, YELLOW FEVER, as the Asian-American director/narrat<wbr></wbr>or calls it.</div>
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I connected with it on that level;</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1p9">TMI</span></div>
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nah, bare all!</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1pb">she actually started out to make a film about that (I think it says)</span></div>
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and she interviews a bunch of dudes who argue it's their black hair,</div>
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the bit under their eyes,</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1pe" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
how quiet they are,</div>
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etc</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1pg">the bit under their eyes???</span></div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1ph" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
I have never noticed this before</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1pi">all trying to put their finger on why they spot Asians in a crowds over redheads or whatever</span></div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1pj" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
UNTIL she finds this one dude, and scraps her plans to follow THIS fruit loop</div>
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(Americanism)</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1pl">Good thing you're talking to an American.</span></div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1pm" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Did you know the Wellington Phoenix and New Zealand Football supporter's group is called Yellow Fever?</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1pn" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
The magic of Google.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1po">But he does have his ideals; he assumes things about the Asian woman that are completely not true</span></div>
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I did not know that. Sports, huh</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1pq" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Probably the most stunning thing, was that this girl was HUGELY jealous.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1pr" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
You wouldn't think that of internet brides.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1ps" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
*sorry, I mean I wouldn't</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1pt">How does that work, anyway?</span></div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1pu" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Like did she put herself up?</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1pv" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Or does her family sell her?</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1pw" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Or ... wtf, really?</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1px">Haha, I went in like that too, didn't really read up.</span></div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1py" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
No, they're internet chat biddies</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1pz" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
*buddies even</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1q0" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
I think it may've STARTED through dating sites?</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1q1">oh, so this isn't Russian mail order bride kinda thing</span></div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1q2" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
just an entirely DIFFERENT ill-advised misadventure</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1q3">But yeah, he's a loud 60yo American, lost in his own world ie/not too many social skills</span></div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1q4" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
She's a 30yo country girl, looking for somebody to appreciate her for HER, rather than tease her being the country mouse.</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1q5" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
But I mean...it kinda works??</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1q6">as a relationship or as a movie?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1q7">I just felt bad, for rubber-necking at somebody's relationship</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1q8">Is it a bit exploitative?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1q9">Ah...it was entertaining!! But a lot of the time, I enjoyed it 'cause HE was so odd</span></div>
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Yeah, perhaps</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1qb" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Ok, probably the most interesting thing about it, was that the director/narrat<wbr></wbr>or got too involved, then got the guilts.</div>
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She started out as documentarian,</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1qd">ooooh, filmmaker complicity!</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1qe">then became marriage counsellor (spelt?),</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1qf">This can bring us to TALES FROM THE ORGAN TRADE (when you're ready, no rush)</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1qg">then confidante to the Asian girl (coz she's the only one she spoke to),</span></div>
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then friend, etc</div>
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But SHE (the director/narrat<wbr></wbr>or),</div>
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felt later on, like she had DRIVEN them together for the sake of the story.</div>
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Like, she was translator, advisor, and everything</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ql">are we giving away too much?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1qm">If she hadn't've been there, what would've happned?</span></div>
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Anyway. I'm done.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1qo">Ah, didn't mean to cut you short. But people have to read this shit.</span></div>
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So probably just as well.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1qq">Hah, I agree.</span></div>
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Time for a current drink count?</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1qs">Anyway: TALES FROM THE ORGAN TRADE has its world premiere tomorrow; guess DocEdge is moving up in the world?</span></div>
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Current drink count: still working on the same bourbon I poured when I got home, but it was a GENEROUS pour.</div>
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Had - what, four drinks with you before SEXY BABY? Five?</div>
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So I'm not <b>DRUNK</b>, but live the dream, etc.</div>
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Like I was saying, TALES FROM THE ORGAN TRADE.</div>
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Which should be called TALES FROM THE KIDNEY TRADE.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1qy">I'm at 3 Guinnesses, 1 Monteith's black, 5 Mac's Shady Pales and working on my first Mac's Great White. But continue</span></div>
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(and a Waikato. For good luck)</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1r0">It's a film that was almost instantly offputting; the opening titles literally have poor Filipinos showing their scars from where their kidneys have been removed to the sounds of that Janis Joplin song "take another piece of my heart"</span></div>
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and that put me off the film for a good 15 minutes</div>
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since it seemed so ham handed</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1r3">Ooooo</span></div>
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I do like that song though...</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1r5">and seemed like a big "organ selling is bad" movie, which = obvious.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1r6">Never pictured it like THAT mind</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1r7">Interestingly, though, it avoids being that very adroitly.</span></div>
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It seems to avoid even having a point of view, really, though the final title cards definitely tip the balance.</div>
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There's Filipinos profiled who sell their organs;</div>
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the Turkish surgeon who's done a lot (and is an internationally wanted fugitive);</div>
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a North American recipient;</div>
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two other Americans looking for kidneys,</div>
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and so on.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1re">That surgeon did seem kinda cool, from the trailer</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1rf">Basically, it's a film that creates space around the issue and makes you realize it's actually really complicated, no matter what your gut feeling is.</span></div>
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Which is something I generally prefer in documentaries to polemics.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1rh">Agreed</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ri">So many documentaries fall into that trap of "THIS IS BAD" and I'm like "YES I KNOW STOP SHOUTING PLEASE"</span></div>
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so it earns points there.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1rk">There was a dude in the trailer for ORGAN TRADE,</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1rl">Narrated by David Cronenberg.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1rm">who was like "this needs to stop ASAP", and without seeing the doco,</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1rn">That guy, yeah!</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ro">I thought that there is probably a need for it, there is probably more than one side of the story</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1rp">He's interesting too;</span></div>
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you never feel like any side is being vilified</div>
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he's on the hunt for justice</div>
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and when he's on the screen you totally see his point of view</div>
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but he's not living under a building with no electricity in the Philiipines.</div>
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You know?</div>
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I mentioned filmmaker complicity; I don't want to spoil it</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1rw">It probably seems all ery simple to him</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1rx">but there's a moment an hour in</span></div>
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where the filmmakers have a direct effect on the course of the film</div>
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and I'm like "WHOA this just got SUPER interesting"</div>
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and they IMMEDIATELY run from it and never mention it again.</div>
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Which is partially a factor of Cronenberg being a 3rd person narrator, I suppose.</div>
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He's often like "The production team did this"; I wondered if there was a version with 1st person narration by the filmmaker, that got supplanted when they realized they could get David Cronenberg or something.</div>
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Anyway. I think it's worth seeing; it's not as graphic as you might fear.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1s4">That IS good to know. You know I'm a surgery puss.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1s5"><b>insert awkward segue to 9 MUSES OF STAR EMPIRE here</b></span></div>
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you start talking whilst I top up my bourbon</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1s7">Haha, DAMN, them 9 Muses...</span></div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1s8" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Well, I had HUGE hope for these 9 Muses...</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1s9" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
I don't know K-Pop AT ALL, BUT...I'm a HUGE J-Pop nerd.</div>
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What's the diff, right?</div>
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Anyway, I was SO ready for this, I wanted "a gruelling year in the life of"</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1sc" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
Yeah. It's not.</div>
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Gruelling, I mean.</div>
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I had fun with it; you're watching beautiful Korean girls muddle their way through training to be a team of "honey-thighed" beauties.</div>
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And, I REALLY give the film big-ups for the ugly side of it;</div>
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while it wasn't as ugly as I wanted, holy shit, they don't pretty it up at all...</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1sh" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
These girls can't sing, they're whingers, they can't commit, soft as,</div>
<div class="kl" dir="ltr" id=":1si" style="margin-bottom: 0.2em;">
it is constantly showing them crying over dopey problems, their voices cracking in the recording booth...</div>
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Like, if this was OKed by these strict management companies that look over them, as a marketing ploy...???</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1sk">Wait: honey-thighed?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1sl">Wow, I'd be covering this up</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1sm">(I'm back)</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1sn">That's the quote, yeah. The CEO is looking over their costumes for their big debut,</span></div>
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(ridiculous slutty baseball outfits)</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1sp">so THIS is the natural double feature with SEXY BABY</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1sq">and decides it DOESN"T look cheap; in fact, their skirts could be shorter, to ensure they're perceived as honey-thighed.</span></div>
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Hahah, exactly. I think that was how it was set up</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ss">Is honey-thighed a thing in Korean culture?</span></div>
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(I know; I'm dwelling.)</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1su">I dunno; lemme Google it...</span></div>
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Ok; Korea honey-thighs brings up some interesting results...</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1sw">oooooh, Mr. Fancypants and your "google"</span></div>
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yeah, that may have been ill-advised.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1sy">How did you go Googling Sexy Baby?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1sz">I quite wisely avoided that.</span></div>
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At the moment I never want to see mainstream media sexual imagery again.</div>
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I came home, and my flatmates were just about to start watching PROPAGANDA.</div>
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I made it 30 seconds in;</div>
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shot of Britney Spears being "sexy" and I'm like, SORRY GUYS I HAVE TO LEAVE NOW.</div>
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PROPAGANDA does look fascinating, though; I'm assuming I'll be recovered by tomorrow.</div>
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So overall, do you recommend 9 MUSES?</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1t6">You coming along tomorrow? I'm looking forward to it.</span></div>
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Capping off my Korean weekend</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1t8">We'll see how I go; got BROOKLYN CASTLE on tap, and maybe INOCENTE and HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1t9">All good choices.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ta">Thank you.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1tb">Um, I did enjoy 9 Muses,</span></div>
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but perhaps 'cause I've seen Gaia Girls and things like that,</div>
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it seemed REALLY tame and petty</div>
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I still liked watching behind the scenes of openly manufactured girl groups, but then...that's me.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1tf">So a mild-ish recommendation.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1tg">Yes. Oh another thing;</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1th">Better than THE ANGELS' SHARE?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ti">It's REALLY well put together for about 10mins. Then falls way down into adequate.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1tj">Huh, strange.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1tk">Then has a really good 8-bit credit sequence come out of NOWHERE</span></div>
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So strange; as if they made it in order.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1tm">Did you see ONCE IN A LIFETIME, eons ago? The soccer documentary?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1tn">Nope</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1to">There's all these great split screen sequences near the start; exquisite.</span></div>
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(I LOVE split-screen.)</div>
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And then they just disappear.</div>
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I think the director must have been here for a Q&A?</div>
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Somehow or another, I found out that the reason they didn't continue</div>
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is that they were super-time consuming to edit and they had run out of money.</div>
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So off the tails of your mild recommendation, I'll do my mild recommendation: UNRAVELED.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1tv">Ah, this is the uber-rich crim?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1tw">C'est vrai. Marc Dreier.</span></div>
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The "if only Bernie Madoff hadn't existed, we'd have access to the most notorious white-collar crim ever!" doco.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ty">Ah, that rings a bell, I think I saw that quote</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1tz">So, right before I watched this, I watched another issue documentary, which had quotes from LOTS of people.</span></div>
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Getting a wide spectrum on an issue.</div>
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(Being purposely vague as I'm covering it soon for Best Worst Podcast.)</div>
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Anyway: this film is the opposite.</div>
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He's basically the only interview.</div>
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You hang with him for the two months between his conviction and his sentencing</div>
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whilst he's under house arrest</div>
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in his penthouse apartment</div>
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the narrative's opened up with animation and archive</div>
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but not much</div>
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and you NEVER hear from</div>
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co-workers</div>
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people he stole from</div>
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etc</div>
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it's all verite from inside the apartment</div>
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which obviously doesn't get a lot of traffic</div>
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it's interesting, I suppose, to get that detailed and relentless focus on one guy</div>
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but I found myself crying out for somebody to yell "That sociopathic fuck ruined my life!"</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1uh">Does he at least have an iguana or whatever dude had in This Is Not A Film??</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ui">He has a dog.</span></div>
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So, I was thinking of doing a review scale for this festival</div>
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based on the number of times Doug cries.</div>
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It's telling that</div>
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near the end</div>
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he has to say goodbye to his dog</div>
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FOREVER</div>
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and I didn't cry.</div>
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Did well up ever so slightly.</div>
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Then got resentful.</div>
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Also, interestingly: it's basically an instruction manual, when he isn't coming up with excuses/rationalizations.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ut">Yeah, I dunno that Doug Welled Up is enough of a recommend for me...Sorry.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1uu">There's a couple GREAT verite scenes with lawyers that show just how delusional he seems.</span></div>
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Do you want me to tell you about the Doug Cried Nonstop For Five Minutes film, then?</div>
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Or do you want to talk DEFECTOR first?</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1ux">Well, I do spot a segue;</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1uy">RUNTELDAT</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1uz">I was worried through THE DEFECTOR, because there was scenes that appeared instructional</span></div>
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They jumped off buses and onto trains for a few stops to get around the occasional inspectors,</div>
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that made me think "Shouldn't you - as a "broker" - be keeping this to yourself??</div>
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I liked the film; quite thrilling for a lot of it.</div>
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And holy-shit-fancy<wbr></wbr>-made</div>
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(great English Nige)</div>
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This thing didn't pixelate faces, didn't black things out; they just used tilt-shifts and things to subtly move off the facial features and whatnot,</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1v6">Can we step back: wtf is THE DEFECTOR's story?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1v7">so it was always a pretty shot, but the person's face wasn't in focus. Very nice. Again, FANCY.</span></div>
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Well, I was hoping it was a dude - Dragon - getting people to escape from that shithole N.Korea.</div>
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It wasn't quite that.</div>
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Basically, we join a crew of North Koreans that HATE North Korea enough</div>
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to have risked icy waters and border patrols,</div>
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to escape into China, and now live undercover there</div>
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Dragon is ex-North Korean; considers himself a Robin Hood</div>
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He helps them get right the way through China, to escape out over the Laos mountains and into Thailand,</div>
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where they can go to the cops and get sent to SOUTH Korea; the original goal</div>
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Problem with the film is, he doesn't make it too far through, before he gets sidetracked. And we don't see him anymore.</div>
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The filmmaker is kinda left floundering for a while</div>
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Still, pretty interesting,</div>
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even though NONE of it is set in the North</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1vk">did you see THE RED CHAPEL?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1vl">Did I mention how flash this thing is?? Ritzy doco man...</span></div>
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Nope</div>
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THe what?</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1vo">Doco about Danish comedians (including some of North Korean ancestry) going to North Korea</span></div>
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well worth your time if yr curious about N. Korea (alongside A STATE OF MIND and CROSSING THE LINE)</div>
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Sounds like something I'd like. I guess I'm saving my best for last as well (perhaps being presumptuous in assuming that's yr best): I AM BREATHING.</div>
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Which I saw more or less by accident.</div>
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Basically, I saw "Motor-Neurone Disease" and got curious.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1vt">Yeah, I dunno that I could stomach that one.</span></div>
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Nothing about MND gets me into a theatre. What a dick.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":1vv">Okay, so, yes: it is about a guy with a degenerative disease dying, and leaving behind a 3-year old kid and a wife.</span></div>
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Moving, yes; I spent the last five minutes in tears. But, really, a Kolobos monkey could have made a doco that made you cry with that setup.</div>
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What's special is</div>
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a) the gentle humour of it; the subject is quite funny and very willing to share it</div>
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b) thoughtfully shot; without underlining it, a lot of shots really take you into his worldview (long shots out the window that are beautiful but kind of sad)</div>
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c) the consistently underplayed nature of it; they KNOW it will make you cry, so there's not a lot of music to prompt you and nudge you (as opposed to ORGAN TRADE, which left my rib bruised from being elbowed)</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2aq">I'm confused; what's a Kolobos monkey?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2ar">so, yeah. I liked it a whole lot, and of the four I saw I recommend it the most</span></div>
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though I kind of recommend SEXY BABY equally, for outrage purposes.</div>
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You're fucking with me, aren't you?</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2au">Heh, indeed</span></div>
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I've seen 4 too, but I don't have a rave yet</div>
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REPORTERO was very interesting and very thrilling,</div>
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but I had my issues</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2ay">oh, apparently Colobus is the proper spelling; been getting that wrong for YEARS, geez.</span></div>
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c'mon, share yr issues.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2b0">Like, WHY, for a film about a newspaper that has its journos killed on a regular basis, is it so slow and methodical?</span></div>
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But I have definitely enjoyed all 4 films to some extent,</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2b2">because they made the mistake of following a journo who survived?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2b3">PLUS, they've all made me feel bad for doing as little as I do.</span></div>
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Hah, perhaps</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2b5">really? SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE made you feel bad for ... what, precisely?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2b6">Hahaha good point. Ok, I can do this...hang on...</span></div>
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Because the filmmaker felt so terrible about making it. I couldn't help but feel bad, about the effect we have on others</div>
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(How's that? Did I pass??)</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2b9">By we, you mean Auckland Cinephile? You personally?</span></div>
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I should just let you drop this, shouldn't I?</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2bb">Hah!</span></div>
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Please do...</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2bd">Okay. What's yr most anticipated titles of the next couple days?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2be">I'm really looking forward to PROPAGANDA actually,</span></div>
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and I have this inexplicable need to see ONLY THE YOUNG,</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2bg">Not inexplicable at all; it's highly lauded.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2bh">even though in my one-line write-up, it sounds DREADFUL.</span></div>
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Is it? Good to know.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2bj">Yeah, Mike D'Angelo, Ian Barr, Hugh Lilly, and others all rate it highly.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2bk">D'you think they could come up with one sentence that sums it up better than me?</span></div>
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Coz mine was TERRIBLE.</div>
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Yet somehow, I convinced myself I'm excited about it??</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2bn">Couldn't be that terrible, then?</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2bo">I'll know more soon...</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2bp">But yeah, I'm a guy that doesn't really care <b>what</b> the story is, as much as how it's told.</span></div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2bq">Totally with you; but how do you get that across BEFORE you've seen it?</span></div>
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How do you get sold?</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2bs">As I said to someone once: I'd rather read 15 pages of Tom Robbins describe some guy walking to the post office than 15 pages of Jack London telling about some guy trying to survive.</span></div>
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How do I get sold? Trusted voices telling me "hey, this is worth checking out".</div>
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Kind of like that RED HOUSE discussion we had earlier;</div>
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"filmmaker makes film about parents" didn't sell it, but Bill Gosden Tim Wong et al raving about it did.</div>
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But yeah, those films face the biggest struggle.</div>
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If only they had more labioplasty!</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2by">Gotcha. 'Spose that makes it harder for those of us not following the word...</span></div>
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Oh thank God, I was trying desperately to work out a segue to labioplasty. Well done.</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="dougdillaman@gmail.com">me: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2c0">You don't know how many people I've helped out with that problem over the years.</span></div>
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Shall we bid our readership a good night?</div>
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<span class="kn" style="cursor: default; font-weight: bold; margin-left: -1em; zoom: 1;" title="nigemo@gmail.com">Nigel: </span> <span dir="ltr" id=":2c2">I forget exactly how it was Tetrised in, but I recall the phrase "bits of labia" entering our conversation earlier...</span></div>
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I mean, YES! We should.</div>
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Then End.</div>
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ddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009382323004019335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-40676397563340583042013-04-09T17:56:00.001-07:002013-04-09T17:56:45.564-07:00Preview: Documentary Edge 2013We're nothing if not obsessive here at Auckland Cinephile. Particularly Nigel, who, without even meaning to use it for these purposes, created a one-line summary for EVERY film showing at the <a href="http://www.documentaryedge.org.nz/">Documentary Edge 2013 festival</a>, which starts in full force in Auckland on the 11th of April (following its opening screening of THE ISLAND PRESIDENT on the 10th). <P>
Sadly, we haven't seen any of these films, so we're going on instinct here: we do hope to have some reviews in time for NEXT weekend's screenings, but in the meantime, here's what our guts, friends, or trusted critics tell us we should check out. <P>
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<B><I>Nigel's Ten:</b></i><p>
<b>9 MUSES OF STAR EMPIRE</b><BR>
- A gruelling year in the making of a manufactured Korean girl group.<BR>
<b>THE DEFECTOR: ESCAPE FROM NORTH KOREA</b><BR>
- Dude who sneaks Koreans across the border to China.<BR>
<b>DETROPIA</b><BR>
- Detroit is falling to bits.<p>
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<b>THE ONLY SON</b><BR>
- Stack of Westernised siblings may have to move to Tibetian village to look after their folks.<BR>
<b>ONLY THE YOUNG</b><BR>
- 2 young skater dudes are inseparable - until one of them falls for a chick.<BR>
<b>PROPAGANDA</b><BR>
- N.Korea's hatred for the West uncovered in YouTube movie (actually a kiwi's social experiment).<p>
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<b>REPORTERO + ABUELAS</b><BR>
- ZETA's journalism about Mexican corruption can lead to death / 9min Arg anim-doco.<BR>
<b>SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE</b><BR>
- 65yo American finds his Chinese mail-order bride isn't as submissive as expected.<BR>
<b>THE SNAPPER SANDWICH</b><BR>
- Live narration & music from filmmaker Tony Burt from Maungaraki.<BR>
<b>TALES FROM THE ORGAN TRADE</b><BR>
- street brokers, rogue surgeons, desperate patients, narrated by Cronenberg.<p>
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<B><I>Doug's Ten:</b></i><p>
Cosign for <b>DETROPIA</b>, <b>ONLY THE YOUNG</b>, <b>TALES FROM THE ORGAN TRADE</b>, and <b>SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE</b>, plus: <p>
<b>BROOKLYN CASTLE</b><BR>
- Follows 5 kids from a poor public school that somehow pumps out chess-champs.<BR>
<b>HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE</b><BR>
- Activists battle AIDS, defied Govt. agencies, infiltrated industry & helped fix it.<BR>
<b>THE INVISIBLE WAR</b><BR>
- The secrets epidemic of institutionalised rape and rape culture within the military.<p>
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<b>KARSU</b><BR>
- 3yrs with the Turkish teen dubbed the Dutch Norah Jones.<BR>
<b>MUSCLE SHOALS</b><BR>
- History of tiny music town in Alabama; Dylan, Stones, Skynyrd, Redding, Garfunkel, et al.<BR>
<b>SEXY BABY</b><BR>
- Follows 3 females - 12, 22 & 35 - in the days of internet porn, social media, Labiaplasty, etc.<BR><P>
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And here's everything else - maybe there's some treasures in here as well; please share with us if you find any!<P>
<b>BIKES FOR AFRICA</b><BR>
- Kiwi bike/live/work every continent before 30, sets them up a bike workshop in Nambia.<BR>
<b>CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT</b><BR>
- Boxing trainer in poor rural China trains kids rigorously.<BR>
<b>CUTTING LOOSE / MONDAYS AT RACINE</b><BR>
- Scottish jail haircutting competition / Hairdressing for cancer patients.<BR>
<b>DANCE FOR ME</b><BR>
- Follows a 15yo Russian shipped to Denmark to be the perfect dance partner for another li'l guy.<BR>
<b>FAMILY TIME / NYOSHA </b><BR>
- Gay Israeli films his bickering family's RV trip to the Grand Canyon / 12min clay-mation.<BR>
<B>FINDING MERCY</B><BR>
- White kiwi returns to find her black friend who Mugabe may've killed in Zimbabwe 20yrs ago.<BR>
<b>FIRST COMES LOVE</b><BR>
- 41yo director films her solo pregnancy.<BR>
<b>THE FOUR YEAR PLAN</b><BR>
- Behind the scenes with the billionaires that bought the QPR English football team.<BR>
<b>GOING UP THE STAIRS / INOCENTE</b><BR>
- 50yo Iranian needs permission to exhibit art / Li'l San Diego face painter.<BR>
<b>GYPSY DAVY</b><BR>
- Director tracks her Dad, a Cali dude who became famous flamenco guitarist with 5 families.<BR>
<b>HENS' NIGHT / THE GREEN CHAIN</b><BR>
- Kiwis fight Dunedin battery farm / dude's 30yr fight over sawmill PCP deaths.<BR>
<b>HER MASTER'S VOICE</b><BR>
- Ventriloquist goes to get her inheritance of retired dummies when her lover/ mentor dies.<BR>
<b>I AM BREATHING</b><BR>
- Paralysed 33yo dying of Motor Neuron Disease blogs for his 1yo with voice recognition.<p>
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<b>I AM ELEVEN</b><BR>
- Interviews with kids around the world, comparing what it's like to be 11yo.<BR>
<b>THE IRAN JOB</b><BR>
- US B-Baller joined Iranian B-Ball team and helped spark free speech, prelude to Arab Spring.<BR>
<b>THE ISLAND PRESIDENT</b><BR>
- Prez of the Maldives' global campaign to save his 2000 islands from climate change.<BR>
<b>LAST CALL AT THE OASIS</b><BR>
- Jessica Yu documents the World's Water Crisis with Erin Brockovich's help.<BR>
<b>THE MACHINE WHICH MAKES EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR</b><BR>
- Georgian teens audition, and tell of their country.<BR>
<b>MISSING IN THE LAND OF GODS</b><BR>
- Aussie parents still looking for their son in India 6yrs after he walked off.<BR>
<b>MR. CAO GOES TO WASHINGTON</b><BR>
- Follows passionate New Orleans Vietnamese congressman, Obama's pal.<BR>
<b>MY FATHER AND THE MAN IN BLACK</b><BR>
- Director's Dad used to manage Johnny Cash - and killed himself in '05.<BR>
<b>OUTLAWED IN PAKISTAN / SAVING FACE</b><BR>
- 13yo raped & ordered killed / Pakistani women deal with acid attacks!<BR>
<b>A PLACE AT THE TABLE</b><BR>
- Follows 3 American families struggling to afford food. Jeff Bridges chimes in.<BR>
<b>PRETTY BRUTAL / POUTERS</b><BR>
- 3 kiwis train together to scrap in roller derby / UK rivals in pigeon-stealing hobby.<BR>
<b>RAFEA: SOLAR MAMA</b><BR>
- Jordanian desert woman studies solar engineering against the wishes of hubby/ society.<BR>
<b>RED WHITE BLACK & BLUE</b><BR>
- US teens on an NZ Rugby Tour, ahead of Olympic Rugby's reinstatement in 2016.<p>
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<b>ROAD TO THE GLOBE / A DELICATE CANVAS</b><BR>
- Maori Shakespeare in London / Kiwi hiker makes nature art.<BR>
<b>THE RUSSIAN WINTER</b><BR>
- John Forté was with The Fugees at 21, then jailed for drugs, now fresh & touring Russia.<BR>
<b>SALMA</b><BR>
- A Muslim girl locked up by her family for 25yrs (no study, forced marriage) became famous poet.<BR>
<b>SCARLET ROAD</b><BR>
- Aussie sex-worker has clients with disabilities and wants to deriminalise prostitution.<BR>
<b>SHADOWS OF LIBERTY</b><BR>
- Don't believe the news. Media conglomerates, monopolies & the loss of unbiased info.<BR>
<b>SOLDIER ON THE ROOF</b><BR>
- Jews, Christians & Muslims living in Hebron, with armed soldiers on the rooftops.<BR>
<b>THIS BAND IS SO GORGEOUS</b><BR>
- British punk band Sham 69 - now middle-aged - reunite & tour China.<BR>
<b>TRASHED</b><BR>
- Jeremy Irons reckons Earth is out of space due to rubbish. China, Lebanon, Jakarta…Everest??<BR>
<b>THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM / SCATTERED</b><BR>
- Japan tsunami recovery / Late-Dad's videos.<BR>
<b>UNRAVELED: THE 750 MILLION DOLLAR THIEF</b><BR>
- 60 days of house arrest with a famed Ponzi scheme criminal.<BR>
<b>THE WAITING ROOM</b><BR>
- A look at patients & staff in an American hospital dealing mainly with uninsured patients.<BR>
<b>THE WORLD ACCORDING DICK CHENEY</b><BR>
- A frank look at the man, his troubled youth, his controversial choices.<BR>
<b>A WORLD NOT OURS</b><BR>
- 3 generations of a Palestinian family's footage at their Lebanese refugee camp.<BR>ddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009382323004019335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-43079675716207156512013-04-08T13:44:00.000-07:002013-04-08T13:44:09.524-07:00Interview: Miriam Smith and Christopher Pryor. <a href="http://howfarisheavenfilm.com/">HOW FAR IS HEAVEN</a>, the debut film by Miriam Smith and Christopher Pryor, was one of the more unexpected breakout hits of last year's NZFF. The story of three nuns remaining in a 120-year old convent in Jerusalem (New Zealand) - also known as Hiruharama - and the Maori youth whose lives they touch is beautifully and quietly observed, full of humor and honesty, acknowledging the challenges the children face without being a "social issue" documentary. Despite its many virtues, its slow pace and lack of a propulsive narrative made it seem an unlikely bet to play in theatres across New Zealand for months on end; however, bucking the odds through self-distribution, it did exactly that. <P>
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On the 10th of April (THIS WEDNESDAY, just sayin'), Rialto Cinemas Newmarket is hosting a special screening at 6:30 PM of HOW FAR IS HEAVEN, with Smith and Pryor present for a Q&A. The occasion is to promote the crowdsourcing initiative for their new film, THE GROUND WE WON, which is currently in production. Entry will be via donation, with all proceeds going to the new film - <a href="http://www.boosted.org.nz/projects/the-ground-we-won">or you can contribute online here</a>. <P>
This seemed as good an excuse as any to do our first interview, conducted via email to their as-of-yet undisclosed secret shooting location. Even the interview turned out to reify their status as a team: while my contact was Pryor, the answers appear to all come from Smith, or at least sometimes are written from her point of view, except the last question, which I'm reasonably sure was answered by Pryor.<P>
<B>Most documentaries in New Zealand that play at the festival never step past its boundaries, but HOW FAR IS HEAVEN has had a rather successful run all around the country. Could you speak to your experience self-distributing the film and what you learned from it?</B><BR>
We actually loved the experience of self-distributing the film. It’s hard work, but allows filmmakers the opportunity to build relationships directly with cinemas and also to experience the full life cycle of a film - from making a film to connecting to cinema audiences. We did a lot of direct marketing - such as sending letters to community groups who we felt might be interested etc. We also did an extensive tour of the country to do ‘Q&A’ screenings, which was a wonderful way to meet the film’s audience, create a screening event that helped to build publicity, and also allowed us to do lots of flyer drops etc all around the country! We also worked with Trigger Marketing for the film’s publicity who did a fantastic job. Self-distributing the film really highlights the importance of needing to know who your audience is and how to reach them - something to think about from the conception of an idea.<P>
<B>What's been your biggest surprise in audience reactions to the film?</B><BR>
The biggest surprise with HOW FAR IS HEAVEN was that audiences nationwide were open to the film having a complex narrative structure, and one that raised questions, rather than gave concrete answers. We were really happy to learn that they enjoyed the complexities, the gentle contemplative pace, and that this not only held their attention throughout, but also often stirred them to think about the film for days. <P>
<B>Presumably, while handling the release, you've also been setting up your new film, THE GROUND WE WON, which I understand you're already shooting. How have you managed to get another project off the ground so quickly?</B><BR>
We have actually been developing up THE GROUND WE WON for the last few years, so began the process before we had even completed HOW FAR IS HEAVEN. In fact, we found the location/community where we are now filming on the way back down for a filming trip to Jerusalem/Hiruharama. Chris had long had the idea to make a cinema film that explored the culture of a rural rugby club/team in NZ, so we had been looking for the right place for ages, and thanks to his eternal desire to travel different back roads, we finally found the perfect place! Thankfully, the good people from the rugby club were up for it, when we had our first meeting with the team about the idea in 2011 one of the guys said “we always thought there should be a film about us”. And so it all began...<P>
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/60980391?byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/60980391">The Ground We Won - on Boosted</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/deerheartfilms">Deer Heart Films</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
<B>From a distance, as an immigrant to this country, rugby seems a strange left turn of subject matter after HOW FAR IS HEAVEN, albeit more obviously commercial. What drew you to the subject matter, and what affinities do you feel between these two films that may not seem obvious from a distance?</B><BR>
Chris and I are both rugby outsiders - and yet we, like all New Zealanders, have grown up in a culture that is so steeped in the “love of the game” that rugby feels almost omnipresent. We wanted to learn why rugby is so deeply important to the lives of so many people here, and explore the world in a cultural light. Surprisingly, the world of rugby hasn’t been explored in a cultural sense since the landmark play FORESKIN’S LAMENT, over 30 years ago - so we felt it was high time for a contemporary exploration - this time being an observational documentary for the big screen. I guess the link to HOW FAR IS HEAVEN is that we see rugby as defining the core set of values for NZ - in this way it is essentially our nation's biggest religion, or unifying philosophy, that shapes and defines many people’s lives. So we have set out to explore this ritual of rugby, in a philosophical light, and through this come to understand ideas around the perceived role of a man in NZ today. We are also doing a lot of filming with the men from the team on their farms - so are weaving their daily lives into the fabric of the story. Like HOW FAR IS HEAVEN, THE GROUND WE WON will be mainly observational - as opposed to being built out of interviews, facts and figures. We have Sir Colin Meads on board the film as the narrator - who will add another layer of philosophical insight, as opposed to “telling the story”. We have been filming for over a month now and are loving the process - there is a bounty of great bawdy jokes and laughter here.<P>
<B>As a filmmaking team, how do you divide your responsibilities?</B><BR>
For THE GROUND WE WON, Chris is director/cinematographer, and I am producer/writer. In terms of shooting, Chris films everything, and I operate the sound boom. Outside of actual filming and logging the footage, our time is spent getting to know the local community and world better. We are eternally discussing story and ideas of what we should film as things evolve, so that we can continually respond to what is happening and try to “get it in the can” in a way that is most interesting.<P>
<B>The impetus for the upcoming screening of HOW FAR IS HEAVEN is to raise money for THE GROUND WE WON, using the new Arts Foundation crowd-funding initiative, Boosted. Can you speak to how you came to use crowd-sourcing as part of your strategy for getting this film off the ground, and what makes Boosted different from other platforms?</B><BR>
We liked the idea of using crowd-funding to raise some of the funding for the film as it seems to us a great opportunity to connect to the film’s audience from the outset. We chose Boosted as we love that it is supported by the Arts Foundation, and encourages genuinely philanthropic support, whereby the artists/projects don’t have to give “rewards” in return for donations. The reward is the finished work and the feeling that each donor has helped to make it happen! We feel this is an important shift in crowd-funding thinking, for as we all know, artists/filmmakers resources are limited enough without having to administrate and pay for “rewards”. Also, with Boosted, because no rewards are given, the donor is entitled to a tax rebate - which we feel is another great plus for the donor.<P>
<B>Given the commercial success of HOW FAR IS HEAVEN and the seemingly more commercial subject matter for this film, it seems strange that the Film Commission isn't fully supporting this. Or is there something I'm missing?</b><BR>
The NZ Film Commission are supporting THE GROUND WE WON and have generously granted the film both development and production funding. The reason that we are also crowd-funding for contributions to post-production, is that the NZFC have a policy whereby they can’t give 100% funding to any production - therefore, we committed from the outset to finding additional funds from elsewhere.<P>
<B>What filmmakers/films, or other works of art, are you currently drawing inspiration from as you work on your film?</B><BR>
One of the early inspirations was listening to PJ Harvey's 'Let England Shake' album... I'm currently reading 'The Classical World' by Robin Lane Fox (ie greek/roman myth/history)... and it's very hard not to think of Bela Tarr on these foggy rural mornings ...
ddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009382323004019335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-53576377118216852722013-04-03T05:40:00.000-07:002013-04-03T17:48:13.339-07:00In Cinemas: Apr 4 - Apr 10<a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkCoaYP2LfVKIENyuRkcqSgZWBYopwfPRkv0nWo8QheOvlt-Q3EP2PiTYaKl0We2LGvPzqD6_3FdFBAC8T_6uHr34Uf3PkbKE9R1PUHCXCOtCove_SlWy85wsOAVzxrkuqd-VUrqTHMvl/s1600/2013-04-04-1.jpg" /></a><p>
<b>CURRENTLY SHOWING</b><p>
* It's been a while since we've been excited about a mainstream wide release that we're not getting ages after the States, but Danny Boyle's new film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trance_(2013_film)" target="blank">TRANCE</a> certainly piques our interest. Combining the heist film with hypnotherapy and copious violence, it stars James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, and Vincent Cassel, and is adapted from the 2001 tv movie written and directed by Joe Ahearne (with some script doctoring by longtime Boyle collaborator John Hodge to bring it into 2013).<p>
* We're also a bit excited about the Hong Kong historical war epic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_General_Yang"" target="blank">SAVING GENERAL YANG</a> (忠烈楊家將 - which translates to "Valiant Legend") <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/movie/saving-general-yang/" target="blank">opens here</a> simultaneously with its Asian release. So we've got pretty limited word of mouth, but we DO know that it's Ronny Yu's follow-up to the rather excellent Jet Li film FEARLESS - if you're not familiar with that, then perhaps you'll have seen BRIDE WITH THE WHITE HAIR, BRIDE OF CHUCKY, or FREDDY VS. JASON. The few people who've seen it so far have been quite enthusiastic, and this could very well be one of those films that you hear about later and get annoyed that you've missed out on seeing on the big screen. Or, you know, you could go see it now and not go through that heartbreak.<p>
* Korea may be more well known by most for its vengeance and gangster films (and by one-half of the AC team for the soju-soaked multi-threaded tales of Hong Sang-Soo), but they also do their share of big-budgetish action films, and so we have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_(film)" target="blank">THE TOWER</a> (타워) exclusively at Sylvia Park Hoyts. Starring Kim Sang-kyung from 2003'a MEMORIES OF MURDER (살인의 추억), it's basically a Towering Inferno-type scenario set on Christmas Eve. Could be fun for those looking for a big blockbuster, although the general word of mouth is that it's about the effects first, script second. Also this is <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/movie/the-tower/" target="blank">listed on Flicks</a> but NOT on Hoyts' website ... not sure what's up there, but we'll keep you posted.<p>
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* Also on the way: the widely-reviled Jason Bateman/Melissa McCarthy comedy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_Thief" target="blank">IDENTITY THIEF</a>; the surprisingly well-received coming of age film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perks_of_Being_a_Wallflower_(film)" target="blank">THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER</a>, starring everyone from the teen trio of Hermione Granger, the Kevin we need to talk about, and Percy Jackson to an adult cast ranging from Paul Rudd and Joan Cusack to Melanie Lynskey and Tom Savini; the Bollywood comedy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chashme_Baddoor_(2013_film)" target="blank">CHASME BADDOOR</a>; and more weekend preview screenings of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481499/" target="blank">THE CROODS</a>.<p>
* And of course there's a lot of great films still out there: <a href="http://aucklandcinephile.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/spotlight-red-house.html" target="blank">THE RED HOUSE</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_and_Bone" target="blank">RUST AND BONE</a> (DE ROUILLE ET D'OS), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_(2012_film)" target="blank">NO</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amour_(2012_film)" target="blank">AMOUR</a>, and lingering on, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Karenina_(2012_film)" target="blank">ANNA KARENINA</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Unchained" target="blank">DJANGO UNCHAINED</a>. We might even try catch that <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2495118/" target="blank">IP MAN: THE FINAL FIGHT</a> (葉問:終極一戰) this week, too...<p>
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<b>REPERTORY / ONE-OFF SCREENINGS</b><p>
* Academy Cinemas and Flicks are presenting a one-off screening of Peter Strickland's masterful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berberian_Sound_Studio" target="blank">BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO</a> this Tuesday. Starring Toby Jones as a mild-mannered sound designer who gets pulled into working on an Italian horror film, it's a divisive film, but we're in the camp that it's a cinematic experience that deserves the big screen, with some of the best sound design you'll hear all year. Some found the story a bit slight and/or frustrating, but if you grooved on, say, AMER, you better not miss this. Also there's an exclusive and rather awesome poster available! So <a href=
"http://www.bookmyshow.co.nz/BookTickets.aspx?cid=ACD2&sid=1426&utm_source=CINEMA&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_medium=">book yr tix now!</a><p>
* Filmmakers Miriam Smith and Christopher Pryer are hosting a special one-off screening of <a href="http://howfarisheavenfilm.com/">HOW FAR IS HEAVEN</a> Wednesday 6:30 at the Rialto as a fundraiser for their new film, <a href="http://thegroundwewon.com/">THE GROUND WE WON</a>, which is currently in production. There will be a Q&A afterwards. <P>
* <a href="http://www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz/beau_travail.htm" target="blank">Film Society Monday 6:30 PM</a> features the first film in the Claire Denis retrospective, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Travail" target="blank">BEAU TRAVAIL</a> (1999). A genuine certified masterpiece, this retelling of Melville's BILLY BUDD, set largely in Northern Africa, stars Denis Lavant, over a decade before he picked up his accordion for Leos Carax.<p>
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* <a href="http://www.documentaryedge.org.nz/2013/ak/" target="blank">The Documentary Edge Festival</a> will be showering us with films, but this Wednesday it starts at Q Theatre with its opening night film, the global warming/sea rising/charismatic and lovable guy taking on the world doco <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_President" target="blank">THE ISLAND PRESIDENT</a>. If all goes to plan, we'll have a spectacular overview of the entire program before next Thursday. If.<p>
* This one's a bit left-field and potentially exciting, if you, like us, enjoy ratcheting up the number of countries you've seen films from and haven't seen any Indonesian films, the <a href="http://www.aucklandindonesianfestival.com/?page_id=175" target="blank">Auckland Indonesian Film Festival</a> this Saturday at Western Springs has two films playing; <a href="http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumah_Tanpa_Jendela" target="blank">THE HOUSE WITHOUT WINDOWS</a> (RUMAH TANPA JENDELA)(2011) and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1934427/" target="blank">THE MIRROR NEVER LIES</a> (LAUT BERCERMIN)(2012). They both look like kid's films, so you're not going to get the next LADY TERMINATOR, which is a shame. Have we mentioned yet that you should watch LADY TERMINATOR? It's really great.<p>
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<a href="" target="blank"></a>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-22287136806928484502013-03-28T17:55:00.000-07:002013-03-28T18:09:23.832-07:00In Cinemas: Mar 28 - Apr 3<a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKWTonHD23XOMZLxu4QT65bMA9h04JpDUixc5D9poFben_I7aIPuh4S6vdDMoiM29v7RHoRl_hr4me_wKXxuECexLXWW9vK6qgkx8zYvI6HD5iyj36XPeq0DhHeox6GdxUpb4oA5RPuiw/s1600/2013-03-28-1.jpg" /></a><p>
<b>CURRENTLY SHOWING:</b><p>
* Nothing to do with the Donnie Yen flicks, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2495118/" target="blank">IP MAN: THE FINAL FIGHT</a> (葉問:終極一戰) is from the writer and the director of 2010's THE LEGEND IS BORN: IP MAN (葉問前傳). They are together again to detail Ip Man's twilight years, this time starring Anthony Wong from real good things like EXILED (放‧逐, 2006) and INFERNAL AFFAIRS (無間道, 2002). Playing on select Event screens starting now.<p>
* Not even JGL could save the first one, but <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe:_Retaliation" target="blank">G.I. JOE 2: RETALIATION</a> has arrived regardless (also in a 3D option). And weirdly, it looks kinda 'good'. With a cast featuring The Rock, Bruce Willis, RZA, the dude from I SAW THE DEVIL (악마를 보았다) / A BITTERSWEET LIFE (달콤한 인생) and Channing Tatum, I'm really hoping for FAST FIVE-type cartoonishness. In fact, remember when Bruce Willis has his own animated show? He even sang the theme song;<p>
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* Shot on lo-def 3/4-inch Sony U-matic magnetic tape, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_(2012_film)" target="blank">NO</a> tells the true-ish tale of advertising executive Gael García Bernal and co. taking on Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet during the 1988 referendum. While I'm unfamiliar with the director, screenwriter Pedro Peirano has worked on a couple of wildly different things that've well impressed me over the years - psycho-servant drama THE MAID (LA NANA, 2009) as well as the adult-friendly kidnapped-TV-news-executive puppet-film 31 MINUTES: THE MOVIE (31 MINUTOS, LA PELÍCULA, 2008). I'm hoping that this thing has a similarly unique take and that my allergy to foreign politics doesn't come into play...<p>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_and_Bone" target="blank">RUST AND BONE</a> (DE ROUILLE ET D'OS) is out in general release now, from the director behind UN PROPHÈTE (2009). I only know that it's a love story with Marion Cotillard as a killer whale trainer and that awards-folk seem to like it.<p>
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* On the other hand, Stephenie Meyer is back. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517260/" target="blank">THE HOST</a> is thankfully NOT a remake of the awesome Bong Joon-ho monster flick; it's about aliens possessing human minds or something. Bridget von Hammersmark and Hanna are both in it, but I doubt that'll help.<p>
* The poster actually says "Executive Produced by Ryan Reynolds & Scarlett Johansson". I s'pose <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1708537/" target="blank">THE WHALE</a> is working with what it's got. Starting this Saturday at Rialto Newmarket and The Vic, this doco - also narrated by Reynolds - is about a friendly killer whale. Theme of the week. And don't forget - Friendship is bigger than we know.<p>
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* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park_on_Hudson" target="blank">HYDE PARK ON HUDSON</a> <i>looks</i> dull, but I doubt I can turn down a Bill Murray film. He plays Roosevelt, and this film assumes that he indeed <i>did</i> have an affair with Daisy Suckley, played here by Laura Linney. Also featuring Olivias Williams and Colman - Soph from PEEP SHOW as The Queen?!<p>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmatwala_(2013_film)" target="blank">HIMMATWALA</a> starts at select 'plexes on Friday and boasts being both a Sajid Khan "entertainer" and an action-romance that is a remake of the remake of 1981's OORIKI MONAGADU.<p>
* And then there is the stack of Easter previews - Hoyts has a few screenings of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024432/" target="blank">IDENTITY THIEF</a>; select Event and Hoyts cinemas have screenings of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1659337/" target="blank">THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER</a> for Hermione fans; and Ryan Reynold's <i>other</i> family flick of the week - caveman cartoon <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481499/" target="blank">THE CROODS</a> with Nic Cage and Emma Stone - has sneak previews EVERYWHERE.<p>
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<b>REPERTORY / ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:</b><p>
* The long Easter weekend means that <a href="http://www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz/design_for_living.htm" target="blank">Auckland Film Society</a> won't be playing Ernst Lubitsch's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_for_Living_(film)" target="blank">DESIGN FOR LIVING</a> (1933) until Tuesday 2nd next week. Based on the Noël Coward play, it's a screwball comedy about a trio of Americans doing a terrible job living together platonically in Paris. Having not seen much Lubitsch, this'll be a highlight of my week.<p>
* If you're a fan of Studio Ghibli's animated wonders or the magical testicles of Japanese raccoon-dogs, I'll meet you under the University Library this Thursday 28th. The Consulate-General of Japan is playing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pom_Poko" target="blank">POM POKO</a> (平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ, 1994) as their FREE monthly Japanese film screening. Things kick off at 6:50 PM with LIGHT UP NIPPON, a half-hour doco about the tsunami recovery. And to get you in the mood (actually I just use any excuse to thrust Ghibli-fan Kyary Pamyu Pamyu upon people), have some two-week old J-pop;<p>
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* West Auckland's <a href="http://ecomatters.org.nz/Images/ecowest/ProgrammeA3_FINAL.pdf" target="blank">EcoWest Festival</a> wraps up in a few days, but before then they are playing the 2012 documentary <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1671513/" target="blank">FOUR HORSEMEN</a>. Join them at 7:30 PM Thursday 28th to see loads of clever fellows like Noam Chomsky talk on film about how the world really works.<p>
* Uxbridge Arts Cinema Club is playing 2009's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458515/" target="blank">I, DON GIOVANNI</a> at <a href="http://www.uxbridge.org.nz/whats-on/cinema-club" target="blank">8 PM Thursday 28th</a>. It follows Mozart and the titular Don as they mess about writing an opera.<p>
* There is a FREE screening of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_(film)" target="blank">THE CASTLE</a> (1997) at <a href="http://www.silopark.co.nz/Silo-Park/Whats-On-Listing/The-Castle.aspx" target="blank">Silo Cinema 9 PM Friday</a>. Get the family down for an outdoor screening of some Australian comedy; who <i>doesn't</i> enjoy that film?<p>
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* Rialto are down to their final two screenings (for now) of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)" target="blank">CASABLANCA</a> (1942); 6 PM Saturday or 3:30 PM Easter Monday if you haven't seen that in a while.<p>
* <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/" target="blank">The Vic</a> still has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters,_Inc." target="blank">MONSTERS, INC.</a> (2001) and Alyx Duncan's <a href="http://aucklandcinephile.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/spotlight-red-house.html" target="blank">THE RED HOUSE</a> showing, plus have added Tim Burton's beautifully claymated <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1142977/" target="blank">FRANKENWEENIE</a> to their current roster.<p>
<i>All sessions above are accurate at the time of publication. Your best bet would be to check <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/" target="blank">Flicks</a> or the theatre website before attending. Please let us know in the comments if you spy anything we've messed up/missed out!</i>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-82380909074256239212013-03-20T22:36:00.001-07:002013-03-21T01:31:59.087-07:00In Cinemas: Mar 21 - 27<a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rU0HJKsi8YJHdRQnZt2nBnPx85_rpkJq8WUghyphenhyphenpiiqqx72xyaWOpuwza4QD0fm1bqvzVcQfedUTIz1Q_Kae9O2Sp7ZoTt0gJWPI8t3WoQmYeZTBWmXHVtx1bEOpY4PAS85TegijtSz3t/s1600/cinephile-21.03.2013_top.jpg" /></a><p>
<b>CURRENTLY SCREENING:</b><p>
Apart from the new 3D / IMAX blockbuster <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1351685/" target="blank">JACK THE GIANT SLAYER</a> (which I <i>may</i> end up seeing for Stanley Tucci, Eddie Marsan, Ian McShane, Ralph Brown, Warwick Davis, Bill Nighy, et al...) and the new French film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1472464/" target="blank">A LADY IN PARIS</a> (UNE ESTONIENNE À PARIS) that I mentioned last post, this week is really all about <i>next</i> week;<p>
* There's a Wednesday member's preview of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe:_Retaliation" target="blank">G.I. JOE 2: RETALIATION</a> (3D) at <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/HO00005590/3DGIJoeRetaliation.aspx?cinemaidlist=04&from=2013-03-27&to=2014-03-27" target="blank">St. Lukes Vmax</a> and <a href="http://www.hoyts.co.nz/Movies/Details/G,-d-,I,-d-,_Joe_2_Retaliation_3D.aspx" target="blank">Hoyts</a> (the latter even has a midnight premiere for <i>non</i>-members). After part one was so horrible, it's kinda odd how they're treating this thing like it's highly anticipated. That being said, I ain't skipping a film with <i>this</i> cast-list; The Rock, Bruce Willis, the dude from I SAW THE DEVIL and A BITTERSWEET LIFE, Channing Tatum and RZA?!<p>
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* One of Gael García Bernal's recent films - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_(2012_film)" target="blank">NO</a> - has weekend screenings at Bridgeway, Monterey and Rialto Newmarket.<p>
* Event has a <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/HO00005589/AdvanceScreeningTheHost.aspx?cinemaidlist=MC|04&from=2013-03-27&to=2014-03-27" target="blank">$10 member's preview</a> of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517260/" target="blank">THE HOST</a> on Wednesday (Stephenie Meyer's new thing with Bridget von Hammersmark and Hanna, not a remake of Bong Joon-ho's monster flick).<p>
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* And featuring Marion Cotillard and a load of light in the camera, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_and_Bone" target="blank">RUST AND BONE</a> (DE ROUILLE ET D'OS) from the director of UN PROPHÈTE is previewing at a bunch of the art-houses on Saturday and Sunday.<p>
* The only other new thing out properly this week, is MetOpera's latest offering, <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/opera/aida-verdi-tickets.aspx" target="blank">AIDA</a>. No idea what it is, but there is the link.<p>
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<b>REPERTORY/ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:</b><p>
* <a href="http://www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz/videodrome.htm" target="blank">Monday night, Auckland Film Society</a> is playing Cronenberg's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videodrome" target="blank">VIDEODROME</a> (1983), with James Woods and Debbie Harry. Goodness me I'm having a lot of fun at the Academy lately...<p>
* Silo Cinema has Indiana Jones in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" target="blank">RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK</a> (1981) on the big screen down the waterfront <a href="http://www.silopark.co.nz/Silo-Park/Whats-On-Listing/Indiana-Jones-Raiders-of-the-Lost-Ark.aspx" target="blank">this Friday night</a>. If I hadn't seen it on the big screen last year, I'd be there myself...<p>
* AUT is having a four-day animation forum, something very close to my heart. <a href="http://animationrevelations.com/" target="blank">Animation Revelations</a> began on Wednesday the 20th and runs until Saturday. There'll be a run of collections showcasing animation of all sorts, from NZ, Canada, Belgium, etc...Shame that you can only purchase day-passes. Here's one that I saw there last night;<p>
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* There is still a film or two left out west at the <a href="http://ecomatters.org.nz/ecowest-2013/ecowest-festival-2013" target="blank">EcoWest Festival</a>; this Thursday at the Waitakere WEA is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2043900/" target="blank">LAST CALL AT THE OASIS</a> (2011), a documentary about our water crisis.<p>
* Director Alyx Duncan is still on her Q&A tour for <a href="http://aucklandcinephile.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/spotlight-red-house.html" target="blank">THE RED HOUSE</a>. This week, Matakana Cinemas has a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matakana-Cinemas/161933577191054?group_id=0" target="blank">6 PM and an 8 PM Thursday 21st</a>, she'll be at <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/" target="blank">The Vic on Saturday 23rd at 8 PM</a> and on Sunday she's at <a href="http://www.bridgeway.co.nz/movies/6986.php" target="blank">The Bridgeway for a 5 PM</a> chat.<p>
* I squeezed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_(1950_film)" target="blank">CINDERELLA</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangled" target="blank">TANGLED</a> in last weekend
before the <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/events--experiences/current-events/disney-princess-film-festival.aspx" target="blank">Disney Princess Film Festival</a> finished up at Event, then they went and continued it on me. You won't catch me at HI-5's new 'movie' SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL playing at <a href="http://www.hoyts.co.nz/Movies/Details/Hi5_Some_Kind_of_Wonderful.aspx" target="blank">Hoyts</a>, though; not even <i>I</i> will stoop that low...<p>
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* <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/session_times.php" target="blank">The Vic</a> is playing Pixar's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters,_Inc." target="blank">MONSTERS, INC.</a> (2001) again this week, ahead of the release of its sequel. They're also still playing <a href="http://aucklandcinephile.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/spotlight-red-house.html" target="blank">THE RED HOUSE</a>. A tonne of other films too, some of them cool, like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_(2012_film)" target="blank">ARGO</a>...<p>
* And finally, Rialto has a couple more screenings of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)" target="blank">CASABLANCA</a> (1942) on, if you haven't already caught it.<p>
<i>All sessions above are accurate at the time of publication. Your best bet would be to check <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/" target="blank">Flicks</a> or the theatre website before attending. Please let us know in the comments if you spy anything we've messed up/missed out!</i>
<a href="" target="blank"></a>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-90706073607256956862013-03-13T17:33:00.000-07:002013-03-13T17:33:38.381-07:00In Cinemas: Mar 14 - 20<a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXa_MNKgZN1P8VYbiXGzFYHDY1eA_-VDRYJp9yVo8WOrOcEYu97mVJyZ-Me1l6uyx9hn6IqKZoQkYGgXGP79_lmy_AZliWs35JFVrZdrPuOn3saa5X3ZSHkrRS8WxSWxemw11UCjKPJYb/s1600/cinephile-14.03.2013-top.jpg" /></a><p>
<b>CURRENTLY SCREENING:</b><p>
* There's not much I can say about Alyx Duncan's <a href="http://www.theredhousefilm.com/" target="blank">THE RED HOUSE</a> that Cinephile hasn't already <a href="http://aucklandcinephile.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/spotlight-red-house.html" target="blank">said this week</a>; now on at The Bridgeway, The Vic, Matakana Cinemas, Waiheke Community Centre and Rialto Newmarket (the latter also have a <a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00005633/FILMTALKTheRedHouse.aspx?cinemaidlist=R08&from=2013-03-14%2007:05&to=2014-03-14" target="blank">Film Talk screening this Friday evening</a> complete with a director Q&A!).<p>
* Much like his first feature (HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE), Josh Radnor writes, directs and leads his second film, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1872818/" target="blank">LIBERAL ARTS</a> (<a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/film/a6ff1355-742f-411a-b732-98232aed20cd" target="blank">NZIFF 2012</a>). About a 30 year old falling for a college student while visiting his old professor, this one also features Liz Olsen, Dick Jenkins and Allison Janney. And Zac Efron.<p>
* Legal comedies mightn't normally pop to mind when thinking Bollywood, but <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolly_LLB" target="blank">JOLLY L.L.B.</a> is here to change all that. Opening at Sylvia Park, Botany Downs and Manukau Event this week. This would've been the perfect place to embed Taika's Heinous Crimes, but as I posted that last week, here's my <i>other</i> favourite legal comedy (and favourite cartoon intro):<p>
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* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235522/" target="blank">BROKEN CITY</a> is directed by one half of the Hughes brothers (MENACE II SOCIETY, THE BOOK OF ELI) and is the first IMDB credit to the writer's name. And it's about an ex-cop vs. a corrupt mayor. I might go to see Markie Mark, Jeffrey Wright, Barry Pepper and Griffin Dunne, mind. Not so fussed with Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kyle Chandler though.<p>
* Rialto Newmarket & The Bridgeway also have 2011's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1715356/" target="blank">SILENCE OF LOVE</a> (TOUS LES SOLEILS) starting in their e-Cinema. It's a second feature for the writer-director behind 2008's Kristen Scott Thomas flick I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T'AIME).<p>
* The Bridgeway has <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1472464/" target="blank">A LADY IN PARIS</a> (UNE ESTONIENNE À PARIS) screening <a href="http://www.bridgeway.co.nz/movies/7025.php" target="blank">twice this weekend</a>. They must be previews and it'll no doubt be out properly in the next week or so...<p>
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<b>REPERTORY / ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:</b><p>
* Jan Grefstad's Hollywood Cinema is dusting off its Mighty Wurlitzer organ once again, this time to provide live accompaniment for Charlie Chaplin's 1925 silent film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gold_Rush" target="blank">THE GOLD RUSH</a>. These are wonderful events that kick off with about an hour of scratchy old shorts and you're even required to stand up to footage of the Queen. Probably in the three hour region, this is one of the better ways to spend <a href="http://www.hollywoodcinema.net.nz/WurlitzerConcertNextAttraction.htm" target="blank">$20 this Sunday 17th</a>.<p>
* Crispin Glover himself is bringing his film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Is_Fine!_Everything_Is_Fine." target="blank">IT IS FINE! EVERYTHING IS FINE.</a> (2007) to Auckland this upcoming film week!! Chuck in a slide show, a Q&A and a book signing, and <a href="http://premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRISPING13#.UUCne1uPjvh" target="blank">Tuesday 19th</a> is going to be quite the film event. Crispin Hellion Glover!<p>
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* As well as a typically interesting line-up of films like <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198781/" target="blank">MONSTERS, INC.</a> (2001), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imposter_(2012_film)" target="blank">THE IMPOSTER</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2118701/" target="blank">ON AIR</a> (PARLEZ-MOI DE VOUS), <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/session_times.php" target="blank">The Vic</a> also has a treat for the hordes of Armenian film fans over on The Shore this weekend; 1968's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_of_Pomegranates" target="blank">THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES</a> (Սայաթ-Նովա) has been called <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sayat-nova-color-of-pomegranates/" target="blank">"startling", "bizarre" and "straight-up bonkers"</a>, in a good way. I'll hitch a lift, if anyone is heading over to Devonport <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/movies/7615.php" target="blank">this Saturday 16th</a>...<p>
* Auckland's Film Society has a screening of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_End_(film)" target="blank">DEEP END</a> (1970) playing <a href="http://www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz/deep_end.htm" target="blank">Monday 18th</a> at Academy Cinemas. Set in a London bathhouse during the late 60s, this film from Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski (who got beaten up by ScarJo in THE AVENGERS last year) has me rather fascinated.<p>
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* I thought that by screening the double-episode opener to season 6 of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_(series_6)" target="blank">DR. WHO</a> this <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/HO00005611/DoctorWhoSeason6Ep12.aspx?cinemaidlist=AL|04&from=2013-03-14%2005:52&to=2014-03-14" target="blank">Thursday 14th</a>, Event were forcing my hand; I was <i>finally</i> going to get around to checking this show out. But nope, both sessions bloody well sold out. Guess it's more popular than I thought. Queue just in case, assume the sell-out means there'll be a repeat or give up? Hmm.<p>
* At the risk of sounding repetitive, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show" target="blank">THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW</a> (1975) is on yet again. <a href="http://www.uxbridge.org.nz/whats-on/cinema-club" target="blank">$8 for a 10 PM showing</a> at the Uxbridge Arts Cinema Club out in Howick this Saturday 16th. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)" target="blank">CASABLANCA</a> (1942) has a couple more screenings at <a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00003633/RialtoClassicsCasablanca.aspx?cinemaidlist=R08&from=2013-03-14%2005:58&to=2014-03-14" target="blank">Rialto Newmarket</a> this week, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_(film)" target="blank">MARLEY</a> is playing <a href="http://www.silopark.co.nz/Silo-Park/Whats-On-Listing/Marley.aspx" target="blank">Silo Cinema on Friday night</a> after being postponed last month, and the collection of <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/events--experiences/current-events/disney-princess-film-festival.aspx" target="blank">Disney Princess movies calling itself a Film Festival</a> has one final weekend.<p>
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* Auckland Arts Festival runs late this Saturday 16th; called <a href="http://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/white-night.aspx" target="blank">White Night</a>, a bunch of venues across town are open 6 PM till midnight showcasing all kinds of arty things; the piece that's caught my eye is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFrfo7GqgMQ" target="blank">David Downes' animated short "KINGDOM"</a>, with live score performed by NZTrio. Playing at <a href="http://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/march/white-night" target="blank">8 PM, 8:30 PM and 9 PM for free</a> at the Auckland Art Gallery, this is just one tiny piece of all that Saturday madness.<p>
* And finally in film-related; just as ONCE fans got to enjoy The Frames perform last Wednesday, those of us that enjoyed SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN can see Rodriguez play Logan Campbell Centre this <a href="http://premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=RODRIGUE13&v=ALC#.UUC6FVuPjvg" target="blank">Sunday 17th</a>. Actually, that's not quite right, as that <i>also</i> sold out.<p>
<i>All sessions above are accurate at the time of publication. Your best bet would be to check <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/" target="blank">Flicks</a> or the theatre website before attending. Please let us know in the comments if you spy anything we've messed up/missed out!</i>
<a href="" target="blank"></a>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-23380050476263916502013-03-11T03:02:00.000-07:002013-03-11T03:06:19.575-07:00Spotlight: THE RED HOUSEWhen <a href="http://www.theredhousefilm.com/">THE RED HOUSE</a> debuted last year at NZFF, it slipped past many people's radar, mine included. This despite festival director Bill Gosden singling it out as a staff pick, noting director Alyx Duncan's "formal sophistication" and calling it "a thing of quiet wonder". <P>
Sorry, Bill. I won't ignore you again. When I finally got to view THE RED HOUSE, I was fully struck by its beauty and intellect, its compassion and rigor. It's simultaneously a spare, finely observed love story between two people in their 60s (in and of itself a rare cinematic gift, so infrequently are these stories explored cinematically) and a quietly meticulous, thoughtful exploration of the intrinsic dialectics of the situation (which, in a nutshell: he's a white man, she's a Chinese immigrant, and after creating a life together in the titular red house on a rural island, she must return to her homeland to take care of her aging parents, leaving him to pack up their life).<P>
But freaking hell you're probably bored already when I use phrases like "intrinsic dialectics", and I do find THE RED HOUSE difficult to discuss in a way that does full justice to not only its cinematic craft but also its basic approachability. While I love some films that demand a lot from the viewer, and while I do think THE RED HOUSE has much to offer the viewer who's willing to wrestle with it, I also think that it's not a film that requires you to do battle, so to speak; between the beautiful surfaces and the lovely human story at the core, it's far from a dry, rigourous experience. Or perhaps the pictures can speak for themselves for a moment.<P>
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Thankfully, others were more on the ball than I, and are more articulate to boot. Tim Wong at The Lumiere Reader prefaced his <a href="http://lumiere.net.nz/index.php/home-truths-with-alyx-duncan/">excellent, lengthy interview with Duncan</a> with a well-deserved smattering of praise: <P>
<I>"DIRECTED WITH PATIENCE, intelligence, and visual finesse, Alyx Duncan’s The Red House is one of the strongest local features to emerge in the digital era. Seldom do we get to witness a New Zealand filmmaker reconcile artistic practice and cinematic vision so seamlessly; rarer still, do we get to encounter a narrative work from this country as serious minded and artistic minded as Duncan’s independently funded film."</i><P>
Wong proceeded to include the film in his top ten of the year for that publication, <a href="http://lumiere.net.nz/index.php/the-year-in-review-film-2012-part-2/">and in the same article Steve Garden also made note of THE RED HOUSE</a>, remarking:<P>
<i>"Alyx Duncan deserves special mention for The Red House, a rare New Zealand film in that the filmmaker’s personal and artistic vision is so successfully (and intelligently) integrated into the aesthetic fabric of the work. Duncan’s film is one of the most contemporary and forward-thinking cinematic achievements yet from a New Zealand filmmaker, a film that does more for my sense of pride in New Zealand film-art than all of the vapid hyperbole (let alone the mind-numbing boredom) of middle-earth."</i><P>
All of which is to say that, whether or not you trust my personal raves for the film (I included it on my list of <a href="http://aucklandcinephile.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/top-ten-dougs-picks.html">ten favorite films of 2012</a> and, along with my co-host Jacob Powell [<a href="http://letterboxd.com/jacobunny/film/the-red-house-2013/">who ALSO loved the film</a>], spoke with Duncan on episode 15 of <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-worst-podcast/id525305019">Best Worst Podcast</a> about her film), quite a few other people have also fallen for THE RED HOUSE. (Most recently, <a href="http://www.listener.co.nz/entertainment/film/film-review-the-red-house/">Helene Wong's 4-star Listener review</a> evoked Ozu.)<P>
Now, it's being self-released across New Zealand. While it's a pity that no distributor saw fit to pick up the cause of such a well-received and accomplished film, there's some consolation in the number of theatres (from Auckland to Feilding, from Nelson to Dunedin) that will be screening the film. It's great to see THE RED HOUSE getting a national audience - hopefully as a first step to it getting an international audience. (Which, if by some strange passing chance, you're an international festival programmer? Get on it now or regret passing it up later.)<P>
(For further reading: <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/blog/amazing-interviews/qa-with-writerdirector-alyx-duncan-the-red-house/">an interview with Flicks</a>; <a href="
http://www.critic.co.nz/culture/article/2297/interview-with-alyx-duncan">another interview with Jane Ross at critic.co.nz</a>; <a href="http://www.thebigidea.co.nz/grow/tips-tools/2012/oct/123212-stories-of-independence">a summary of a Script to Screen roundtable discussion</a>; and <a href="http://www.thebigidea.co.nz/news/tbi-qna/120385-tbi-qa-alyx-duncan">an interview with The Big Idea</a>.<P>ddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009382323004019335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-4372538808223052552013-03-06T10:41:00.000-08:002013-03-06T11:27:16.670-08:00In Cinemas: Mar 7 - 13<a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKxh5maucF1oiAn2jO7kyR_Z5ADuHiX61vU2QIijq4kzZfF1zg8QKaAfB8j3SNbcJuezBmK0vUW6RulduzDViUBdyAntNqA7DP_blibdN2OXagmjPL1drhofuCOCEMOU7gnzWY6DtEGjj/s1600/2013-03-07-top.jpg" /></a><p>
<b>CURRENTLY SCREENING:</b><p>
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_the_Great_and_Powerful" target="blank">OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL</a> - Sam Raimi's prequel to Dorothy's adventures - is out now in 2D and 3D (and Dolby Atmos for you Wellington folk). It stars Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams, which would normally sound all class to me. James Franco and Mila Kunis have both impressed me before, plus I'm totally fine with Zach Braff and a Bruce Campbell cameo. Yet I'm unenthused...<p>
* From the director of the 4th Harry Potter, comes the Dickens classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations_(2012_film)" target="blank">GREAT EXPECTATIONS</a>, starring Voldemort, Bellatrix and Hagrid. He also directed PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME, DONNIE BRASCO and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, but I was enjoying the theme there. This tale of the orphan Pip, wealthy spinster Mrs. Haversham and the convict Magwitch has been told by so many folk - David Lean & Obi-wan; Ray Winstone & Scully; Charlotte Rampling & Theoden; De Niro & Paltrow; Sir Anthony & Gimli; James Mason & Michael York; Jean Simmons even had two turns, 45 years apart. This stab also features the wonderful Sally Hawkins, Jason Flemyng, LITTLE BRITAIN's David Walliams, TRAINSPOTTING's Spud and Finchy from THE OFFICE. AND there's an Executive Producer credit for Our Very Own Cliff Curtis, the pizza delivery guy from 2004's Heinous Crime;<p>
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* The duo that wrote THE HANGOVER and THE CHANGE-UP have had a crack at directing; enter <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/21_and_over/" target="blank">21 & OVER</a>. The kid from RABBIT HOLE and the dude from PITCH PERFECT get crazy with Eric from the TWILIGHT films on his 21st or something. Surprisingly, it sounds like nobody likes it.<p>
* And aside from The 'Big' Three above, there is also a new Bollywood thriller - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saheb,_Biwi_Aur_Gangster" target="blank">SAHEB BIWI GANGSTER RETURNS</a> (साहेब बीवी और गैंगस्टर) - and a new MetOpera - <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/opera/verdi-ballo-in-maschera-tickets.aspx" target="blank">UN BALLO IN MASCHERA</a> - this week.<p>
* Some of the films that have recently impressed Auckland Cinephile are still showing; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Unchained" target="blank">DJANGO UNCHAINED</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Karenina_(2012_film)" target="blank">ANNA KARENINA</a> haven't completely disappeared yet; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amour_(2012_film)" target="blank">AMOUR</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Psychopaths" target="blank">SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imposter_(2012_film)" target="blank">THE IMPOSTER</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_(2012_film)" target="blank">ARGO</a> are all still showing in some form or another, too.<p>
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<b>REPERTORY / ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:</b><p>
* The biggest film news this week though is the return of <a href="http://www.aucklandfilmsociety.org.nz/" target="blank">Auckland Film Society</a>! $165 (less for returning members) for 31 screenings throughout the year is pretty exciting, plus they're back at the recently-refurbished Academy Cinema. Their 2013 program kicks off with 1971's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Lane_Blacktop" target="blank">TWO-LANE BLACKTOP</a>, which I won't say much about, because SOMEHOW, I've never seen it. Ask me again next week.<p>
<i>Doug stepping in for a moment here: TWO-LANE BLACKTOP is what the French refer to as a motherfucking masterpiece. Go see it.</i><P>
* West Auckland doesn't get a <i>lot</i> of special screenings, so it's nice to see the <a href="http://ecomatters.org.nz/ecowest-2013/ecowest-festival-2013" target="blank">EcoWest Festival</a> out in Henderson this month. This week's film at the Waitakere WEA is <a href="http://endoftheline.com/film" target="blank">THE END OF THE LINE: A WORLD WITHOUT FISH</a> (2009), a documentary about overfishing and the notion that we'll be completely out of seafood by 2048. That plays for <a href="http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2013/ecowest-festival-the-peasant-film-series/auckland/henderson#none" target="blank">FREE at 7:30 PM Thursday 7th</a>, but in the meantime, a cartoon about the seafood fighting back;<p>
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* Good ol' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)" target="blank">CASABLANCA</a> (1942) has received <i>another</i> limited theatrical run, this time at Rialto Newmarket. And while it feels as though we get the chance to see this every year on the big screen, it IS a fantastic flick. Bogart, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, that dialogue...So if you <i>haven't</i> caught it yet, these eight $12.50 screenings begin this week with sessions at <a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00003633/RialtoClassicsCasablanca.aspx?cinemaidlist=R08&from=2013-03-07%2005:41&to=2014-03-07" target="blank">4:30 PM Saturday 9th and 1 PM Wednesday 13th</a>.<p>
* As part of "Fashion In The Big Little City", the Auckland Art Gallery is screening a Film Archive compilation entitled <a href="http://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/march/film-the-way-we-dressed" target="blank">THE WAY WE DRESSED</a>, about how film and television have influenced NZ fashion over the years, for better or worse. Playing for FREE at 1 PM and 2:30 PM Saturday 9th.<p>
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* Back from <a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/film/5ad5bd15-3f65-471f-91b0-565ac8942822" target="blank">NZIFF 2009</a> for "Fashion In The Big Little City", the Auckland Art Gallery also has a FREE screening of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_September_Issue" target="blank">THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE</a> (2008) at <a href="http://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/march/film-the-september-issue" target="blank">10 AM Sunday 10th</a>. Documenting the making of Vogue Magazine's September 2007 edition, it's the Creative Director vs. Editor-in-Chief battle that folks seem to like about this one.<p>
* <i>Also</i> back after a not-so-long break, <i>also</i> as part of "Fashion In The Big Little City" and <i>also</i> screening for FREE - this week's Silo Cinema offering, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_at_Tiffany%27s_(film)" target="blank">BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S</a>. With Hannibal from THE A-TEAM, Jed Clampett from THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, a staggeringly un-PC Mickey Rooney and Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, this screens at <a href="http://www.silopark.co.nz/Silo-Park/Whats-On-Listing/Breakfast-at-Tiffany-s-in-conjunction-with-Fashion.aspx" target="blank">9 PM Friday 8th down the waterfront</a>.<p>
* Uxbridge Arts Cinema Club has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Royal_Affair" target="blank">A ROYAL AFFAIR</a> (EN KONGELIG AFFÆRE) playing this week. Starring Mads Mikkelsen from PUSHER (1996) and CASINO ROYALE (2006), and Trine Dyrholme from THE CELEBRATION (FESTEN)(1998) and IN A BETTER WORLD (HÆVNEN)(2010), this well-respected Danish historical drama from last year is about the titular affair between the Queen of Denmark and the royal physician. <a href="http://www.uxbridge.org.nz/whats-on/cinema-club" target="blank">$8 entry, 8 PM Thursday 7th, out Howick way</a>.<p>
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* <a href="http://frenchfilmfestival.co.nz/" target="blank">ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL</a> has got a few days left in it! This week you can catch a bunch of films, including Jacques Tati's 1953 comedy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Hulot's_Holiday" target="blank">MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY</a> (LES VACANCES DE M. HULOT), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Ain%27t_Seen_Nothin%27_Yet!_(film)" target="blank">YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET!</a> (VOUS N'AVEZ ENCORE RIEN VU) from the 90 year old Alain Resnais or Raymond Depardon's deeply personal <a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/wellington/film/8edf79e4-8e58-434a-93f3-47d0b369f3be" target="blank">JOURNAL DE FRANCE</a>. Those're the three I'mma see, anyway. That's after I've seen <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_(1950_film)" target="blank">CINDERELLA</a> (1950) at the so-called <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/events--experiences/current-events/disney-princess-film-festival.aspx" target="blank">Disney Princess Film Festival</a>, naturally...<p>
* And finally, don't forget the stack of great films still in rotation over at <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/session_times.php" target="blank">The Vic in Devonport</a> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_and_Max" target="blank">MARY AND MAX</a> (2009), <a href="http://www.howtomeetgirlsfromadistance.co.nz/" target="blank">HOW TO MEET GIRLS FROM A DISTANCE</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ParaNorman" target="blank">PARANORMAN</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_(2012_film)" target="blank">THE MASTER</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyfall" target="blank">SKYFALL</a>, etc...
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<b>CURRENTLY SCREENING:</b><p>
* Michael Haneke's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amour_(2012_film)" target="blank">AMOUR</a> is finally out for real. Critically-acclaimed and reportedly emotionally gruelling, one Flicks user called it "overrated foreign tripe, boooooooring."<p>
* From that guy who brought us BARAKA back in 1992, comes <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770802/" target="blank">SAMSARA</a>. Kinda looks the same, but should still be some kind of experience on the big screen...<p>
* Both <a href="http://www.hoyts.co.nz/Movies/Details/I_Me_Aur_Main.aspx" target="blank">Hoyts</a> and <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/HO00005603/IMeAurMain.aspx?cinemaidlist=&from=2013-02-27%2022:32&to=2014-02-27" target="blank">Event</a> had Bollywood romantic drama <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Me_Aur_Main" target="blank">I, ME, AUR MAIN</a> scheduled for Friday, and <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/HO00005632/Attacksof2611.aspx?cinemaidlist=&from=2013-03-01&to=2014-03-01" target="blank">Event</a> also had Hindi crime-thriller <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Attacks_of_26/11" target="blank">THE ATTACKS OF 26/11</a> planned, but neither have sessions up as of yet, so perhaps not. In worse news, Stephen Chow's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West:_Conquering_the_Demons" target="blank">JOURNEY TO THE WEST: CONQUERING THE DEMONS</a> (西遊·降魔篇) is here from out of nowhere, with a 3D option, too! Playing at select 'plexes, it looks even cheesier than the version I loved as a kid, MONKEY MAGIC:<p>
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* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sweeney_(2012_film)" target="blank">THE SWEENEY</a> has been rebooted and has arrived on our shores, starring Ray Winstone and Brody from HOMELAND.<p>
* This week's comedies; Streisand is back, on a road trip with her son Seth Rogan in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guilt_Trip_(film)" target="blank">THE GUILT TRIP</a>; and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Give_It_a_Year" target="blank">I GIVE IT A YEAR</a> featuring folks like Rafe Spall ("You've got red on you"), Rose Byrne (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRJjPXqxRis" target="blank">"Ring Around My Rosie"</a>) and Stephen "Googly-eyed Freak" Merchant.<p>
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<b>REPERTORY / ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:</b><p>
* According to the Hoyts website, "After a simple jewellery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant". THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS may have had its theatrical run pulled, but Pop Culture Classics is filling that void with a screening of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_Dogs" target="blank">RESERVOIR DOGS</a> (1992) this weekend! <a href="http://www.hoyts.co.nz/Movies/Details/PCC_Reservoir_Dogs.aspx" target="blank">Sun 3rd March at Sylvia Park, 8 PM for $10</a>.<p>
* The Consulate-General of Japan have begun their monthly Japanese screenings for the year! <a href="http://www.auckland.nz.emb-japan.go.jp/culture/film_show.htm" target="blank">Thu 28th Feb 7:30 PM</a> under the Auckland University Library, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Discarnates" target="blank">THE DISCARNATES</a> (異人たちとの夏)(1988) will be playing for free. That first link calls it "a sweetly nostalgic story", while the next link calls it a horror film? This hilarious trailer doesn't make things any clearer;<p>
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* The "Who Shot Rock & Roll" exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_on_Tour" target="blank">ELVIS ON TOUR</a> (1972) playing this weekend, <a href="http://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/march/who-shot-rock-and-roll-ken-zemke-elvis-on-tour" target="blank">Sunday 3rd March</a>. Supervising Editor Ken Zemke will be there beforehand at 12 PM to talk about working on this film, working with Scorsese and whatnot.<p>
* As well as everything from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Unchained" target="blank">DJANGO UNCHAINED</a> to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2372217/" target="blank">WELCOME ABOARD</a> (BIENVENUE PARMI NOUS), The Vic has brought back the Australian clay-mated black comedy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_and_Max" target="blank">MARY & MAX</a> (2009). Featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Eric Bana, Dame Edna, morbid obesity, Asperger's, kleptomania and alcoholism, this charming thing is playing <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/movies/2903.php" target="blank">all week</a>.<p>
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* Silo Cinema has a FREE double feature this week; Florian Habicht's far-North derby doco <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475313/" target="blank">Kaikohe Demolition</a> (2004) and art-collecting doco, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_and_Dorothy" target="blank">Herb & Dorothy</a> (2008). <a href="http://www.silopark.co.nz/Silo-Park/Whats-On-Listing/Double-Feature-in-conjunction-with-Auckland-Fringe.aspx" target="blank">Friday 1st March</a>, and again, FREE!<p>
* The <a href="http://frenchfilmfestival.co.nz/?page_id=2748" target="blank">ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL</a> is still going strong. A family rebuilding after Audrey Tautou disappears - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1730689/" target="blank">AGAINST THE WIND</a> (aka Headwinds)(Des Vents Contraires); a kidnapped boy with a huge Joker-like "smile" scar becomes a travelling actor, then discovers he's nobility- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1946289/" target="blank">THE MAN WHO LAUGHS</a> (L’Homme Qui Rit); and an Israeli teen and a Palestinian teen discover they were switched at birth - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2073016/" target="blank">THE OTHER SON</a> (Le Fils de L’Autre). All sorts of French craziness...<p>
* The DISNEY PRINCESS FESTIVAL is also still around for <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/events--experiences/current-events/disney-princess-film-festival.aspx" target="blank">another few weekends</a>; your chance to catch the classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_(1950_film)" target="blank">CINDERELLA</a> (1950) on the big screen or see that awesome bar scene in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangled" target="blank">TANGLED</a> (2010) again.<p>
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* There seems to be a reason every week for us to mention <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searching_for_Sugar_Man" target="blank">SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN</a> and this time it's the <a href="http://www.capitolcinema.co.nz/movie/searching-for-sugar-man" target="blank">new daily screenings at The Capitol</a>. I'm convinced that this thing will continue to play until we've ALL gotten around to it.<p>
* Boasting "the world's most romantic songs" but missing Valentine's by a fortnight, this weekend is further cluttered with screenings of the concert film <a href="http://www.andreabocelli.com/loveinportofino/" target="blank">ANDREA BOCELLI: LOVE IN PORTOFINO</a>. Never heard of him, but the trailer suggests that a lot of others have.<p>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-45310679677002798292013-02-20T10:06:00.000-08:002013-02-20T10:48:50.575-08:00In Cinemas: Feb 21 - Feb 27<table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr>
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<b>CURRENTLY SCREENING:</b><p>
This week's big news isn't the regular theatrical releases - although if you're into yet <i>another</i> take on supernatural teenery (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559547/" target="blank">BEAUTIFUL CREATURES</a>), the latest Bollywood heartwarmer (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Po_Che!" target="blank">KAI PO CHE!</a>), 3D surfing documentaries (<a href="http://www.stormsurfers.com.au/" target="blank">STORM SURFERS 3D</a> - which does look pretty cool, admittedly, and is only here for a week), or Cirque Du Soleil (um, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque_du_Soleil:_Worlds_Away" target="blank">CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: WORLDS AWAY 3D</a>) you might be content. But for cinephiles, it's all about the <a href="http://frenchfilmfestival.co.nz/" target="blank">French Film Festival</a>, which has some films we can vouch for and some others that look damn promising:<p>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_(film)" target="blank">SISTER</a> (L'enfant d'en haut) was one of the overlooked gems of NZIFF 2012. Directed by Ursula Meier (who did the even more obscure but wonderful HOME) and shot lovingly by Agnès Godard (Claire Denis' regular DP), this simple story of a young boy who supports himself by stealing ski gear from a nearby resort sounds like unpromising social realist porridge in a capsule description, but is a deeply filmic, lovingly observed tale with a big surprise at the center and a note-perfect ending. If you only see one, etc.<p>
<a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/wellington/film/8edf79e4-8e58-434a-93f3-47d0b369f3be" target="blank">JOURNAL DE FRANCE</a> also received praise from those who saw it at NZIFF. It's a documentary portrait/journal by Raymond Depardon that combines clips taken from six years travelling around France photographing the landscape with archive footage from his 40-year reporting career. Deeply personal and, by all accounts, deeply rewarding.<p>
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Two undisputed masters of French film are represented on the program as well. Alain Resnais, who directed such classics as LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (L'Année dernière à Marienbad)(1961) and HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (1959), as well as the more recent World Cinema Showcase standout WILD GRASS (Les Herbes folles)(2009), returned to Cannes last year at the age of 90 with the pointedly titled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Ain%27t_Seen_Nothin%27_Yet!_(film)" target="blank">YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET!</a> (Vous n'avez encore rien vu). Whilst it's a quiet chamber piece set inside a theatre, for some it will be essential viewing. Jacques Tati, meanwhile, is represented with a 60-year anniversary screening (<i>not</i> e-Cinema, selling fast) of his black and white classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Hulot's_Holiday" target="blank">MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY</a> (Les Vacances de M. Hulot).<p>
On top of <i>those</i>, there's an Academy Award-nominated film (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Witch" target="blank">WAR WITCH</a> aka Rebelle), a two-fisted serving of animation (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Painting" target="blank">THE PAINTING</a> aka Le Tableau - ANOTHER NZFF title - and a collection of Canadian shorts called <a href="http://frenchfilmfestival.co.nz/?portfolio=animation-express" target="blank">ANIMATION EXPRESS</a>), plus all the stuff you'd expect from a French Film Festival (a romantic comedy with neurotics, a film about cooking, and a historical portrait of an artist) and more more more!<p>
And in the world of sneak previews, <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/movie/amour/#tab:Saturday" target="blank">the arthouses</a> all have advanced screenings of Michael Haneke's octogenarian romance/deathmarch <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amour_(2012_film)" target="blank">AMOUR</a> lined up for this weekend. Rumour to the contrary, it's not a remake of Don Hertzfeldt's AH, L'AMOUR. Or is it?<p>
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<b>REPERTORY/ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:</b><p>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searching_for_Sugar_Man" target="blank">SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN</a>, the feel good documentary hit of last year's NZ Film Festival, plays for free at <a href="http://www.silopark.co.nz/Silo-Park/Whats-On-Listing/Searching-for-Sugar-Man.aspx" target="blank">Silo Park Friday night, 9 pm</a>.<p>
Event Cinemas begins <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/events--experiences/current-events/disney-princess-film-festival.aspx" target="blank">four weekends</a> of Disney Princess screenings. If you've ever wanted to see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Frog" target="blank">THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG</a> (2009), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangled" target="blank">TANGLED</a> (2010), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulan" target="blank">MULAN</a> (1998), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(1992_Disney_film)" target="blank">ALADDIN</a> (1992), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas_(1995_film)" target="blank">POCAHANTAS</a> (1995) or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_(1950_film)" target="blank">CINDERELLA</a> (1950) on the big screen, now's your chance.<p>
And our favorite venue that we've yet to make it to, the Polish Heritage Trust Museum in Howick, is screening the Biblical epic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quo_Vadis_(2001_film)" target="blank">QUO VADIS</a> (2001) by donation <a href="http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2013/february-films-quo-vadis/auckland/howick" target="blank">Sunday at 2 PM</a>. One day, we will check this place out; it has captured our imagination something fierce.<p>
Oh, and there's some film awards this weekend (which means that Event has dropped all of the <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/events--experiences/current-events/oscars-$11-movies.aspx" target="blank">nominated films to $11</a>). But personally, we recommend enjoying a movie, then curling up with the <a href="http://skandies.org/results/winners?year=2012" target="blank">Skandies</a> if you want some awesome awards reading (and not just because one of your contributors participated in the polling for the first time this year).<p>
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And finally, two to flag well in advance, because they will sell out:<p>
<a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00005633/FILMTALKTheRedHouse.aspx?cinemaidlist=R08&from=2013-02-20%2022:37&to=2014-02-20" target="blank">Rialto Newmarket has announced the first in its Film Talk series for 2013</a>, Alyx Duncan's debut feature film <a href="http://www.nzff.co.nz/auckland/film/c6e512ae-fe7b-4918-82b4-8a30e9ee325e" target="blank">THE RED HOUSE</a>, for 15 March, 2013. She'll be there for introduction and Q&As.<p>
And motherfucking CRISPIN GLOVER is coming to <a href="http://premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=CRISPING13#.UST7olqPhGJ" target="blank">Auckland on March 19th</a>! He'll be screening his film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Is_Fine!_Everything_Is_Fine." target="blank">IT IS FINE! EVERYTHING IS FINE.</a>, doing a slide show, and autographing his book. Unmissable.<p>
ddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009382323004019335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-86722533126843015182013-02-13T10:48:00.001-08:002013-02-13T10:52:55.117-08:00In Cinemas: Feb 14 - Feb 20<b>CURRENTLY SCREENING:</b><p>
* Originally scheduled in NZ for Dec 20th, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guillotines" target="blank">THE GUILLOTINES</a> (血滴子) has arrived in 3D. This flashy-looking tale of the emperor's assassination squad facing extinction is directed by Andrew Lau (one half of the duo behind the Infernal Affairs trilogy). We're suckers for ANY movie featuring a flying guillotine, even if this one is rumoured to pale in comparison with the 1976 genre classic, MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE (独臂拳王大破血滴子): <p>
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* Apatow's "sort-of sequel to KNOCKED UP" <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758830/" target="blank">THIS IS 40</a> is not exactly winning the world over, but with Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Chris O'Dowd, Lena Dunham, Albert Brooks, John Lithgow and Melissa McCarthy on the cast-list, it can't be <i>too</i> painful, right?<p>
* Unseen since the first film in the franchise, John McClane Jr. aka Jack returns as a main character in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606378/" target="blank">A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD</a>, the fifth in the series. Played by Werner Herzog's deadly-serious sidekick in JACK REACHER, he'll help his Dad beat the shit out of Mother Russia.<p>
* Lasse Hallström's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1702439/" target="blank">SAFE HAVEN</a> sees a young woman running from the dark secrets of her past. Sounds dreadful. But perhaps fans of the director's SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN or CHOCOLAT won't be scared off by that sentence.<p>
* <a href="http://www.hoyts.co.nz/Movies/Details/Together.aspx" target="blank">Hoyts has</a> Asian drama anthology <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2198824/" target="blank">TOGETHER</a> (在一起) starring Angela Baby and Donnie Yen. I saw a write-up somewhere that said the martial arts star won't be fighting in this one; instead, he plays Mr. Cool, a dude with a rare disease that prevents him from smiling. Hmm.<p>
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* More Bollywood films for the week: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayantabhai_Ki_Luv_Story" target="blank">JAYANTA BHAI KI LUV STORY</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singh_vs_Kaur" target="blank">SINGH VS KAUR</a> both hit multiplexes this Friday. <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/movie/murder-3/" target="blank">Flicks even has</a> a third one, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_3" target="blank">MURDER 3</a> listed as Feb 15th, but I don't think that's right...<p>
* Also, The Bridgeway appears to have previews of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602620/" target="blank">AMOUR</a> (<a href="http://www.bridgeway.co.nz/movies/6922.php" target="blank">Sunday</a>) and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2244901/" target="blank">I GIVE IT A YEAR</a> (<a href="http://www.bridgeway.co.nz/movies/7280.php" target="blank">Thursday and Wednesday</a>) playing this week. But more on those films <i>next</i> week!<p>
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<b>REPERTORY/ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:</b><p>
* <a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00005549/NUMBER8FILMSBearCity2-TheProposal.aspx?cinemaidlist=R08&from=2013-02-14&to=2014-02-14" target="blank">SOLD OUT for Valentine's</a>!!! Number 8 Films: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2005156/" target="blank">BEAR CITY 2- THE PROPOSAL</a>, featuring Kevin Smith and Kathy Najimy! I guess you could always just stay home and listen to the new My Bloody Valentine instead (which is ACES):<p>
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* Oh, but wait, there's more Valentine's Day joy! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Bride_(film)" target="blank">THE PRINCESS BRIDE</a> (1987) is playing for FREE at <a href="http://www.silopark.co.nz/Silo-Park/Whats-On-Listing/Special-Screening-The-Princess-Pride.aspx" target="blank">Silo on Thursday</a>. The film so popular, even American football announcers love it!<p>
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* Also FREE at the Silo, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Priscilla,_Queen_of_the_Desert" target="blank">THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT</a> (1994) will be playing <a href="http://www.silopark.co.nz/Silo-Park/Whats-On-Listing/The-Adventures-of-Priscilla,-Queen-of-the-Desert.aspx" target="blank">Friday 9 PM</a>.<p>
* The latest pikachu flick <a href="http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-movies/movie-pokemon-the-movie-kyurem-vs-the-sword-of-justice-december-8th-2012/" target="blank">POKÉMON THE MOVIE: KYUREM VS. THE SWORD OF JUSTICE</a> hits <a href="http://www.hoyts.co.nz/Movies/Details/Pokemon_Kyurem_vs_Sword.aspx" target="blank">this weekend</a> for children and otaku, with a bonus 1-hour trading card demonstration at Wairau Park beforehand.<p>
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* In film-<i>related</i> news, the TAN DUN Martial Arts Trilogy is on <a href="http://www.the-edge.co.nz/tandun.aspx" target="blank">this Friday at THE EDGE</a> ($65 - $140). Tan will conduct the NZSO as they play segments from three of his movie scores, while the films screen behind them; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon" target="blank">CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON</a> (卧虎藏龙)(2000), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_(2002_film)" target="blank">HERO</a> (英雄)(2002) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Banquet_(2006_film)" target="blank">THE BANQUET</a> (夜宴, aka Legend of the Black Scorpion)(2006).<p>
* And finally, for Polish rom-com fans, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230992/" target="blank">IN LOVE</a> (ZAKOCHANI)(2000) is playing for <a href="http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2013/february-films-in-love/auckland/howick" target="blank">FREE at the Polish Heritage Trust Museum</a>, Sunday 2 PM.<p>
<a href="" target="blank"></a>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-26654121513014714362013-02-09T00:32:00.001-08:002013-02-09T00:35:42.426-08:00In Cinemas: Feb 7 - Feb 13<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcA2YGrKNxzMshbeohcfdAxN38f2jcuZaKi5UjYx7vgGf5VHj2DhG3jmeQIb5Em-dfgYHlN-dPaJI4LSeALY3mb8O7MXSOpE5XD8HdkDfFmt_D2DS86FCgHfCvq12FZcaPbNhItP8lMZZK/s1600/2013-02-09-top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcA2YGrKNxzMshbeohcfdAxN38f2jcuZaKi5UjYx7vgGf5VHj2DhG3jmeQIb5Em-dfgYHlN-dPaJI4LSeALY3mb8O7MXSOpE5XD8HdkDfFmt_D2DS86FCgHfCvq12FZcaPbNhItP8lMZZK/s640/2013-02-09-top.jpg" width="560" /></a><p>
Well, late AGAIN, but might as well chuck a post up, despite there being little new...<p>
<b>CURRENTLY SCREENING:</b><p>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333125/" target="blank">MOVIE 43</a> is a pile of shorts-to-shock from a collection of folks behind everything from TOWER HEIST and DUMB & DUMBER to SLITHER. There's a guy from THE ONION onboard, a Troma dude and some fellow who has only made Swedish things before. Even Liz Banks, Saul Goodman and Griffin Dunne (see AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON below) contribute. In front of the camera, the cast is bigger than an animated franchise. The biggest cast ever assembled, according to the poster; Richard Gere, Kate Winslet, McLovin', Uma Thurman, Dennis Quaid, Veronica Mars, Hit-Girl, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone, Stephen Merchant, Snooki, Halle Berry, Terrence Howard, Johnny Knoxville, Common, Liev Schreiber, Kate Bosworth, Gerard Butler, Bobby Cannavale, Seann William Scott, Greg Kinnear, Tony Shalhoub, Seth MacFarlane, Hugh Jackman, et al…</br>
Ridiculous. That HAS to be a sign of quality, right??<p>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2118701/" target="blank">ON AIR</a> (PARLEZ-MOI DE VOUS) sees Nicolas Duvauchelle (WHITE MATERIAL, BEAU TRAVAIL) and the delightful Karin Viard (LE COUPERET, DELICATESSEN) back from POLISSE, a film I rather adored last year. This one's about a radio talkshow host that advises listeners, yet can't keep her own shit in check. I've seen the word 'quirky' used in write-ups, but the trailer looks alright…<p>
* The Event cinemas in Manukau and Westcity have another few Bollywood films out this week; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABCD_%E2%80%93_Any_Body_Can_Dance" target="blank">ABCD: ANY BODY CAN DANCE</a> is India's first 3D dance film, while at the other end of the spectrum, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_26" target="blank">SPECIAL 26</a> is a heist drama set in the 80s and based on a true story. Speaking of dancing;<p>
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* Any week that has John Lithgow on the big screen is a good week. He's heading up National Theatre's <a href="http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/the-magistrate" target="blank">THE MAGISTRATE</a>, which currently has a recorded version popping up occasionally at Rialto Newmarket, The Monterey and The Bridgeway.<p>
* Somebody is still encoring the Italian Screenings, so we have a couple of documentaries back; <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2049474/" target="blank">ITALY: LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT</a>, as well as 2010's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714895/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1" target="blank">SIX VENICE</a> (SEI VENEZIA).<p>
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<b>STILL SHOWING:</b><p>
* There is a trio of new films that we covered in <i>last</i> week's post (due to their preview screenings), that I should probably mention again; we've got Sir Anthony in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0975645/" target="blank">HITCHCOCK</a> make-up, the straight outta Pukekohe music drama <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt_Zion_(film)" target="blank">MT. ZION</a> and Denzel in Zemekis' <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1907668/" target="blank">FLIGHT</a>. On top of that, the newly-refurbished Academy has got <a href="http://www.academycinemas.co.nz/" target="blank">$10 THURSdays for February</a>, where you can still catch things like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Dark_Thirty" target="blank">ZERO DARK THIRTY</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_(2012_film)" target="blank">ARGO</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Psychopaths" target="blank">SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beasts_of_the_Southern_Wild" target="blank">BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD</a> and/or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_(2012_film)" target="blank">THE MASTER</a>, <i>all</i> of which are brilliant in one respect or another. Also, I don't think we mentioned the French drama <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_seras_mon_fils" target="blank">YOU WILL BE MY SON</a> (TU SERAS MON FILS) that started a week or so ago. But I have now.<p>
<b>REPERTORY/ONE-OFF SCREENINGS:</b><p>
* But now, to the REAL reason I'm posting regardless of how late I am; SUPERB DOUBLE-FEATURE TIME!! This Sunday, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Werewolf_in_London" target="blank">AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON</a> (1981) - starring Griffin Dunne, from last week's episode of GIRLS, I love Griffin Dunne month - is playing back-to-back with John Carpenter's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(1982_film)" target="blank">THE THING</a> (1982). I feel so spoiled! Catch 'em 7:30 PM Sunday the 10th at either <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/HO00005577/AmericanWerewolfTheThing-DoubleFeature.aspx?cinemaidlist=10&from=2013-02-09%2014:33&to=2014-02-09" target="blank">Queen St. Event</a> or <a href="http://www.hoyts.co.nz/Movies/Details/DF_An_American_Werewolf_in_London_The_Thing.aspx" target="blank">Sylvia Park Hoyts</a>.<p>
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* Over The Shore, <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/session_times.php" target="blank">The Vic</a> has another great selection of fairly-new films that we like this week; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyfall" target="blank">SKYFALL</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imposter_(2012_film)" target="blank">THE IMPOSTER</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searching_for_Sugar_Man" target="blank">SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sightseers" target="blank">SIGHTSEERS</a>. Plus, they've unexpectedly resurrected <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1839688/" target="blank">KATHMANDU LULLABY</a> (KATMANDÚ, UN ESPEJO EN EL CIELO), a Spanish film I know very little about.
<a href="" target="blank"></a>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-7916467946769768662013-01-30T03:47:00.001-08:002013-01-30T10:16:31.054-08:00In Cinemas: Jan 31 - Feb 6Sorry for missing last week, guys ... summer's busy. Hopefully you didn't miss hearing about, and seeing, Quentin Tarantino's excellent <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853728/" target="blank">DJANGO UNCHAINED</a>!<P>
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<b>CURRENTLY SCREENING:</B><P>
* In honor of the end of school holidays, perhaps, this week's a giant dumping ground for Oscar bait: Steven Speilberg's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272/" target="blank">LINCOLN</a>, Kathryn Bigelow's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790885/" target="blank">ZERO DARK THIRTY</a>, AND David O. Russell's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045658/" target="blank">SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK</a> all arrive in cinemas, not to mention Joe Wright's also Oscar-baity (albeit less successful in its fishing trip) <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1781769/" target="blank">ANNA KARENINA</a>. AND Sacha Gervasi's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0975645/" target="blank">HITCHCOCK</a> bio-pic gets a limited run, ahead of its Feb. 7 release. Get ready for a box office blood bath. If that weren't enough, thanks to Waitangi Day, Robert Zemeckis's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1907668/" target="blank">FLIGHT</a> will arrive on the 5th of February. Personally, we recommend that if you want to watch a gripping story of a guy trying to land a plane that's failing, you should check out this episode of FIRST PERSON featuring the true story of Dennis Fitch.<P>
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* Looking for something a little smaller profile? Back from NZFF is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2141717/" target="blank">STEP UP TO THE PLATE</a> (Entre les Bras), a JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI-esque documentary about a gourmet restaurant in France where proprietorship is being passed from the father to the son.<br/>
Or in true counter-programming style, DEAD SNOW director Tommy Wirkola returns with the much-reviled <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1428538/" target="blank">HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS 3D</a>.<P>
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* Looking forward to Waitangi Day (Feb 6), the locally produced (shot in Pukekohe!) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt_Zion_(film)" target="blank">MT. ZION</a> debuts. Tearepa Kapi's first feature stars Temuera Morrison and chronicles the exploits of a young group of musicians striving to get the opening slot for Bob Marley's New Zealand gig. <P>
* And, of course, many great and/or award-nominated flicks are continuing their run, including the afore-mentioned <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853728/" target="blank">DJANGO UNCHAINED</a>, tsunami drama <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1649419/" target="blank">THE IMPOSSIBLE</a> (Lo imposible), Henry Selick's joyful claymation horror <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623288/" target="blank">PARANORMAN</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024648/" target="blank">ARGO</a> (which has a few stray sessions left at the Academy), and Paul Thomas Anderson's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560747/" target="blank">THE MASTER</a>. One note: if you haven't seen THE MASTER, reports are that the print at Rialto is rather beaten up, sadly. But never fear: the Capitol has a fantastic print, and Academy's DCP presentation is also supposed to be terrific. <P>
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* Dave Grohl's documentary debut, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2306745/" target="blank">SOUND CITY</a>, makes a one-night-only appearance. It profiles 40 years in the life of a legendary studio in California, so expect lots of famous musicians giving pithy sound bites and shallow-focus closeups of mixing boards. What's not to love?<P>
* Silo Park squeezes in two movies this week, with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/" target="blank">GHOSTBUSTERS</a> on <a href="http://www.silopark.co.nz/Silo-Park/Whats-On-Listing/Ghostbusters.aspx" target="blank">Friday night</a> and the recent documentary <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183919/" target="blank">MARLEY</a> on <a href="http://www.silopark.co.nz/Silo-Park/Whats-On-Listing/Silo-Cinema-special-screening-Waitangi-Day-Eve-Mar.aspx" target="blank">Tuesday night</a> for Waitangi eve. (Although, really, you're going to Bailterspace that night at the Kings Arms, right?)<P>
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ddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009382323004019335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-5578884862605578152013-01-16T05:36:00.000-08:002013-01-16T05:40:11.421-08:00In Cinemas: January 17 - 23<a href="" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UebPgmMh4G99h26VV7i5GT2fzQcCTA-PVzKO72wTI9xr85_C1ajCYj3BS1-hA1DI0Ib0BjT2rkDEnpL6BqUgQP6BCq-uNTOUPeJTExdMaMNpW1OaiTK1uGDvVMvpnL22reoBdeJNOQb9/s1600/2013-01-17-top.jpg" width="560" /></a>
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* PTA's sixth feature has <i>finally</i> made it to this side of the world; and it feels almost like an event! <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560747/" target="blank">THE MASTER</a> was shot in 70mm (the topic of 'net talk galore) and while li'l ol' New Zealand isn't getting one of those prints, you can still witness the film at Rialto Newmarket, the Capitol and on Academy's brand new projector. Featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams, as well as Joaquin Phoenix' impressive return to acting.
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* The director behind ZOMBIELAND, 30 MINUTES OR LESS and even BETWEEN TWO FERNS brings us...period crime drama <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321870/" target="blank">GANGSTER SQUAD</a>? Looks like flashy fun packed with all sorts of Hollywood; Brolin, Gosling, Penn, Nolte, the superb Emma Stone, Anthony Mackie, Michael Peña, Giovanni Ribisi, T-1000, Coen favourite Jon Polito, Basterd Michael Bacall...
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* As an animator by trade, I've been looking forward to this one for too long; clay-mated zombie comedy <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623288/" target="blank">PARANORMAN</a> is now in town, playing in 2D and 3D! With the voice talents of McLovin', John Goodman, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck (voice talents??), Jeff from CURB, Leslie Mann, Lois Griffin and the boy from THE ROAD and LET ME IN. Laika Entertainment are the guys behind CORALINE, who also worked on CORPSE BRIDE; and the detail in this thing looks even more stunning. Check out the freckles on that kid's cheeks!!
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* John Goodman's <i>other</i> new 3D cartoon this week (not often I get to type that) is Pixar's wonderful <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198781/" target="blank">MONSTERS, INC.</a> (love that punctuation). Well, newly 3D-ed at least. I'm rapt about seeing James P. Sullivan and Mike deal with their fear of children all over again on the big screen. Also including the voices of Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Tilly, John Ratzenberger, Frank Oz and the late James Coburn.
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* Oh yeah, Brendan Fraser has a new Irish crime-comedy out this week, too. Hmm.<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1545328/" target="blank">WHOLE LOTTA SOLE</a> opens at Rialto Newmarket, The Bridgeway and Monterey Cinemas. And anybody waiting for this week's scheduled Bollywood film, INKAAR? It disappeared from the Coming Soon lists at the last minute - third Bollywood film to do that this year already! Patterns forming...?
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* The pleasantly surprising superhero cartoon <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446192/" target="blank">RISE OF THE GUARDIANS</a> is still about; Bond and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/" target="blank">SKYFALL</a> make it to a full two months at the cinema; Chow Yun-fat's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2458314/" target="blank">THE LAST TYCOON</a> (大上海) is hanging on at Sylvia Park; the newly-decorated <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024648/" target="blank">ARGO</a> has another week-ish at Rialto; brilliant doco-thriller <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1966604/" target="blank">THE IMPOSTER</a> is at Rialto, The Bridgeway and Capitol Cinema; You can still catch <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/" target="blank">BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772341/" target="blank">WRECK-IT RALPH</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1931533/" target="blank">SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS</a> and/or <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2023690/" target="blank">SIGHTSEERS</a>; there's even a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862079/" target="blank">SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED</a> screening left in <a href="http://www.academycinemas.co.nz/CurrentlyShowing.aspx?ID=24" target="blank">Academy's 16-seater</a> on Sunday!
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* Auckland Art Gallery's Who Shot Rock And Roll exhibition ain't over yet! And they've added some more Rockumentary Screenings; This week? Pennebaker's 1967 concert film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dont_Look_Back" target="blank">DON'T LOOK BACK</a>, following Bob Dylan's 1965 England tour. It plays for <a href="http://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/january/rockumentary-film-screening-dont-look-back" target="blank">free, Sunday 1 PM</a>.
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* The Uxbridge Arts Cinema Club is back for 2013! They seem to have switched to 8 PM <i>Thursdays</i> now instead of Mondays, but tickets are still only $8. The new program kicks off <a href="http://www.uxbridge.org.nz/whats-on/cinema-club" target="blank">this Thursday (17th)</a> with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1473063/" target="blank">THE WELL DIGGER'S DAUGHTER</a> (LA FILLE DU PUISATIER) from <i>way</i> back in 2011. Daniel Auteuil - from CONVERSATIONS WITH MY GARDENER (DIALOGUE AVEC MON JARDINIER) and CACHÉ - adapts, directs and stars in this remake of the French tale set pre-World War II.
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* Tony Scott's (RIP) 1986 flick <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092099/" target="blank">TOP GUN</a> is this week's FREE outdoor screening at <a href="http://www.silopark.co.nz/Silo-Park/Whats-On-Listing/Top-Gun.aspx" target="blank">Silo Park</a> down the Viaduct. Get down there by 9 PM to see Maverick, Iceman and Goose do their thing, as well as Viper, Jester, Cougar, Wolfman, Slider, Merlin, Sundown, Hollywood, Stinger, Chipper, Sprawl...<br>
I'm not making this up. Ask Quentin;
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* Now, while I'm as keen for some repertory Pierce Brosnan as the next man, I can't honestly say that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Discovery" target="blank">THOMAS & FRIENDS: THE GREAT DISCOVERY</a> (2008) is <i>quite</i> what I was hoping for. Featuring the titular Thomas, the entire Steam Team, Brosnan narrating and of course, The Fat Controller, it'll be playing daily <a href="http://www.hoyts.co.nz/Movies/Details/Thomas_The_Great_Discovery.aspx" target="blank">10 AM slots at Hoyts</a>.
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* Also, <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/session_times.php" target="blank">The Vic</a> has everything from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Anna" target="blank">I, ANNA</a> to <a href="http://www.youvebeentrumped.com/youvebeentrumped.com/THE_MOVIE.html" target="blank">YOU'VE BEEN TRUMPED</a> playing over The Shore, as well as another week of Disney's 1940 film, <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/movies/7298.php" target="blank">FANTASIA</a>.
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<i>All sessions above are accurate at the time of publication. Your best bet would be to check <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/" target="blank">Flicks</a> or the theatre website before attending. Please let us know in the comments if you spy anything we've messed up/missed out!</i>
<a href="" target="blank"></a>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-15060150535943991332013-01-09T04:59:00.000-08:002013-01-09T04:59:19.677-08:00In Cinemas: January 10 - 16<a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:0em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="127" width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwi8Q52gs6dfI-_56L5EZMWWYpbLQHZ1_l19iEN89fwfaINfMt0IU29VjzkE4MvzCc4Eks0OsY3zLYzJep3TUFCmmMrn4_INwKB2yb8XAf-Few7OOB9Uthv2_8lUCvemfLQS4eRk3QEQh/s1600/2013-01-10-top.jpg" /></a>
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* Fresh from Sundance (a whole year back), thriller-doco <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1966604/" target="blank">THE IMPOSTER</a> is starting this week at The Capitol, The Bridgeway and Rialto Newmarket. Reportedly a dumbfounding example of stranger than fiction, almost everybody seems to agree that this thing is stunning.
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* Opening on practically every screen in town this week is the new adaptation of the famous musical <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707386/" target="blank">LES MISÉRABLES</a>. If watching Hollywood actors sing sounds good to you, this epic features the voices of Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Ira Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, SBC & HBC. However, if 157 minutes is too daunting, this clip of Cowboy Crowe crooning with Chrissie Hynde is a mere three minutes;
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* Also from last year's Sundance, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405365/" target="blank">CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER</a> is now at Rialto Newmarket. This romantic comedy-drama sees a pair trying to stay best pals while going through a divorce. Starring Rashida Jones (who co-wrote the film), Andy Samberg and Elijah Wood (plus Rob Huebel, Chris Messina and Chris Pine).
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* Imran Khan's new Hindi rom-com <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106537/" target="blank">MATRU KI BIJLEE KA MANDOLA</a> (मटरू की बिजली का मंडोला)<br> is at select multiplexes this week. The trailer offers dancing, comedy dancing and dancing in a tree. Damn, all that dancing has made me wanna watch SITA SINGS THE BLUES again;
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The Top Ten lists of <a href="http://aucklandcinephile.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/top-ten-dougs-picks.html" target="blank">Doug</a> & <a href="http://aucklandcinephile.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/niges-top-10-no-8-wait27.html" target="blank">Nige (that's me)</a> went up yesterday, and while there wasn't a <i>lot</i> of crossover, there are films from <i>both</i> lists that are still on local screens!<br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2023690/" target="blank">SIGHTSEERS</a> is on at The Academy, The Monterey, The Bridgeway and Rialto Newmarket;<br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/" target="blank">SKYFALL</a> is still playing at a stack of cinemas;<br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772341/" target="blank">WRECK-IT RALPH</a> is going nowhere in a hurry;<br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024648/" target="blank">ARGO</a> has a few screenings left at Rialto Newmarket;
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* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/" target="blank">BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD</a> is hanging on by a thread at The Academy;<br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1971352/" target="blank">COMPLIANCE</a>, also still at Academy for a few more screenings;<br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862079/" target="blank">SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED</a> has a couple of Academy screenings left according to the Flicks website? Not sure if that's correct...
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You'll notice that most of the list above is playing at The Academy, so excuse the quick plug; they've got a new DCP projector (THE LAST TYCOON looked great the other day), lots of promising things on the horizon film-wise (STOKER has just been added to their Coming Soon), as well as a <a href="http://www.academycinemas.co.nz/" target="blank">cozy new website</a> (which now differentiates the boutique 16-seater screenings)...<br>
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* There's another bunch of preview screenings this week; Brendan Fraser's new Irish crime-comedy <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1545328/" target="blank">WHOLE LOTTA SOLE</a> has previews at <a href="http://www.bridgeway.co.nz/movies/6766.php" target="blank">Bridgeway this weekend</a>; Event has <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/HO00005500/KidsClubPremiere3DMonstersInc.aspx?cinemaidlist=AL|07|MC|B03|10|04|03|09&from=2013-01-13&to=2014-01-13" target="blank">Kids' Club Previews</a> of Pixar's newly-3D-ed <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198781/" target="blank">MONSTERS, INC.</a> on Sunday; and then Wednesday night will be a toss-up between hitting <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/HO00005428/FilmSquadAdvanceScreeningGangsterSquad.aspx?cinemaidlist=AL|10|04&from=2013-01-16&to=2014-01-16" target="blank">Event's $10 Film Squad Preview</a> of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321870/" target="blank">GANGSTER SQUAD</a> or heading on down for <a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00005548/FILMCLUBSCREENINGTheMaster.aspx?cinemaidlist=&from=2013-01-16&to=2014-01-16" target="blank">Rialto's Film Club screening</a> of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560747/" target="blank">THE MASTER</a> (details not up as I write this).
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* Another film from <a href="http://aucklandcinephile.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01/top-ten-dougs-picks.html" target="blank">Doug's Top Ten Or So</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1748122/" target="blank">MOONRISE KINGDOM</a> is this week's outdoor screening at <a href="http://www.silopark.co.nz/Silo-Park/Whats-On-Listing/Moonrise-Kingdom.aspx" target="blank">Silo Friday evening</a>. The screenings are free and have food stalls and whatnot, so go introduce the whole family to the cinema of Wes Anderson...
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* And finally <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/session_times.php" target="blank">The Vic</a> continues to bring decent programming to The Shore; this week they've got <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1931533/" target="blank">SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2011971/" target="blank">MONSIEUR LAZHAR</a> and a bunch of others, including daily screenings of Disney's 1940 film, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032455/" target="blank">FANTASIA</a>.
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<i>All sessions above are accurate at the time of publication. Your best bet would be to check <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/" target="blank">Flicks</a> or the theatre website before attending. Please let us know in the comments if you spy anything we've messed up/missed out!</i>
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Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-4538975333585500042013-01-08T07:56:00.000-08:002013-01-08T08:56:30.752-08:00Top Ten: Doug's PicksMy ten favorite films of 2012, in alphabetical order, and these may not be the "best". One hasn't played in NZ yet but will in a couple weeks; one I saw in normal theatrical release, one I saw in World Cinema Showcase, and the rest played at NZFF. Which is not to say that it was a terrible year for mainstream cinema, but more and more, I value those films that are contrary, that either fly in the face of or ignore the typical audience/viewer contract, and if it's a choice between a well-executed entertainment and a work of sloppy ambition with phrases of greatness, well, I won't argue which one's better: I just know what my favorite is. <P>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compliance_(film)" target="blank">COMPLIANCE</a>: the most polarizing, provocative film I saw in 2012 provoked walkouts both times I saw it, and why wouldn't you want to look away? No film said more about the ugly truths that allow our society to function. <P>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Unchained" target="blank">DJANGO UNCHAINED</a>: the biggest adrenaline rush I had in a theatre all year. Can't wait for everyone in New Zealand to see this, but it won't quite have the same charge as seeing it with a mixed-race audience in a Detroit suburb; Spike Lee's protestations to the contrary, folks of all races seemed to have a great time, staying to the end to chortle with their friends about the KKK scene. <P>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Motors" target="blank">HOLY MOTORS</a>: such a singular film, with so many bolts of unexpected genius and conflicting currents of emotion from the ecstatic to the funereal, that I can't help but forgive its indulgences and slower moments. <P>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loneliest_Planet" target="blank">THE LONELIEST PLANET</a>: no film this year delivered a stronger "holy shit" moment than the moment that splits this film into two; knowing that something big is coming doesn't hurt the film at all, because no matter what you think you're prepared for, it's not this (and no, it's not horribly graphic or anything like that). Its ending seemed to upset many at my screening, but no film was more rigorous in its structure, and if you compare the first scene to the last, no film was more quietly heartbreaking. <P>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Bala" target="blank">MISS BALA</a>: mysteries of the universe: how Gerardo Naranjo makes a film I don't like very much and doesn't seem very special (DRAMA/MEX), and then, two films later (I skipped one), makes this balletic, kinetic masterwork of long takes that trawl through the Mexican under - and over - world. Comparisons to Antonioni not entirely inappropriate; this film could just as easily be called THE PASSENGER.<P>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raid:_Redemption" target="blank">THE RAID</a> (SERBUAN MAUT): in New Zealand, there was no REDEMPTION in the title, which is as it should be, as there's sure as shit no redemption in the movie: just a monomaniacal focus on non-stop action, one that colored my viewing of every other action film this year. (Only DREDD came close, and certainly has the upper hand when it comes to cinematography, but THE RAID warmed my heart ever so slightly more.)<P>
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<a href="http://www.theredhousefilm.com/" target="blank">THE RED HOUSE</a>: New Zealander Alyx Duncan's debut film manages one of the rarest magic tricks of cinema, balancing a probing intellect with a generous, nonjudgmental spirit. You can watch this film as a meditation on differences between cultures, between urban and rural ways of life, or between industrial progress vs environmentalism (to name just three of many binaries explored), or you can simply watch it as a beautiful love story, and somehow it works either way. Hopefully this film gets a life overseas; despite its modest means, I can't think of the last film I saw from New Zealand that deserved it more. <P>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabu_(2012_film)" target="blank">TABU</a>: if HOLY MOTORS, as some (including me) argued, was a death notice for film, TABU could be seen as its loving, luminous eulogy, a memory of a forgotten time lensed in black and white Academy ratio. If it doesn't work for you at the start, see it through; the back half of the film completely recontextualizes the first.<P>
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2359417/" target="blank">TWO YEARS AT SEA</a>: if I was forced to put these in order, this would probably wind up as #1, despite the fact that I expect most people would hate it. It's almost punishingly slow, and there's nothing resembling a conventional narrative; it's simply about experiencing someone's dying way of life, while shot on a dying medium (black and white 16mm short ends), and no film spoke more with fewer words about the end of film as we know it, or more carefully embedded its content into its very form. I know: but where's the story? Sigh. <P>
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745686/" target="blank">THE WALL</a> (DIE WAND): Conversely, this would probably be my #10, one of many exciting but flawed and/or problematic films that have been vying for this space (see also: THIS MUST BE THE PLACE, THE SKIN I LIVE IN, KILLER JOE, and ARGO). THE WALL (aka DIE WAND), a magical realist fable of sorts about a woman trapped in a valley after an invisible wall appears, is overburdened by voice-over, true; but it also contains an astonishing one woman performance, stunning photography, and a hell of an emotional punch. Plus, it features the first canine I've ever fallen in love with in the cinema, Lynx. <P>
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(And honorable mention to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katy_Perry:_Part_of_Me" target="blank">KATY PERRY: PART OF ME 3D</a>. No, really. I can't in good conscience consider it a well-made film on the level of the aforementioned films, but there's no film I had more fun talking about this year, and no film has (probably inadvertently) explored the existential dilemma of what it means to "be yourself" so thoroughly since I HEART HUCKABEES.)<P>
Other films that crossed my mind as possibilities while making this list, with varying degrees of seriousness: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyfall" target="blank">SKYFALL</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looper_(film)" target="blank">LOOPER</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sightseers" target="blank">SIGHTSEERS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headhunters_(film)" target="blank">HEADHUNTERS</a> (HODEJEGERNE), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Another_Country_(film)" target="blank">IN ANOTHER COUNTRY</a> (다른 나라에서), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_237" target="blank">ROOM 237: BEING AN INQUIRY INTO THE SHINING IN 9 PARTS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabin_in_the_Woods" target="blank">THE CABIN IN THE WOODS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_(film)" target="blank">SISTER</a> (L'ENFANT D'EN HAUT), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_of_My_Voice" target="blank">SOUND OF MY VOICE</a>, the straight-to-video <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haywire_(film)" target="blank">HAYWIRE</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2112868/" target="blank">UNDER AFRICAN SKIES</a>, <a href="http://howfarisheavenfilm.com/" target="blank">HOW FAR IS HEAVEN</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonrise_Kingdom" target="blank">MOONRISE KINGDOM</a>, as well as the not-released in New Zealand <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alps_(film)" target="blank">ALPS</a> (Αλπεις), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo,_August_31st" target="blank">OSLO AUGUST 31ST</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berberian_Sound_Studio" target="blank">BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO</a>.<P>
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Great 2012 films I saw in 2011 festival release: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Need_to_Talk_About_Kevin_(film)" target="blank">WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klown" target="blank">KLOWN</a> (KLOVN: THE MOVIE). <P>
Films I saw in 2011 that went unreleased in New Zealand in 2012: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Black_Rainbow" target="blank">BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW</a> (now out on video without so much as a theatrical run, sigh); <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Samurai" target="blank">A BOY AND HIS SAMURAI</a> (ちょんまげぷりん); <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_(film)" target="blank">EXTRATERRESTRIAL</a> (EXTRATERRESTRE); <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1239429/" target="blank">CARRÉ BLANC</a>; <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1754000/" target="blank">RABIES</a> (כלבת).<P>
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Films I missed: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_(2011_film)" target="blank">BERNIE</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_(2012_film)" target="blank">BARBARA</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Abyss_(film)" target="blank">INTO THE ABYSS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ambassador_(2011_film)" target="blank">THE AMBASSADOR</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellion_(2011_film)" target="blank">REBELLION</a> (L'ORDRE ET LA MORALE), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thieves" target="blank">THE THIEVES</a> (도둑들), and much more, undoubtedly. <P>
Nominees for the SYNCHEDOCHE, NEW YORK/DRIVE award, aka "film that everyone else liked but I didn't get on a first viewing, then fell in love with on a second": <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_(2012_film)" target="blank">THE MASTER</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Hills" target="blank">BEYOND THE HILLS</a> (DUPĂ DEALURI), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Up_on_Poppy_Hill" target="blank">FROM UP ON POPPY HILL</a> (コクリコ坂から), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_(film)" target="blank">STUDENT</a> (Студент), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amour_(2012_film)" target="blank">AMOUR</a>. (All pending a second viewing, naturally.)<P>
As for the worst movie of the year? There were surprisingly many films that I disliked, which depresses me; as much as I sometimes take delight in a sarcastic turn of phrase, I don't like not liking films. One trend in particular that I'd love to see die is the "sex madness" narrative as personified by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shame_(2011_film)" target="blank">SHAME</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trishna_(2011_film)" target="blank">TRISHNA</a>. I think, however, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sky" target="blank">IRON SKY</a> created a near-unique form of despair in me. Anticipated for years, crowd-funded on the basis of a catchy idea, it's teeth-grindingly terrible from start to finish. If the future of cinema is crowd-funding, and what we have to look forward to are great log-lines that are terribly executed, then, to paraphrase John LaRoche (Chris Cooper) in ADAPTATION: fuck cinema.<P>
<a imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:0em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="133" width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CTeTrU4rezJvukXRmiYdXa8bV69VohyphenhyphenI4_xd96Y8Bttkb36IMvJ-ey6hp0iCrvE6tZRC4qV2vOHJARvh6o4EAc5T50CsLqgqbbC0Tofd0CZorsFrkI_GR_HaXdTUTbGLsrbulckZhyphenhyphen-d/s1600/dougTop-A.jpg" /></a>ddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009382323004019335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-15219468268590948782013-01-08T07:45:00.000-08:002013-01-08T07:54:46.350-08:00Nige's Top 10. No, 8. Wait...27?So, I set out to make a Top 10. Round numbers, y'know?
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My immaculate <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AiWwxGePkQtqdE45NklsQ3BpYWx4bjJZMVFqZUJnVkE&single=true&gid=10&output=html" target="blank">Entertainment Diary</a> told me that I'd seen 307 films theatrically during 2012.<br>
Ignoring repertory screenings, repeat viewings and short film collections, I had 188 to choose from.<br>
I managed to whittle that down to 27 with not <i>too</i> much effort, but things got emotional after that. This led me to give up on this magical '10', but I did put <i>something</i> together. Let's start at the top...
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<b>TOP FIVE (in no particular order)</b>
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These are the five films from my 2012 that excited me about movies all over again. They all feel like they were made with me in mind and I'm completely blind to any flaws they may have! Magic...
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<td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EolQSTTTpI4" target="blank" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTSzFZaJzOYm8gbYSXmEkEw27GMZYNQh0XlGElRPAjeSPOkCVwOEKYj_idR10AC891RqG8M7cpHWSppbYMNBx-Gl2TWaJwXdB8SoDX8w0TT5I9x7spGa7sFEfNFx3Cose9wkJHL0GLaRB/s400/top27-01d.jpg" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1189073/" target="_blank">THE SKIN I LIVE IN</a> (LA PIEL QUE HABITO)<br>
<span style="color: #999999;">Pedro Almodóvar, Spain 2011</span><br>
Thrillingly unique, rampant creativity, dark & twisted, beautiful.</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iQuhsmtfHw" target="blank" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggR2o3g0f_-d0DoGbQZyDNXyWlPzZ7Zp0kZkbcgc3ehaKN1YMc0DqhOleYh9HvAZu9twE0Yp7yzdSaYs9nGshVcQDHy52IcPg_r6VmlAqOD1ANgSmqoKTDEA8P3zlvn0bjTEnDtujvtilY/s1600/top27-looper.jpg" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276104/" target="_blank">LOOPER</a><br>
<span style="color: #999999;">Rian Johnson, US/China 2012</span><br>
So well made. Fantastic story, great personality, astounding make-up, exciting.</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAqRw1hBpqc" target="blank" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVFcSLHYKSl-yv3pEhJGwsLAI01gN2FnLIxjmHJVR1gJRodJCKacw_q191DP2jKguVDv-U1TxHeJWlQlEOFPSzwH0DtP9uPcjXJ5BcDvwFfIwekHe6Hvue8ZqEcf_LeBb3LT_Fxlvquym/s1600/top27-nana2.jpg" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2034060/" target="_blank">NANA</a><br>
<span style="color: #999999;">Valérie Massadian, France 2011</span><br>
NEED to re-watch! Stunning, quiet and the way the narrative is barely-visible is superb. What a gal.</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btB8tb8fLYM" target="blank" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRHEGhBONQ1jAPfH-vTjzZBRdubRLn-FySchZKguYZZKdTCbi7A8bIFHyoFH4cBxdLC7QeWWubSpJ5d_z71lQb0Ize2Jm9nnfyeP09a9OOyk8c28zU60kE_ID9JkRRq5eUO7_d2Kl3UKc/s1600/top27-ralph.jpg" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772341/" target="_blank">WRECK-IT RALPH</a><br>
<span style="color: #999999;">Rich Moore, US 2012</span><br>
Perfect, made for me to the point of near-overload. Video games, voice acting, comedic timing...</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDifBcgpoYE" target="blank" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hCM6PU2PhrJM5k0UIaTIXfyVq202U9x5Oht0vOh_3JOr7mYfmnJjcH1X8gLGwZORXLzld8eQKersRQoFlkXKKgLdksRyeIGYd2R551eQI4LDm_gjuLFIEnWROaYEgEzX2ZTeYYxAEhmZ/s1600/top27-prenom.jpg" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179121/" target="_blank">WHAT'S IN A NAME</a> (LE PRÉNOM)<br>
<span style="color: #999999;">Delaporte & de La Patellière, France/Belgium 2012</span><br>
Needs a re-watch, I laughed so damn much. One genius conversation filled with old-school rapid-fire.</td>
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<b>THE NEXT THREE (still in no particular order)</b>
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There's only one reason that these didn't make it higher; their insane entertainment value makes me feel ever-so-slightly-but-not-really guilty for liking them. I wasn't about to say that they're better films than the ones already listed, but they are SO MUCH FUN. Loved them to bits.
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<td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXfc12BqFkc" target="blank" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfC_uDdkf1x0up1oG-ml0TwcL8RzmaBJ4ltos0gxYTT6L6mfwvqZGAIq2VILObdNPH5baEeKpTx74meeaa10ii7RM49Hoe87EHU4GjVzBOfHtRhBiMFwdksLTIwvbmCdLAVj4kB68JAuFX/s1600/top27-cabin.jpg" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1259521/" target="_blank">THE CABIN IN THE WOODS</a><br>
<span style="color: #999999;">Drew Goddard, US 2011</span><br>
Unique, fantastic twists, loved the two perspectives, plus one of the best pre-conclusions of all time.</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOrNdBpGMv8" target="blank" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Em8wZP6MwD8UhMZLnEqjlVJcWgKsK72NWNgHwmHEnGgVMTXZl65h8kCBMP4jUFGqIPeLv5ZURIxEVwT18fOLJF-dpax9TPur0ycO1gYbYo-ezvvj13onpZs0V95ZCEfsN7O9rAT6-s8g/s1600/top27-avengers.jpg" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/" target="_blank">THE AVENGERS</a><br>
<span style="color: #999999;">Joss Whedon, US 2012</span><br>
Top notch popcorn entertainment. Witty, rousing, great character work.</td>
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<td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWlmhMSnVdM" target="blank" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPqhTx8Us1Ln0HniM5ppnewu9NmTolTb_xXijnttMe2ObWWYS2BwOSn-SjLQ-Bn-vFbgrHfPt3nasYMscvtPtm4DoSs0uy3UioOrri67u0J_1pvPPkxNVnWNfdJkRPFwXu-IS13F5Ac23/s1600/top27-raid.jpg" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899353/" target="_blank">THE RAID</a> (REDEMPTION)(SERBUAN MAUT)<br>
<span style="color: #999999;">Gareth Evans, Indonesia/US 2011</span><br>
Shit yeah!!<br>
Bracingly brutal!</td>
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<b>14 FILMS COMPETING FOR 9th & 10th PLACE</b>
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So yeah, I honestly did attempt a top 10. But then I thought, fuck you. I don't wanna. So what I've done, is list 14 films that I can't separate, and you can choose two of them to fill those spots. Whatever you choose, they'll be right. Personally, I'd leave 'em as is...
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* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1614989/" target="_blank">HEADHUNTERS</a> (HODEJEGERNE)
<span style="color: #999999;">- Morten Tyldum, Norway / Germany 2011</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Outta nowhere, fun crime caper done very RIGHT.</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764234/" target="_blank">KILLING THEM SOFTLY</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- Andrew Dominik, US 2012</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Like its makers'd never seen a film before. Excitingly alien, yet a gangster film??</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/" target="_blank">PROMETHEUS</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- Ridley Scott, US / UK 2012</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Great imagery, mood, world, creatures & adventure. Plus, auto-surgery!!</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1726669/" target="_blank">KILLER JOE</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- William Friedkin, US 2011</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Dark, murky sleaziness, with Matthew McConaughey, Juno Temple & THC all at their BEST!</span><br>
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* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970179/" target="_blank">HUGO</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- Martin Scorsese, US 2011</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Pretty magical, genre defying.</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1661420/" target="_blank">POLISSE</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- Maïwenn, France 2011</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Superb collage of scenes with no initiation into great characters!</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1971352/" target="_blank">COMPLIANCE</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- Craig Zobel, US 2012</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Awesomely infuriating!</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1680136/" target="_blank">KLOWN</a> (KLOVN: THE MOVIE)
<span style="color: #999999;">- Mikkel Nørgaard, Denmark 2010</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Hilariously awkward & nicely plotted!</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2023690/" target="_blank">SIGHTSEERS</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- Ben Wheatley, UK 2012</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Twisted, cool & funny.</span><br>
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* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615147/" target="_blank">MARGIN CALL</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- J.C. Chandor, US 2011</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Gripping chatter! I've never seen a talky this thrilling.</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/" target="_blank">BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- Benh Zeitlin, US 2012</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Exciting & ruggedly fresh. And that girl!</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862079/" target="_blank">SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- Colin Trevorrow, US 2012</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Fantastic tale, perfect performances, beautifully unhurried.</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1625346/" target="_blank">YOUNG ADULT</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- Jason Reitman, US 2011</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Black comedy not dressed as such, wonderfully damaged folks. And Theron!!</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1692486/" target="_blank">CARNAGE</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- Roman Polanski, France / Germany / Poland / Spain 2011</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">I love these one-room argument films! Cast, too!</span><br>
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<b>SPECIAL MENTIONS (yep, I'm still going)</b>
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And on top of ALL the above, there are a few that I couldn't even fit into THAT mess. Too old, too same-y, too faded in my memory...Whatever the case, they need mentioning. After all, how else'm I gunna fill my Top 27?
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* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1846487/" target="_blank">REALITY</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- Matteo Garrone, Italy / France 2012</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Odd score & strange descent into madness were mesmerising. But needs a re-watch.</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655442/" target="_blank">THE ARTIST</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- Michel Hazanavicius, France/Belgium/US 2011</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Glorious & cute, but need to re-watch and see why all the hate..?</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/" target="_blank">BRAVE</a>
<span style="color: #999999;">- Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman & Steve Purcell, US 2012</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Another stunning MAGICAL Pixar. Only not as UNIQUE as their others, a bit Disney princess-y.</span><br>
* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650453/" target="_blank">I WISH</a> (奇跡)
<span style="color: #999999;">- Hirokazu Kore-eda (是枝 裕和), Japan 2011</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:1em;">Absolutely lovely tale, entire cast was perfect. But can't separate it from even better Kore-eda.</span><br>
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* And then there was one more that I adored, one that played the 13th Annual Movie Marathon.<br>
Film 7, in fact. Everything was cranked up to 11, it was the most EVERYTHING film ever. Unfortunately, it was made in 2010, as well as being...um...shhh...Come next year and see!Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373510064501796003.post-85252624668688209132013-01-03T06:22:00.000-08:002013-01-03T06:25:51.205-08:00In Cinemas: January 3 - 9<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYrR9ZCV5a_N4Bx2dTSsVu_A0loj_HyqBe6-ia4P172uW1Qc9FkXavZWTOzG7wqnT9nOw8gOGEiMR6ya8-UzE8BE3EcN2isziVC5ERsi-71lKPiCpKQ201fIWDFbqCGu-wQBGyc7aLej6N/s1600/2013-01-03-top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYrR9ZCV5a_N4Bx2dTSsVu_A0loj_HyqBe6-ia4P172uW1Qc9FkXavZWTOzG7wqnT9nOw8gOGEiMR6ya8-UzE8BE3EcN2isziVC5ERsi-71lKPiCpKQ201fIWDFbqCGu-wQBGyc7aLej6N/s1600/2013-01-03-top.jpg" /></a>
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* I've been told that while <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1931533/" target="blank">SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS</a> is a long way from IN BRUGES despite having the same director, it's definitely worth a watch. The plot sees Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell and Colin Farrell steal a dog from mobster Woody Harrelson, but it's the cast that'll get me through the door. As well as those already mentioned, it's got Tom Waits, Harry Dean Stanton, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Pitt and Michael Stuhlbarg. It opened this week at The Academy, The Monterey,<br>The Bridgeway and on Rialto Newmarket's decent screens.
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* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2458314/" target="blank">THE LAST TYCOON</a> (大上海) is a Chinese film that had its World Premiere just this week (not to be confused with the old De Niro movie where he's a film producer working himself to death). This one is Shanghai gangsters in the early 1900s and stars Chow Yun-fat, Sammo Hung and Francis Ng from RAPED BY AN ANGEL 2: THE UNIFORM FAN (強姦2制服誘惑). The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjXEth1kq7g" target="blank">trailer looks pretty cool</a> and I do love me a decent Chow Yun-fat flick every now and then. Here's a bit from his 1988 film TIGER ON BEAT (老虎出差), and while he's not actually in this scene, we do get to see Conan Lee fight Pai Mei himself, Mr. Gordon Liu, with a chainsaw!
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* "Starring Werner Herzog as The Zec and Robert Duvall as Cash"…<br>
Man, that sounds like a cool film. Unfortunately <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790724/" target="blank">JACK REACHER</a> isn't quite <i>that</i> movie. It's instead Tom Cruise as the ex-military-investigator dude from Lee Childs' novel series. There's cool cars, some finger-eating and a bathroom brawl that would've been at home in THE THREE STOOGES.
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* I haven't even seen it yet and I'm already sick of 'announcing' it; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_the_Guardians" target="blank">RISE OF THE GUARDIANS</a> (3D) is now in proper, genuine release, fo' real. A CG family film that sees Alec Baldwin's Russian Santa and his pals take on Jude Law's Boogeyman.
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* And still showing; there's a few screenings of the chilling <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1971352/" target="blank">COMPLIANCE</a> left at The Academy, Susanne Bier's latest <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1854236/" target="blank">LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED</a> (DEN SKALDEDE FRISØR) just might be worth a look-see and I'm rapt that the black comedy <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2023690/" target="blank">SIGHTSEERS</a> is going strong. I'm also still plugging <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772341/" target="blank">WRECK-IT RALPH</a>, the greatest homage to video games of old since this;
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<b>REPERTORY / ONE-OFF:</b>
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* <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707386/" target="blank">LES MISÉRABLES</a> begins later next week, so they've got a few preview screenings coming up. <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.co.nz/movie/HO00005530/FilmSquadAdvanceScreeningLesMiserables.aspx?cinemaidlist=AL|07|MC|B03|10|04|03|09&from=2013-01-07&to=2014-01-07" target="blank">Monday 8 PM</a>, Event's Film Squad will be showing it for $16.80 (which includes a glass of bubbles); Hoyts has it on at the <a href="http://www.hoyts.co.nz/Movies/Details/Les_Miserables.aspx" target="blank">same time for $17.50</a>; plus <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/403784809689711/" target="blank">on Wednesday night, Capitol</a> have a fundraising screening, too! You can take your pick of when and where you'll see Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, SBC & HBC sing their way through this classic tale.
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* I'm not sure who asked for it, but Rialto Newmarket has the first of their Italian Encore Screenings this week! <a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00005250/ItalianEncoreScreeningsManualofLove3.aspx?cinemaidlist=R08&from=2013-01-04%2002:23&to=2014-01-04" target="blank">MANUAL OF LOVE 3</a> (aka AGES OF LOVE)(MANUALE D'AM3RE) stars Robert De Niro and Monica Bellucci.
And <a href="http://www.rialto.co.nz/movie/HO00005247/ItalianEncoreScreeningsWelcometotheSouth.aspx?cinemaidlist=R08&from=2013-01-04%2002:23&to=2014-01-04" target="blank">WELCOME TO THE SOUTH</a> (BENVENUTI AL SUD) is a remake of the 2008 French comedy.
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* And finally, over Th' Shore, <a href="http://www.thevic.co.nz/session_times.php" target="blank">The Vic</a> has Disney's pretty-decent Rapunzel flick <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398286/" target="blank">TANGLED</a> on for the young 'uns, <a href="http://www.dianavreeland-film.com/" target="blank">DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL</a> is on for the documentary fans and the Lebanese <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Do_We_Go_Now%3F" target="blank">WHERE DO WE GO NOW?</a> (وهلّأ لوين؟) is playing for you art-house folk.
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<i>All sessions above are accurate at the time of publication. Your best bet would be to check <a href="http://www.flicks.co.nz/" target="blank">Flicks</a> or the theatre website before attending. Please let us know in the comments if you spy anything we've messed up/missed out!</i>Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06023911780082453717noreply@blogger.com0