NZ IFF 2020 Day 2
Happily the streaming for the festival continues to be solid, even as the booking remains opaque. Today was the chance to watch some kid-focused films, the existence of which is one of the
Movies
NZ IFF 2020 Day 1
Film festivals have been hard-hit by COVID-19. My favourite NZ French Film Festival had only just gotten underway when the country went into level 4; there wasn't much the NZ FFF
Woody Allen and the Cringe
So: Woody Allen. The addiction of the US critical world to him. It's a weird mix of cultural cringe and cultural chauvinism.
A generation of critics love Allen because, to paraphrase
NZIFF 2019 Tranche 2
Entering the second week; while a little less frantic, there's a couple of late night sessions that have been a bit taxing; the fact one is a remarkably brain-bending bit of
NZIFF 2019 Tranche 1
Once more I've gotten a bit carried away with the scheduling, resulting in a lot of dashes across town. The loss of most of the central city cinemas (Paramount, Embassy) is,