The 2012 festival lineup is spectacular, with yet another record-breaking number of films direct from Cannes, and the world premières of more than half a dozen locally-made features. Continue reading Beasts, Kingdoms, Holy Motors: The New Zealand International Film Festivals 2012
Now in its seventh year, the festival is committed to giving film-goers the opportunity to sample a wide range of documentaries from New Zealand and around the world. In that spirit, this year’s programme is appropriately massive, comprising 72 films. Continue reading Documentary Edge 2012
At a breezy 83 minutes, the film’s snappy dialogue—largely improvised, as is a hallmark of the genre—maintains a neat energy. The set-pieces are terrific, but the duo’s final conversation—a nine-minute single shot—is among the most gripping and dramatic that the subgenre has yet produced. Continue reading Her Idiot Brother: The Color Wheel
