Now in its fourteenth year, the Showcase arrives for a fortnight every autumn and functions as an entrée to the NZIFF in July. Chief among the stand-outs in this year’s excellent programme is Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret. Continue reading World Cinema Showcase 2012

Joe Berlinger’s new documentary, one of two by the director in the Showcase’s programme, is about the making, the lasting impact, and the attendant political controversy of Paul Simon’s Graceland, an album that has never not been cool. Continue reading Magical is Art: Under African Skies

Fashion photographer Bill Cunningham and über-paparazzo Ron Galella both make a living by collecting fleeting moments in time; as such, they have both documented the fashions, celebrity trends, and sensibilities of now bygone eras. Continue reading WCS 2011: On Photography: Bill Cunningham New York and Smash His Camera