Film Review: The Ghost of Peter Sellers (2018)
byOne of my favourite things that Roger Ebert said was “movies are the most powerful empathy machine in all the arts”. It speaks so…
Documentary
Film Review: J.R. ‘Bob’ Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius (2019)
byWe’re living in the upside-down world. The jokers are in charge. Supporters are cults. People are living in feedback loops, their responses programmed and…
Film Review: Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2017)
byWerner Herzog’s own documentaries are interested in trying to visualise the invisible, in seeing inside the mind, the soul, and exploring the depths and…
Film Review: Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2019)
byIt’s almost impossible to reflect upon INXS these days without referencing the untimely suicide of their lead singer Michael Hutchence in 1997. As such,…
Film Review: From Music into Silence (2018)
by“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do” – Rumi For the past 23 years Peter Roberts has had one of…
Film Review: 2040 (2019)
byDystopias are in vogue, and why wouldn’t they be when the planet is burning and nobody seems to be doing anything about it? But…
Film Review: Soldiers Without Guns (2019)
byIs there anything those New Zealanders can’t do? From inspirational Prime Ministers to legitimate claims over Sam Neill, our Kiwi friends always seem to…
Film Review: Breaking Habits (2018)
byIn the town of Merced, California a small but growing sisterhood of like-minded nuns has formed. They’re the Sisters of the Valley, in the…
Film Review: Celebration (2007)
byTwo decades after it was filmed, Celebration: Yves Saint Laurent, Olivier Meyrou’s brilliant fly-on-the-wall documentary celebrating the last of the great couturiers of Paris, is finally…
Film Review: Wine Calling (2018)
byIn the foothills of the Pyrenees, rebels have invaded the vineyards. Row upon row of grapes sit and ferment in their own natural way,…