Authoritarian states have historically put a lot of effort into using movies for propaganda, sometimes with spectacular results. While the Nazis forced much of Germany’s top talent to Hollywood, much to the latter’s benefit, its studios continued to operate throughout the war. One epic about the Titanic proved to be too realistic, as production delays … Read More about Where worlds collide
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Looking back at the best of 2022
Movie attendances bounced back in 2022 as quantity ... Read More about Looking back at the best of 2022
Sherlock’s detective sister
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Legend survives fictional life
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Festivals have returned to cinemas and look here to stay. The New Zealand International Film Festival has moved to later in the year, hoping to get newer entries, but leaving a gap filled by France and Italy. French festivals have long been strongly supported by its government-backed industry. Last year, … Read More about Festivals make comeback
ADVENTURES OF A PILGRIM, by Don Brebner (289pp, 2020; available from the author at 12 Vantage Place, Omokoroa 3114, price $30). Reviewed by PAT McCARTHY. In 2019, Rod Orange published his See Judge Act, a New Zealand history of the leadership training movements developed by the Belgian priest (and later … Read More about A life of faith commitment covered
The Productivity Commission recently defined the country’s top 10 exporting companies as frontier firms. They were progressive, innovative, forward-thinking and outward-looking. America has produced a rich vein of frontier films to depict the expansion of foreign settlers into lands occupied by indigenous peoples. New Zealand, too, has depicted its frontier … Read More about Frontier drama needs patience
If every day seems to be like yesterday, and the one you might have tomorrow, you are in a “time loop”, or sensing what the French call déja vu. It’s popped up several times lately in movies, perhaps reflecting or coinciding with the past year of lockdowns and people working remotely … Read More about Time for every purpose
Espionage stories, whether fact or fiction, have been a cinema staple since its earliest days. The first flowering was in the 1930s, followed by World War II, when deep cover and double agents exposed military secrets on both sides. In the Cold War, Allied intelligence services ramped up their activities … Read More about An agent in the field
The lack of Easter-themed movies at the cinema has been exacerbated by Hollywood’s freeze on big-budget movies in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. The central event of the Christian religion has been sidelined since the epics thrived in the 1950s and 1960s. These biblical classics are still available through … Read More about Easter viewing at home
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