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Life, the Universe, and/or Everything: An Hour With Marcus Chown

A review of Marcus Chown’s New Zealand Festival Writers Week session.The post Life, the Universe, and/or Everything: An Hour With Marcus Chown appeared first on The Lumière Reader.

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Yo La Tengo; Frente Cumbiero

A review of Yo La Tengo and Frente Cumbiero in concert at the New Zealand Festival.The post Yo La Tengo; Frente Cumbiero appeared first on The Lumière Reader.

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A French Film Festival Dispatch: Atilla Marcel, The Extraordinary Voyage...

At the Alliance Française French Film Festival, a new film by Sylvain Chomet, plus the journey of George Méliès’s iconic 1902 fantasy, from inception to restoration.The post A French Film Festival...

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A French Film Festival Dispatch: Our Heroes Died Tonight, Suzanne

At the Alliance Française French Film Festival, David Perrault’s heady black-and-white debut, plus Katell Quillévéré’s bracing sophomore feature.The post A French Film Festival Dispatch: Our Heroes...

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Global Letters: Auckland Writers Festival 2014

Sessions on North Korea, fascist Italy, and the Arab world compelled at this year’s Auckland Writers Festival.The post Global Letters: Auckland Writers Festival 2014 appeared first on The Lumière Reader.

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Notes from the Wellington Jazz Festival

Joshua Redman, Chick Corea with Gary Burton, Pablo Ziegler, and Dawn of Midi were among the the standout international acts at this year’s Wellington Jazz Festival.The post Notes from the Wellington...

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Contemplating the Engine Room: Snowpiercer

With Bong Joon-ho’s latest, you never know what’s behind the next door until you break through.The post Contemplating the Engine Room: Snowpiercer appeared first on The Lumière Reader.

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Making REALITi

On the eve of its world premiere, Jonathan King takes us behind the scenes of his new science-fiction venture.The post Making REALITi appeared first on The Lumière Reader.

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Contemplating National Gallery and PRISMISM

The parallel spaces of Frederick Wiseman’s National Gallery documentary and Emil McAvoy's first exhibition of paintings.The post Contemplating National Gallery and PRISMISM appeared first on The...

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Tone Tests: Borgman, Enemy, Unnatural History, and Housebound

Between the films of Alex van Warmerdam, Denis Villeneuve, Alex Backhouse, and Gerard Johnstone at this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival, tone is everything.The post Tone Tests: Borgman,...

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Post-Festival Report 2014: The Point of It

Closing notes on evil, activism, resistance, and the films that deserve a second chance at the New Zealand International Film Festival.The post Post-Festival Report 2014: The Point of It appeared first...

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2001: A Signifying Odyssey

Reading Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, one mystery at a time. The post 2001: A Signifying Odyssey appeared first on The Lumière Reader.

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The Rituals of Reporoa: The Ground We Won

A conversation about tackling rugby, male identity, and rural stoicism with filmmakers Christopher Pryor and Miriam Smith. The post The Rituals of Reporoa: The Ground We Won appeared first on The...

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“Sometimes we are greater than ourselves when we write”

At this year’s Auckland Writers Festival, the glass was not just half-full, but brimming, overflowing. The post “Sometimes we are greater than ourselves when we write” appeared first on The Lumière...

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Documentary Edge Festival 2015: (T)ERROR, Heaven Adores You, Sweet Micky for...

At the Documentary Edge Festival: counter-terrorism through the eyes of an informant; the life and times of Elliot Smith; and an unlikely Haitian presidential campaign. The post Documentary Edge...

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A Sydney Film Festival sampler

At the Sydney Film Festival 2015: Hong Sang-soo’s latest, Hill of Freedom, plus documentaries Breaking a Monster, The Russian Woodpecker, and Ulrich Seidl’s In the Basement. The post A Sydney Film...

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What to Watch at NZIFF 2015, Part 1

The dramatic and documentary revelations you may have overlooked at this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival. The post What to Watch at NZIFF 2015, Part 1 appeared first on The Lumière Reader.

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Recapping the Big Screen Symposium 2015

Collaboration and process were front and centre at the fourth annual Big Screen Symposium for New Zealand filmmakers. The post Recapping the Big Screen Symposium 2015 appeared first on The Lumière...

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Crushing Riffs, Climbing Mountains: TRIUMPHS

Mat Anderson and John Bollen of two-piece Dunedin heavy band TRIUMPHS on making music, channeling Sir Edmund Hillary, and what they listen to on the road. The post Crushing Riffs, Climbing Mountains:...

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Houses and Homes: Briar March on A Place to Call Home

Filmmaker Briar March talks about the creative and collaborative process behind her three-year project to document opposing housing projects in Glen Innes and Northland. The post Houses and Homes:...

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