October, 2010 Archive

Documentary, Film Festival

LFF2010: Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields

Songwriter Stephin Merritt is hailed to many as the Cole Porter of his generation. Writing alongside his band The Magnetic Fields, he writes memorable,

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Asides, Live Action

High as a Kai

It’s truly heart-warming to see someone using the medium of film for a good cause and I know entertaining people is a good cause, but I mean a REALLY

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Film Festival, Live Action

LFF2010: Dear Doctor

Dear Doctor for me, was one of the surprise favourite films of the festival. Almost missing it, I was advised by a friend to fit it in and I’m glad I did.

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Documentary, Film Festival

LFF2010: Home by Christmas

Home by Christmas tells the unique story of Ed Preston’s experiences of World War II. Father to acclaimed New Zealand filmmaker Gaylene Preston, he had

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF2010: Special Treatment – Jeanne Labrune

Alice (Isabelle Huppert) is a luxury prostitute in her fortys, our main protagonist throughout the film, she’s intelligent, strong and getting fed up with

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF2010 – Leap Year – Michael Rowe

Leap Year follows the month of February with freelance jounrnist, Laura. Shot within the four walls of her apartment, she observes her neighbours and eats

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Art & Fashion

Oops

Somewhere between a home-video mixtape and a postmodern travelogue, “oops”—a ten-minute art video composed entirely of appropriated YouTube

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF2010: Malavoglia – Pasquale Scimeca

Based on the famous novel by Giovanni Verga, Malavoglia is a film about a family of fisherman that live in a house known as ‘The Medlars House’ and

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Film Festival, Live Action

LFF2010: Winter Vacation

It’s frustratingly difficult to get hold of Hongqi Li’s previous films Routine Holiday and Hao Duo Da Mi, even in his native China, so I’m

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Animation

Todor & Petru

Todor & Petru is a totally off the wall piece of stop motion animation, blended with some in your face 2D graphics. It was created at CRCR by a team of

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN LFF2010: Lemmy – Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski

I feel silly trying to write an introduction to a documentary film named “Lemmy,” I hope when you hear the title you instinctively think of the legendary

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Documentary, Film Festival

LFF2010: Ruhr

Those familiar with James Benning’s name would have known what to expect with his new film Ruhr; slow-cinema taken to its extreme ends. Benning’s work has

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