GARY STEEL is mesmerised by an explosive documentary about a pair of intrepid volcanologists living a “kamikaze existence”.
Tag: documentary
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time – a lovingly crafted documentary
REBEKAH DAVIES reviews an extraordinary documentary about an extraordinary author screening this week at the NZ International Film Festival.
Writing With Fire – leave your first-world whining at the door
The first Indian documentary nominated for an Oscar is a compelling exposition of journalism’s crucial role in democracy, writes GARY STEEL.
NZ’s dirty white secret – Milked film REVIEW
GARY STEEL frequently finds his mouth on the floor and his eyes wide open watching a must-see new documentary about our biggest export earner.
You don’t have to live like a refugee… Blind Ambition film review
From refugees to top sommeliers… here’s a film with a story so unlikely that it almost seems like fiction. GARY STEEL on Blind Ambition.
Michael Jackson Killed My Magazine
In 1993, GARY STEEL was the editor of teen pop magazine RTR Countdown, which dared to suggest that Michael Jackson was guilty of deviant sexual behaviour just months before the first scandal broke.
Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue
GARY STEEL remembers what it was like to be an adolescent obsessed with dead rock stars.
Peaking Into NZ History Through A Remarkable Woman
Toby Woollaston views a film about one of NZ’s lesser-known but more interesting figures, and emerges from the cinema with a deeper understanding.