Here’s a powerful exploration of a dissolute older man’s waning fortunes and the shock that brings him out of his apathy, writes TOBY WOLLASTON
Film & Television
Sex, Lies & Gaffer Tape
TOBY WOOLLASTON looks to the magic of cinema to shed some light on the murky waters of gender and sexuality.
What’s Wrong With Sky’s Injunction Against ISPs And What It Could More Productively Be Spending The Money On
PAT PILCHER has a novel idea for Sky TV and all the money it will spend convincing ISPs to police the internet.
Sky Outrages Internet Providers By Asking Them To Block Naughty Websites
PAT PILCHER weighs in on a broiling controversy involving Sky’s demands to internet providers and their angry response.
On Coffee, Tobacco And Steve McQueen.
A lifetime chain-smoker, one day ANDREW JOHNSTONE just stopped. But that just fuelled his other passions.
Let’s Talk About Race
America is suddenly examining its deep, worrying underbelly of racism through its cinema, writes TOBY WOOLLASTON.
Want Some Light Relief? Go Elsewhere. Detroit Is A Tense Masterpiece.
Detroit is a tense, gut-churning film about one night and one event in the racially-charged United States of the 1960s writes SHELLEY SWEENEY.
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.