Television
Closer Productions to bring J.P McGowan’s story to the screen
To celebrate JP McGowan's birthday, ABC TV’s Head of Arts & Entertainment, Amanda Duthie today announced newly re-formed Closer Productions…
BAFTA Awards: little joy for Kiwi contingent
Kiwi-related fare at the BAFTA Awards fared not so well, competing against itself in a number of categories and rarely…
Berlinale: Kiwis amongst the Bears
The Berlin Film Festival passed out its much-loved Bears and many other prizes over the weekend, with three NZ films…
Documentary Edge 2010: John Di Stefano, a well-connected sense of disassociation
John Di Stefano's essay film You Are Here esplores the theme of transnational displacement or, if you prefer, social migration.…
Documentary Edge 2010: what to expect at the Forum - part one
The Documentary Edge Forum (DEF) runs Monday-Wednesday next week. ScreenHub takes a sneaky peek – in two parts - at…
New Zealand Weekend Box Office to 21 February, 2010
Jane Campion's Bright Star opens at 7. Everything else sinks gracefully, except for An Education, which rises and Avatar, which…
New Zealand Weekly Box Office to 17 February, 2010
Three new entries in the top five, with Valentine's Day winning the prize for releasing at the right time to…
Script-to-Screen: the free beer and pizza start again next week
Script-to-Screen announced some details of its 2010 programme last week. Head honcho Simon Marler took time this week to fill…
Escalator: throwing a spanner in the works
Gordon Campbell put out a media release yesterday entitled Escalator to the Scaffold criticising – to put it mildly -…
Film Festival, Perth: Kinetic Carnival
A fresh and energetic film event exploding onto Perth’s screen culture calendar with innovative works and new screening concepts utilising…