Seems to me that we need an online Film Festival program, readily available to view. So here one is:There are a few interesting films coming up. Time to buy your tickets now. Here’s how:
In place of the usual big bangs and anti-catholic burning of an anti-royalist effigy on Saturday night, some of the Fish crew saw the film Metropolis at the Michael Fowler Centre. It’s not the first time I’ve seen it, but it is the first time I’ve seen it that has really done it justice. The film has been restored, almost, to a state of perfection – the edited version we have all seen for the last 80 years now replete with an extra half hour of footage, sourced from Argentina (16mm, grainy and badly scratched), with 11 snippets from New Zealand (presumably 35mm, and in much better condition). Huge round of applause for Frank Stark and the New Zealand Film Archive, and the frankly wonderful job they are doing, rescuing our filmic memories from the nitro-fuelled dustbin of the past.
The Johnsonville and Axemen scrums pack down at a sodden Helston Park. Photo: Steven White. By Steven White, Scott MacLean & Adam Julian. There were a series of close results to mark the third round of the Wellington Premier Swindale Shield competition in atrocious conditions that swept through the Wellington region overnight and today. The...
The Wellington Phoenix have brought down the curtain at Apollo Projects Stadium in style. Roared on by more than 11 thousand fans, the Phoenix have beaten Western Sydney Wanderers 2-1 in the final event at the home of Canterbury sport... The post Isuzu UTE A-League Round 25 Match Review appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
Action from the UHR Rams – Petone match last week. The Rams are back home hosting Oriental-Rongotai whilst Petone are away playing Old Boys University. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean Friday lunchtime edition – updates expected later this afternoon. Despite the forecast of bad weather for the first time this season, the Swindale Shield...
