https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-film-society+cinema Items tagged with Wellington Film Society and Cinema. https://wellingtonfilms.nz/nziff-recommendations-from-the-wfs-committee/ Each year, we ask members of the Wellington Film Society committee to tell us what they’re most looking forward to in this year’s Festival. While a lot of this year’s screenings are selling fast, we hope this provides you with new ways of thinking about the films in the programme! Harry says: My picks are […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/nziff-recommendations-from-the-wfs-committee/ Wellington Film Society 2025-08-06T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/polyester-itll-blow-your-nose/ Caleb Gordon is a Wellington Film Society member and an aficionado of ‘trash cinema’. Here, he briefly explores how John Waters brought classic Hollywood and campy gimmicks together to make Polyester a reality. Prince of Puke, Duke of Dirt, Pope of Trash, Filth Elder: John Waters has collected more filthy titles than most filmmakers have accolades. […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/polyester-itll-blow-your-nose/ Wellington Film Society 2025-07-24T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/rupert-julian-a-life-on-the-screen/ Film historian Robert Catto is the foremost expert on Rupert Julian, the director of 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera. Catto wrote this brief biography of the director for NZ On Screen, which we gratefully reproduce here with Catto’s permission. As a teenager, Percy Hayes became known for his singing voice and ability to do impressions. […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/rupert-julian-a-life-on-the-screen/ Wellington Film Society 2025-05-08T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/bring-your-friends-to-face-the-phantom-of-the-opera/ We’re very excited about our upcoming screenings of The Phantom of the Opera on the 12th and 13th of May, and we’re taking the opportunity to share the love by making our Tuesday screening open to the public. That’s right, you don’t have to be a member of the Society to come along to this […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/bring-your-friends-to-face-the-phantom-of-the-opera/ Wellington Film Society 2025-05-06T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/construction-underway-on-courtenay-place/ As you may already be aware, Wellington City Council is working on a new pedestrian crossing between Cambridge and Kent Terrace. This may have an impact on members that use the crossing outside the Embassy Theatre. On Monday 28 April, Wellington City Council held its groundbreaking ceremony with work to begin in earnest in early […] theatre wcc performingarts government cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/construction-underway-on-courtenay-place/ Wellington Film Society 2025-05-01T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/how-dario-argentos-suspiria-pried-my-eyes-open-to-cinema/ In advance of Monday’s screenings, WFS Committee member Jessy Reese reflects on her first encounter with Dario Argento’s Suspiria. I’m nineteen years old in a cold flat in Melbourne’s inner north. I’m alone, watching Dario Argento’s Suspiria on my laptop. There’s psychedelic prog-rock transmitting tinnily but with great force from the laptop speakers; pinks and […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/how-dario-argentos-suspiria-pried-my-eyes-open-to-cinema/ Wellington Film Society 2025-04-24T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/wellington-film-society-recognises-decades-of-service-with-life-memberships/ The Wellington Film Society bestowed its highest honour, a life membership, upon two long-serving committee members, Miles Buckingham and Chris Hormann, at its Annual General Meeting on Monday 31 March, 2025. The life memberships are an acknowledgement of Chris and Miles’ significant contributions to the Film Society over many years. Miles Buckingham Miles Buckingham’s involvement […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/wellington-film-society-recognises-decades-of-service-with-life-memberships/ Wellington Film Society 2025-04-03T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/the-camera-as-an-actor-in-cleo-from-5-to-7/ WFS member Alex Cass examines the role of the camera in Agnès Varda’s film, and how it shapes the main character’s thoughts and behaviour. Sometimes, when I’m watching a film, it is easy to forget that the camera exists as the mediator between the audience and the action. The frame simply acts as a theatre […] theatre performingarts cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/the-camera-as-an-actor-in-cleo-from-5-to-7/ Wellington Film Society 2025-03-27T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/back-by-popular-demand-our-wfs-film-socials/ Just like old times, WFS is pleased to announce that its regular social events are returning for 2025. We have planned these events to correspond with some of our shorter films. We hope that this will allow some members to come along after the 6pm screening and others to pop in before the 8.30pm screening. […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/back-by-popular-demand-our-wfs-film-socials/ Wellington Film Society 2025-03-01T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/get-ready-for-opening-night/ In 2025, we’re playing every film in our programme twice: Because of these changes we wish to provide some updated timing and guidance to ensure everything runs smoothly and we keep to time. We will increase our focus on timely screenings due to the flow-on effects of screenings running late, for example members needing to […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/get-ready-for-opening-night/ Wellington Film Society 2025-02-13T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/high-and-low-wellington-film-societys-2025-programme-is-live/ The Wellington Film Society’s 2025 programme features ghosts, cowboys, samurai, and dazzling musical numbers – and that’s just the beginning. With a line-up that spans beloved filmmakers like Akira Kurosawa to the irreverent Pope of Trash, John Waters, a Wellington Film Society membership continues to offer unparalleled cultural and entertainment value. The 2025 programme boasts […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/high-and-low-wellington-film-societys-2025-programme-is-live/ Wellington Film Society 2025-01-30T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/big-news-for-2025-the-wfs-is-doubling-our-screenings/ Wellington Film Society will screen each film in its 2025 programme twice, doubling the offering to current and prospective members for the same low price. cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:21:53 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/big-news-for-2025-the-wfs-is-doubling-our-screenings/ Wellington Film Society 2024-11-14T01:21:53Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/vincent-wards-vigil-a-plunge-into-aotearoas-unconscious/ For the 40th anniversary of Vigil, Film Talks is showing the film at the Embassy at 6:15 pm on Tuesday, November 19th. cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Tue, 12 Nov 2024 07:02:17 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/vincent-wards-vigil-a-plunge-into-aotearoas-unconscious/ Wellington Film Society 2024-11-12T07:02:17Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/kids-revisiting-one-of-the-most-controversial-films-of-the-90s/ Former Wellington Film Society VP, Harriet Wild, explores the impact and legacy of Larry Clark’s Kids, one of our November screenings this year. cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:02:52 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/kids-revisiting-one-of-the-most-controversial-films-of-the-90s/ Wellington Film Society 2024-11-07T10:02:52Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/gordon-campbell-on-the-psychological-horror-film-possession/ In advance of our screening of Possession, we’re pleased to share this excerpt of this insightful essay by Gordon Campbell. cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:09:56 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/gordon-campbell-on-the-psychological-horror-film-possession/ Wellington Film Society 2024-10-29T08:09:56Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/see-the-latest-and-greatest-british-and-irish-cinema/ The British and Irish Film Festival is coming back to Wellington cinemas from 23 October to 13 November. They’ve put together an awesome programme of new titles, and a few classics as well! The team have kindly given us three double passes to give away to our members, redeemable for any film in the Wellington […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 17 Oct 2024 02:21:25 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/see-the-latest-and-greatest-british-and-irish-cinema/ Wellington Film Society 2024-10-17T02:21:25Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/is-it-not-queer-derek-jarman-and-the-shifting-identities-of-edward-ii/ WFS committee member Russ Kale looks back on his first encounter with Edward II, and tries to uncover what Jarman was saying about queer identity. In 2006, I moved to Te Whanganui-a-Tara for university. This was my first time living in a city that had a recognisable queer community, and of course my first strategy […] gaybisexual cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:09:13 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/is-it-not-queer-derek-jarman-and-the-shifting-identities-of-edward-ii/ Wellington Film Society 2024-10-03T10:09:13Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/cairo-conspiracy-ashkal-and-the-decade-of-protest-on-film/ In its 2024 programme, Wellington Film Society is playing two 2022 films set in North Africa: Cairo Conspiracy (a European production set in Egypt) and Ashkal (from Tunisia). Both films deal with the fallout from the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ that unfolded during the prior decade. Johnny Crawford explores the way this ‘decade of protest’ has […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/cairo-conspiracy-ashkal-and-the-decade-of-protest-on-film/ Wellington Film Society 2024-09-19T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/a-highlight-of-the-nziff-the-wellington-film-society-quiz/ For decades, the Wellington Film Society has hosted a quiz as part of the Wellington and, more recently, the New Zealand International Film Festival, Whānau Mārama. In 2024, the tradition continued, with the event once again taking place at the fantastic Welsh Dragon Bar, conveniently located across the road from the Embassy Theatre. This year’s […] theatre performingarts cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/a-highlight-of-the-nziff-the-wellington-film-society-quiz/ Wellington Film Society 2024-09-12T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/your-picks-from-whanau-marama-2024/ The results you’ve all been eagerly waiting for have been collated, and we’re pleased to reveal what our members picked for the best films of Whānau Mārama NZIFF 2024! Across all the responses, nearly 60 different films were chosen, which shows just how much variety was in the theatres this year. That’s nearly three-quarters of […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/your-picks-from-whanau-marama-2024/ Wellington Film Society 2024-09-05T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/derek-jarman/ Artist and activist Derek Jarman (1942-1994) is one of the most important and influential figures in twentieth century British culture. As an early campaigner for the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community and people living with HIV and AIDS, he created art that sought to challenge the normative culture and reigning neoliberal politics of his […] art cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/derek-jarman/ Wellington Film Society 2024-09-02T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/the-warmth-of-stanley-kubricks-barry-lyndon/ In advance of our repeat screening of Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, committee member Russ Kale shares his thoughts on the film’s reputation, and how it compared with the enthusiastic WFS screening in February. Like Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles before him, Stanley Kubrick has developed a reputation as a director who is difficult to enjoy […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/the-warmth-of-stanley-kubricks-barry-lyndon/ Wellington Film Society 2024-08-15T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/what-did-you-see-at-the-nziff/ Just like that, 2024’s Whānau Mārama in Wellington has come to a close, with dozens of spectacular films making their way to our screens over two weeks. If you’re reading this, you’ve no doubt come across a few new favourites yourself, and we’d love to hear what your top picks of the festival have been! […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/what-did-you-see-at-the-nziff/ Wellington Film Society 2024-08-15T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/feedback-from-our-membership-survey/ Thank you to everyone who filled in our recent survey. We really appreciate you taking your time to share your views with us. We’re continuing to consider our options around how to best support our ongoing growth, including the potential for a second screening each week. We’re keeping a close eye on our membership numbers […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/feedback-from-our-membership-survey/ Wellington Film Society 2024-07-23T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/registrations-for-the-wfs-quiz-are-open/ It’s festival season once more, which means registrations are open for the Wellington Film Society Quiz! The Welsh Dragon will be our wonderful hosts once again for an afternoon of film trivia, featuring everything from Alphaville to Zabriskie Point. Our quiz is always a popular event and spaces are limited, so we encourage early registration. […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/registrations-for-the-wfs-quiz-are-open/ Wellington Film Society 2024-07-10T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/our-top-picks-from-this-years-festival/ After an incredible programme launch at our screening of Joyland this month, we’re sure that many of you have been eagerly making your lists of must-see films in this year’s Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival. You’re not alone: the members of the WFS committee have been making their top picks, too. With tickets […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/our-top-picks-from-this-years-festival/ Wellington Film Society 2024-07-09T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/nziff-2024-programme-launched/ Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) is pleased to announce 86 feature films and 19 shorts in the 2024 line-up. We will open in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington on 31 July before touring nine other centres across the country until 4 September. Tickets for all Wellington screenings will be on sale from 10am Friday […] cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/nziff-2024-programme-launched/ Wellington Film Society 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/full-programme-confirmed/ Our full 2024 schedule is now live. cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/full-programme-confirmed/ Wellington Film Society 2024-06-12T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/15771-2/ New members can now join up and we have launched a survey. cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Fri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/15771-2/ Wellington Film Society 2024-05-24T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonfilms.nz/french-film-festival-24/ We’re frothing with excitement at this year’s edition of the French Film Festival Aotearoa – starting on 5 June at the Lighthouse, Penthouse and our favourite Embassy big screen (and a couple of the smaller screens downstairs). cinema communitygroups wcnhosted Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonfilms.nz/french-film-festival-24/ Wellington Film Society 2024-05-23T00:00:00Z