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Favorite Movies: NZ Likes Shawshank Redemption, Hates Prisoners
“10,000 Kiwis have just rated ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ as their top film of all time, but how is this compatible with our societal approach to imprisonment”, wonders Robin Gunston, National Director of Prison Fellowship, “it seems we want to live in the alternate reality of such a film rather than confront our real world issues” More>>
Arts Fest Review: Karsh Kale - Enter The Dragon
Indian-American drummer and producer Karsh Kale has taken on a task of epic proportions in re-scoring a much loved movie classic which already boasts music by one of the greatest composers in film & TV history... More>>
Music: The Flying Nun Vids Not Too Obscure For NZ On Screen
NZ On Screen has launched a collection of classic Flying Nun music videos, curated by the label’s founder Roger Shepherd. The clips are accompanied by an inside story from Shepherd and written tributes from ex-MTV Europe chief Brent Hansen and media commentator and former Rip It Up editor Russell Brown. More>>
Scoop Review Of Books: Frenetic Schama Fills Town Hall
There is a frenetic energy to Simon Schama when he talks about history, the kind of energy that you might expect from a highly excitable child caught in the ecstasy of their very favourite topic rather than a Cambridge-trained professor of Modern History. More>>
Gandalf The Tramp: Ian McKellen In Waiting For Godot
30 June 2010 - 2 July 2010: The Theatre Royal Haymarket Company’s production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. Directed by Sean Mathias and starring Ian McKellen as Estragon and Roger Rees as Vladimir with Matthew Kelly as Pozzo. More>>
Arts Festival: In Case You Hadn't Heard, Los Amigos Invisibles Are Playing Saturday
Discovered by David Byrne in New York City almost two decades ago, Los Amigos Invisibles has, over 18 years, visited 60 countries, released six albums and won a Latin Grammy in 2009 for their latest album Commercial that embodies their infectious blend of Latin rhythms, funk, disco and acid jazz. More>>
Adventure: Quincey Completes Epic Trans Tasman Solo Row
Over 500 members of the public along with world news and media gathered on Northland's 90 Mile Beach to welcome back trans-Tasman rower Shaun Quincey who arrived on New Zealand soil at around 12:35pm Sunday. Image: 3NewsMore>>
The Power Of Paul: Q+A’s Paul Holmes Interviews Dr Simon Schama.
Dr Simon Schama is one of the world's most widely read historians, he's an Englishman, lives in New York City, he's Professor of Art History and History, Columbia University, he's a writer and presenter for the BBC Television, they famously paid him three million pounds for a combined television and book deal. More >>
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Neil Gaiman And Amanda Palmer
Neil Gaiman is in Wellington as part of the NZ International Arts Festival's Writers and Readers Week. This afternoon he and his fiancée, musician Amanda Palmer, held a small press conference consisting mostly of media not potent enough to get an interview otherwise... More>>
Writers & Reader's Preview: Peter Singer
Shortly after we launched the Scoop Review of Books, two years ago, I sent the philosopher Peter Singer an email asking him the following question: “... Would you give up driving a car rather than fill the tank with animal fat? How would you advise moral vegetarians and others to tackle the dilemma?” More>>
Arts Festival Images: Mannequin Larrikins
The busy shoppers and workers of Wellington’s Lambton Quay must have wondered what to make of the scene. But after taking a walk and looking at some of the shop windows in the vicinity, all becomes (sort of) clear. More>>
'Ellerslie' Flower Show: Akaroa Steals Flower Bed Hat Trick From Christchurch
Akaroa won Gold and the National Flower Bed title for its floral tribute to Banks Peninsula’s landmark Akaroa Lighthouse. The seaside village also won Gold in the competition in 2009. More>>
Scoop Review Of Books: Academia And Activism
One place we might expect to look for analysis of the women’s movement’s successes and failures, and for theoretical help advancing the cause, is the university... But on that score, a recent collection of feminist scholarship from Victoria University Press – Rethinking Women and Politics: New Zealand and Comparative Perspectives – makes for depressing reading. More>>
Fringe Concludes: Fringe Awards Announced
The last New Zealand Fringe Festival ended with a question mark over its head about whether it would continue. It did, it rocked, and it will continue. Now Fringe 2010 has ended with a glorious bag with the naming of the best of all there is in 2010 and a new inductee for the Fringe Hall of Fame. More>>
Brannavan Gnanalingham: Counting Down To Oscar Time
On 7 March, the biggest show in town will be ithe Academy Awards, in which considerable attention will be paid by the media to Hollywood and its “best films”. At least, that’s how the awards are self... More >>
The Hurt Locker: In Praise Of War (Films)
Obviously, war movies are fiction – there is an entire generation whose mental images of the Vietnam War owe more to Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone than to any news bulletins of the day, or any dutiful war memoirs. Same for me... More >>
The Complicatist: Kurt Vile, and the Allure of Cover Versions
In the 1950s, cover versions enabled white people (I’m talking about you, Pat Boone) to cash in on black music without scaring the public. These days though, an artfully chosen cover version can usefully demonstrate the depth of your musical... More >>
Tim Bollinger, Reviews and Commentary: Kiwi Komix – Some Local Favourites
In New Zealand there’s a whole bunch of great comic strip artists who you won’t see in the local papers, either because their work is too eccentric, or too long, or too expensive, or just because New Zealand newspaper and magazine publishers are... More >>
Classics: Homecoming (1981) By Cynthia VoigtCuriosity has always been a good friend of creativity. Reportedly, Cynthia Voigt got the idea for Homecoming after looking one day at some kids in a supermarket parking lot, and wondering what would happen if their parents... More >>
Melbourne’s Bar Scene: The Awful Summer Truth
The stench from sweat mixed with perfume is palpable during the summer months, when God has gone on an extended vacation and left gullible humans to entertain themselves in Melbourne. The cocktails are overpriced to levels of lunacy. The beer is obscenely ... More >>
Karim Sahai Images: Phoenix Defeat Newcastle Jets 3 – 1
Supported by a record crowd of 34,500 fans and unbeaten on home soil for 19 matches, the Wellington Phoenix prevailed in the Hyundai A-League semifinal and beat Newcastle Jets 3-1 at Westpac Stadium Sunday afternoon. More>>
Arts Festival: The Mannequins Are Revolting!
Street theatre super stars, Royal de Luxe, from France have taken over some central Wellington store front windows for the next nine days with their genius show Revolt of the Mannequins. Image: Jordi Bover More >>
All-NZ Content: TVNZ To Launch Channel On SKY
TVNZ and SKY will launch a new TV channel on the pay operator’s platform in June. The new channel, named TVNZ Heartland, will be New Zealand’s first channel with 100% local content and will be available to all subscribers to the SKY basic package. More>>
Music: Regina Spektor Tour Of NZ And Australia
It gives The Frontier Touring Company great delight to announce the return of Regina Spektor to Australia and New Zealand in April this year. More>>
Disasterous Unpreparedness: NZ Households Unprepared For Natural Disasters
Many New Zealand households are not prepared for a natural disaster, Statistics New Zealand said today, based on the latest information from the New Zealand General Social Survey 2008 (NZGSS). More>>
Reservoir Hill? TVNZ Online Drama Gains Digital Emmy Nomination
Reservoir Hill was a New Zealand trail-blazer - an exclusively online drama where viewers could interact with the main character. Now, it’s also earned another national first: a nomination in the International Digital Emmy Awards. More >>
Fringe Review: Ben Hur - The Epic!
This show tickled my funny bone bigtime and joyfully delivered on its simple promise - 3 men presenting Ben Hur on a tiny stage in just 70min. More>>
Fringe Review: Sometimes I Don’t Like Yellow
The premise of the play is: what happens when the CEO of a pineapple company makes a mistake in peddling mysteriously addictive red pineapple? Confusingly, the play doesn’t really deliver on the answer to this question. More>>
Arts Festival Review: Inside Out
Inside Out from Cirkus Cirkor was an enthralling performance from the moment the audience entered the theatre... The show started with a bang and so it was all the way to the finale. More>>
Television: NZ On Screen - February Top 10
Check out February’s Top Ten: a particularly choice selection of Aotearoa screen culture as showcased on the site; from Score to A State of Siege, from Nice One Stu to On the Mat ... enjoy! More>>
Arts Fest Opening Weekend: Mary Stuart
Friedrich Schiller's reputation as one of the great European playwrights is, on the basis of this adaptation by David Harrower, well deserved. More>>
Gordon Campbell: On The Government's New Low Budget Films - Normally when there is a personal cloud over a Minister, they would stand down and/or be removed from their responsibilities by the PM. That is, until (a) the matter was cleared up, or (b) in more serious cases, they had paid sufficient... More >>
Fringe Review: L Is For Love, Love Is For Losers
L is for Love, Love is for Losers is a delightful, hour-long addition to the Fringe Festival’s comedy programme. The music is great. The jokes are funny. Plus Gabriel Page is a pleasure to watch and has a great voice to boot! More>>
Arts Fest's Coming: Shapeshifter Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition - Senses will again be challenged and perspectives shifted at Banks Shoes shapeshifter, one of New Zealand’s premier sculpture exhibitions. More>>
Scoop Review of Books: Death Of An Accidental Anarchist - Colin Ward one of the English language’s most eloquent advocates of anarchism has died. The author of Anarchy in Action – a brilliant exploration of anarchist ideas – was 85. This book has illustrated the arguments for anarchism, not from theories, but from actual examples.. More >>
Acbrobatty: The Circus Is Coming To Town! - Over the next week Wellington's Waitangi Park will be taken over by acrobats, clowns and daredevil horse riders. The Wellington Festival of Circus will run from the 3rd to the 9th of March with shows designed to thrill and awe audiences of all ages – showcasing the best of kiwi and international talent. More>>
Untrimmed Fringe: Women's Mag Show Uncancelled - On 26th and 27th of February show will happen!!! At 5pm, The Fringe Bar, Cnr Cuba and Vivian Street. Discover the strangely twisted tales that lurk behind the gossip magazine headlines as topics familiar and curvy evolve onstage with an improv take. More>>
Religion: Atheist Bus Stalls Before Final Destination
The NZ Atheist Bus Campaign, which late last year raised in excess of $20,000 from public donations, has met a set back in their plans. Nationwide bus company NZ Bus, who had tentatively approved the campaign’s ads on buses in major city centres, have now rejected them. More>>
The Harbour Isn’t Enough? Wellington’s Gateway Sculpture Idea
I knew there was a reason for thinking that Wellington’s gateway sculpture idea sounded grandiose. I was reminded of that reason when a report this week said that the people of Bagdhad are pulling down huge monuments built... More >>
Fringe Review: Gods And Heroes
The Wellington Improvisation Troupe (WIT) presented a show based on a great concept at BATS Theatre on Sunday night. It had flashes of brilliance, and some less watchable moments, too. More>>
Wellington.Scoop: Berlin Film Awards For Three Wellington Directors
Taika Waititi’s new feature film Boy was awarded the Grand Prix, Best Feature Film, Generation Section by the International Jury; Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland’s new Wellington short film The Six Dollar Fifty Man, received a Special Mention Generation Section by the International Jury. More>>
Charity: Auction For Bow Tie Worn By A Famous Guy And Also By John Key
Prime Minister John Key has worn a world famous bow tie, which was used in the filming of the Agatha Christie’s Poirot series, to the opening ceremony of the Art Deco weekend in Napier. More>>
Stateside: America’s Cup At San Francisco - Photos
The America’s Cup, reflecting the red carpet on the staircase down which the BMW Oracle team descended, in the Rotunda of San Francisco City Hall, Saturday, February 20, 2010. More>>
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