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Preview: Alice in Cappingland

Posted 2:37pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Lady Kathryn Schrader

Directed by Thom Adams, Alex Wilson and Dianne Pulham Written and acted by an ensemble cast Teachers College Auditorium, Union St May 12-22, 7.30 pm $15 Student $20 public – onlineshop.ousa.org.nz The Capping Show, notorious for its painful puns and topical sketch comedy, as well as a Read more...

LTT Review: Shared Agendas Thursday 6-5-2010

Posted 2:36pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Jen Aitken

Co-ordinated by Ali East and Martyn Roberts (3/5) This performance was the fourteenth Shared Agendas event. Shared Agendas provides an annual forum for a cross-disciplinary, improvised exchange between musicians, dancers, actors, performers, and techies. James Reedy explains that the work Read more...

The Return of the Super Sharp Shooter

Posted 2:18pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Martyn Pepperell

In 2006, DJ Zinc (Government name: Benjamin Pettit), one of the true legends of jump-up jungle drum and bass, found himself heading towards a crossroads of sorts. “With drum and bass, around 2006, it became hard to find music that sounded cutting edge,” he says, speaking down the Read more...

The Chills (Live at the Empire)

Posted 2:17pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Sarah Baillie

he recently reopened Empire tavern on Princes Street has “special memories” for Martin Phillips of The Chills, as it is one of the regular venues the band played at during the heyday of Flying Nun bands in Dunedin. The only remaining member of The Chills’ original line-up, Martin Read more...

The Evolution of the Side-Scroller

Posted 2:12pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Damien Khalsa

Platforms: All Some of the very first role-playing and action games were side-scrollers – well, the first ones that weren't entirely text-based, at least. They became popular ith both game developers and gamers. The developers liked side-scrollers because they allowed them to Read more...

The Hedgehog

Posted 2:09pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Sarah Baillie

Directed by Mona Achache (4/5) The Hedgehog is an endearing film about the unlikely friendship which develops between three neighbours living in a luxury apartment building in Paris: Paloma, an 11-year-old girl; Renée, the concierge; and Mr. Ozu, an intriguing, friendly Japanese Read more...

A Single Man

Posted 2:08pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Kavi Chetty

Directed by Tom Ford (4.5/5) Tom Ford’s directorial debut A Single Man is, above all else, an aesthetic splendour. Based on the Christopher Isherwood novel of the same name, the story follows a day in the life of George Falconer (Colin Firth), a gay English professor, coping Read more...

Dear John

Posted 2:07pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Jane Adcroft

Directed by Lasse Halström (2.5 /5) Okay, confession time: I own The Notebook on DVD, I cry every time I watch A Walk to Remember, and I didn’t think Nights in Rodanthe was that bad. So when I heard that yet another Nicholas Sparks’ novel, Dear John, was being adapted for Read more...

Anything For Her

Posted 2:06pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Marissa Liu

Directed by Fred Cayaye (4.5/5) Anything For Her grips you from the very beginning. The film opens with a middle-aged man, Julien (Vincent Lindon), sitting in his car in the middle of the night, panting and covered in blood, staring panic-stricken at the back seat. The story then jumps Read more...

Press Pass: 40 Years of Award-Winning New Zealand Photography

Posted 1:54pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Georgie Fenwicke

By Geoff Dale Publisher: HarperCollins (3/5) At first glance, Press Pass appears to be a book that would reside comfortably on a coffee table. However, primary assumptions, as Elizabeth Bennet and George W. Bush can attest, oft deceive. Here instead is a book of substance and history Read more...