bMovies is back, baby! Our very own Viewmaster kicks off the reviews by talking about Stephen Karam's The Humans - originally a play, and now a creepy as hell film with a stacked cast. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playing at the ASB Waterfront Theatre on 2 August and 6 August.
bMovies is back to celebrate the NZ International Film Festival! To kick it off, writer-director Tom Levesque comes up to the studio to talk about his debut feature filmShut Eye. Shut Eye follows the story of a young woman and her discovery of the ASMR world, shot in downtown Auckland in the winter of 2021. It's beautiful, eerie, and definitely not one to miss. Catch it at the Hollywood Avondale, 31 July. Whakarongo mai nei!
Amanda Jane Robinson joins us to review Jumbo (2020), a love story about a woman and a ride at a theme park. Add this one to your list, who knows how it'll end.
Mika X popped into studio this morning to chat about 'Gurl', his short film about legendary trans activist and performer Carmen Rupe. Tune in to hear about the project and Mika's memories of Carmen as a friend and mentor. Gurl is part of the Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts 2020.
Max Currie is the director of Rūrangi, a forthcoming web-series which is having its premiere as part of this year's NZIFF. Max popped into studio to chat about the show which follows the story of young trans activist Caz as he returns to his small rural hometown for the first time in the 10 years since he left, and begins to reconnect with his father and friends.
Anna Marbrook, director of Loimata, The Sweetest Tears, came into studio today to talk about the documentary which follows the redeptive story of her good friend, and master waka maker, Lilo Ema Siope. Tune in to find out more.
This morning Maria popped in to chat about 'Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway', directed by Miguel Llanso and screening at the NZIFF. It's a buck-wild, smash-cut, fever-dream of a film; tune in to find out more.
This weeks review is brought to you by Sarah, featuring Dark City Beneath the Beat(2020). The documentary that reveals the untold narrative of the Baltimore club music and dance scene through the lens of film director and musician, TT the Artist. One to get your mates together for a group watch.
bMovies is back baby! And so is Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival. Today we spoke with Richard Riddiford about his documentary 'Before Everest' which explores his father Earl Riddiford's involvement in New Zealand’s first Himalayan expedition, and his complicated legacy as a man.
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