NZ International Film Festival

Taking the festival out of NZIFF

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Due to the ongoing pandemic, this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) is going predominantly digital for the very first time, replacing nights out at the Civic with nights in-front of the living room TV. Aaron Yap explores both the upsides and downsides to this unprecedented shakeup, and wonders if film festivals in the … Read more

David Farrier on the strangest film since Tickled

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After watching a mind-bending film about a dying magician that reminded him of Tickled, David Farrier interviewed the director, only to have his interview disappear. This has never happened before. I’ve never lost audio from an interview, and it’s the most frustrating feeling I’ve felt in years.  I can see it sitting right in front … Read more