Two key takeaways:
- this film’s great
- I’ve seen more BDSM films than I ever would have thought
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Two key takeaways:
- this film’s great
- I’ve seen more BDSM films than I ever would have thought
Lotsa good things happening in cinemas. www.flicks.co.nz/features/fil...
I went a bit overboard for this new key-themed loop-de-loop animated piece and now it’s turned into a kind of short film / my first stop-mo narrative. I blame The Brothers Quay. You’ll see what I mean. Probably just put it up on YouTube in a month?
#animation #nzanimation #stopmotion
Even a breezy road movie takes a Mad Max-level of effort to get made.
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Wasn’t able to add Taratoa’s lovely and detailed notes of how his mum’s stories of the travelling wāhine in his family inspired the film’s story but very happy to share what’s remained in my piece on his ambitious debut.
Our short film's swooping into this year’s Māoriland! My brother and I are gonna road trip it down to Ōtaki for this Indigenous film rave. The Charm of the Magpies is playing in the late Friday night section Ti Whatiwha te Pō, which is such a great placement.
#mff2026
Kinda dug Iron Lung, first-timer flaws n all. www.flicks.co.nz//features/th...
Candle Relay—my latest moving scribble for Loop de Loop. #animation #nzanimation #clipstudiopaint
…in its fifth—FIFTH—week of release.
Nga Taonga maybe?
$5,446
I wrote about the new Silent Hill movie. Not good, but gosh, it tries. It really tries. Give the Skinamarink guy a shot at adapting Silent Hill: The Room.
I'm on the Coromandel Peninsula, and what else is there to do when unable to leave but write about the weather and climate change:
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We can accelerate our business with the power of WordGuesser 3000.
Didn’t really have a #1 film of the year but here are a bunch I loved.
Fun little holiday project. Got a build-your-own arcade cabinet for Xmas. Made this foolproof tutorial video.
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Most of the things I make with Jess Johnson could be called music videos but this is the first actual, for real, music video we've made together.
It's for Moritz Simon Geist's dreamy new single, from his upcoming album that Jess provided the cover art for. ⚱️
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Watch this in the dark with headphones by yourself.
Had to be said.
.@NZonAir Talking BLOKE OF THE APOCALYPSE with its creator Charlie Faulks, including the moments he's proudest of, what his family thinks and who his dream collaborators are. #BlokeOfTheApocalypse darrens-world-of-entertainment.blogspot.com/2025/11/blok... @liammaguren.bsky.social you'd be keen :)
With the passing of Costa Botes, I'm sharing this fascinating and insightful chat I had with him about Forgotten Silver back in 2018. I think it really shows how much he valued authenticity in his life and work. www.flicks.co.nz/features/rem...
Top five film genres:
- Animated low-on-story drama that takes place over decades
- Thrillers that sacrifice logic for absolute obedience to one gimmick
- I'm not obsessed! Everyone else is un-obsessed!
- Political talking animal films dunked in misery
- Let's hang out in Iran
The latest donor request, for @dillamonster.bsky.social, covering his own 2024 feature GUT INSTINCT and its playful formal experimentation into the "facts" behind conspiracy theories. (As disclosed in the review, he and I go back a ways to the old Usenet newsgroups.) letterboxd.com/scottrenshaw...
This film’s doing the rounds in select cinemas and galleries with discount tickets. Really good showcase of the art from Toi Tū Toi Ora for those like me who missed it. But also a quietly incredible story of resilience from both subject and filmmaker.
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