Letters to Father Jacob

Posted 2:15pm Sunday 29th July 2012

Letters to Father Jacob is a Finnish subtitled film set in the 1970s, about a thick-skinned ex-convict named Leila and her experience working with Father Jacob. The recipient of a life sentence (presumably murder, though it is never explicitly stated), Leila is given a pardon (much to her disgust) Read more...

TED

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012

From the creator of TV comedies such as Family Guy and American Dad, Seth MacFarlane (who also voices the main character of Ted) brings us this crude, rude and hilariously indecent film about a young boy who wishes for his teddy bear to come to life. His dream comes true, and the film flashes Read more...

Off the Wall

Posted 10:46am Sunday 22nd July 2012

The Special Exhibitions Gallery of the Otago Museum is filled with colour, textiles, and ultraviolet light. It is being inhabited by the World of Wearable Art exhibition, otherwise known as “WOW”. WOW is a breathtaking demonstration of the imagination, originality, and ingenuity of the Read more...

Diatribe | Issue 15

Posted 5:13pm Sunday 8th July 2012

Think university is tough? Try studying while raising kids, despite the complete absence of any support for “study mummies”. When I was growing up, it was common for mothers and working adults to go to night classes at uni. That allowed people who couldn’t give up their employment or their Read more...

Shihad Beautiful Machine

Posted 8:39pm Sunday 3rd June 2012

“We give up that dream of being in America or we change our name and give it a go. Those were my options — Shit A or Shit B.” In this film chronicling the highs and lows of Shihad, Jon Toogood tells it like it is. Beautiful Machine traces the band’s twenty-three years of the good, the bad, Read more...

The Grey

Posted 7:40pm Sunday 27th May 2012

In The Grey, Liam Neeson stars as yet another unlikely hero – the leader of a group of “blocky” working men who are trying to survive after their plane crashes in the middle of the icy Alaskan wilderness. If you have a fear of flying I suggest you sit this one out. The opening scenes leave little to Read more...

The Five Year Engagement

Posted 7:58pm Sunday 20th May 2012

The Five Year Engagement opens with Tom proposing to his girlfriend Violet. As the pair start to plan their wedding, Violet is accepted into a graduate psychology program in Michigan, an offer she can’t resist. Tom selflessly drops his career and moves to Michigan to be with Violet on the agreement Read more...

Angels and Aristocrats

Posted 7:08pm Sunday 13th May 2012

When you enter the lower galleries of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, until the end of June, you will not be able to avoid the withering stare of “Charlotte Countess Talbot”, whose eyes follow you around the room. This large piece by Thomas Gainsborough and John Hoppner takes centre stage in the Read more...

American Pie: Reunion

Posted 4:56pm Sunday 29th April 2012

American Pie: Reunion is yet another installment in this series of films, with this one being much anticipated due to most of the original cast returning in their more adult roles. It opens with American Pie’s golden couple, Jim and Michelle, who have been married for years and have a Read more...

Haunts of Dickens

Posted 5:04pm Sunday 22nd April 2012

Haunts of Dickens is a collection of almost 60 watercolours painted by British artist Paul Braddon (1864-1937). The exhibition is part of Charles Dickens’s 200th birthday celebration and contains scenes from Dickens’s novels, ranging from Great Expectations to The Old Curiosity Shop. The Read more...