Dunedin Fringe Festival

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015

T he night was a successful taste test of what to expect from the Dunedin Fringe Festival, and I’m sure it won’t disappoint. With a song from Beards! Beards! Beards! by two men sporting their very own impressive beards and a hilarious performance from the girls of BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Read more...

Gemma Bovery

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015

Rating: 3/5 The Francophiles of Dunedin can rejoice in the knowledge that the 2015 Alliance Française French Film Festival is now in full gear. I myself am rejoicing, but that’s because I’m a lover of subtitles. A film with subtitles and also part of the French Film Festival is Gemma Read more...

The Dunedin Fringe Festival

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015

Among the shattered glass that litters our streets and the misrepresentation of Dunedin as a place that’s full of wasted students, this city has a lot to give — especially when it comes to the arts. From James K. Baxter, Janet Frame and Alan Dale (the guy who plays the evil, rich grandpa with the Read more...

Citizenfour

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 22nd February 2015

Rating: 4/5 I have a love–hate relationship with documentaries. If they’re centred on animals, murder mysteries or food, then I love them, but if they’re on glaciers or erosion and use scientific vocabulary that isn’t easily defined for BA students like myself, then I’m not interested. Read more...

The social justice warriors

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 22nd February 2015

Mandy Te has had first-hand experience of the difficulties social minority groups can face in the western world. Although these are sometimes difficult to navigate, she believes there's an opportunity for us as human beings to use the internet to grow our acceptance and understanding of one Read more...

Dazed and Confused

Posted 11:58pm Sunday 12th October 2014

Classic Film Despite those hours in Central, i still haven’t finished my assignments. I haven’t prepared for my exams and, now that I’m home, my Internet isn’t working. Naturally, I’m devastated. To distract myself from my first world problems, I’m currently reflecting on a more peaceful time Read more...

Mrs. Doubtfire

Posted 2:58pm Sunday 28th September 2014

Classic Film Through the eyes of young me, Mrs Doubtfire was a hilarious film that made me cry with laughter. However, through the eyes of “adult” me, Mrs Doubtfire is actually a pretty heart-breaking film that just made me cry. Blame it on the cold, harsh realities that my sheltered, Read more...

Good Morning, Vietnam

Posted 3:00pm Sunday 21st September 2014

Classic Film First on my road of escapism (the post-mid-semester-blues haven’t left) was Good Morning, Vietnam. Settling in the lounge, a place incredibly similar to a bus stop, I was instantly met with approval for watching such “a good, classic film.” Good Morning, Vietnam is set Read more...

From flat out to flatmate

Posted 3:00pm Sunday 21st September 2014

Despite Knox College’s desperate attempts at securing third year residents for 2015, all 80 second-year returners have felt that two years is long enough. It’s time to move on from residential advisers banning an open vessel of V (the constant fear of wondering if a security guard will reprimand us Read more...

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Posted 5:55pm Sunday 31st August 2014

Before Maria Semple was a novelist, she was a screenwriter for Arrested Development and Saturday Night Live. With the Arrested Development aspect in mind, there is no doubt that Semple can write great, satirical pieces. Her latest novel, Where’d You Go, Bernadette, is no different. In this novel, Read more...