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David Stratton: A Cinematic Life is now available to stream on TVNZ OnDemand's Pulse channel. OPINION: The newish TVNZ OnDemand channel Pulse continues to be some kind of cultural oasis among the free-to-airs. In fact, even with its severely limited selection of arts and music documentary programming, Pulse is still comprehensively kicking Netflix NZ right in the bum, with the international big-hitter offering a laughably obvious and malnourished selection of docos outside of the – usually queasily exploitative – “true crime” and historical atrocities genres. If you want to see wha...

Playing with Sharks: Australian documentary shines light on Valerie Taylor, deep sea diver who swam with sharks SatSaturday 6 FebFebruary 2021 at 7:32pm Valerie Taylor (seen here, wearing a chainmail sleeve) and her husband Ron were the first people to film sharks without using an underwater cage. ( Share Print text only Cancel She is renowned amongst her peers for her gutsy, pioneering environmentalism over the last 50 years, but it is only now that Valerie Taylor's legacy is being celebrated on screen. Famously providing 'real sharks' for Hollywood with husband Ron, the deep-sea diver's re...

Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable. Event description BRAZEN HUSSIES, chronicling the Australian Women’s Liberation Movement, will be screening at Bicheno Memorial Hall on 20th February 2021. About this Event Five years in the making, the enlightening feature documentary BRAZEN HUSSIES, chronicling the Australian Women’s Liberation Movement, will be screening at Bicheno Memorial Hall on Saturday 20th February at 7.30 pm followed by Q&A with Executive Producer, Sue Maslin. This follows the film’s Australian theatrical release in 2020. BRAZEN HUSSIES introduces contemporary audien...

Lord Sydney Ling was known as a European aristocrat with a Guinness World Record — but was any of it real? Posted SunSunday 17 updated MonMonday 18 JanJanuary 2021 at 12:11am Lord Sydney Ling was an elusive figure who may or may not have been descended from European royalty. ( Print text only There was no doubt the old man had an aura about him. Maybe it was just the sun shining on the Parisian cafe, or his reputation as a forgotten film auteur and kind of underground celebrity. Either way, Justin Parkinson, who operates bars and restaurants in Manchester, felt overwhelmed sitting in hi...

12 shares The 81-year-old then called it a 'disappointing failure' that was unable to stick to one specific genre. 'It's difficult to work out what 2020 actually is,' he said. Witty: Introducing 2020 as 'the hotly-anticipated sequel to 2019', David described the plot as being about 'an ageing despot', played by Donald Trump 'A sci-fi, a disaster epic? A political drama? Some sort of dark comedy? It's hard to tell.' He added: 'Christopher Nolan's Tenet was easier to follow, and that's saying something.' After slamming 2020 some more, contrarian Margaret chimed in to say how much she enjoyed i...