World famous – in New Zealand and sometimes out. Grant Smithies casts a critical eye over NZ pop culture’s most significant figures. People say the best way to understand any country is to become familiar with its great painters, poets, novelists and composers. Not true. To find out how any nation really ticks, go directly to its popular culture…Whenever the conversation turns to local movies, one film-maker bestrides the local landscape like King Kong, namely Peter Jackson. [More]
Day: May 29, 2005
If you’re a Star Wars fan, pop along to #moviechat on the TORn IRC server and join in our ‘Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi’ viewing party! We’ll be starting in just under an hour and then watching the film together. [Join the chat!] (Once in the main channel, type /join #moviechat )