February 2, 2020
Review: The Human Voice (La voix humaine)
TW: Suicide Jean Cocteau wrote La Voix Humaine in 1928 as a one-act play. Francis Poulenc set it to music 30 years later, despite having already known Cocteau well for years, and gave the reason for the delay as having needed more life experience to do it justice. During those years he struggled with depression […]
July 14, 2014
New Zealand International Film Festival 2014
It’s less than 2 weeks till The Wellington round of the New Zealand International Film Festival Typical Wellington behaviour at this time often includes — Courtenay Place place being full during daylight hours — people taking no lunch breaks to allow for an extra long lunch break to catch a film — taking a day off work […]