» The Art of Walking Backwards
An account of the journey of film student and first-time documentary maker, SÁNDOR LAU, who walked 500km from Auckland to Cape Reinga, New Zealand's spiritual tip, to make his documentary, Behaviours of the Backpacker.

» A Convenient Truth: Jeff Blitz on Spellbound
Spellbound, on the American tradition of the National Spelling Bee, is one of the great documentaries. In a 2004 New Zealand exclusive, ALEXANDER BISLEY interviewed the film’s director Jeff Blitz.

» Crossing Cultural Boundaries
A common but painful New Zealand dilemma is explored in a new documentary. MARGARET AGNEW talks to Roseanne Liang, the woman behind Banana in a Nutshell.

» Directorial Bandit: Sándor Lau on Squeegee Bandit
With the release of Squeegee Bandit, JACOB POWELL tracked down cultural enigma Sándor Lau, one of New Zealand’s unique new cinematic voices to examine his views on cinema and life as a filmmaker in in Aotearoa.

» The First Good Story I Ever Wrote
SÁNDOR LAU sits down with with screenwriter/novelist/actor William Brandt to talk about Proust, letting go of your baby, and the truth about Shoes.

» How to Project Success
Negotiating the pitch, kangaroo, and the Adelaide Film Festival among other things, SÁNDOR LAU recalls his journey across the Tasman in pursuit of documentary success.

» The Last Video Shop
In something of an ode to the independent spirit, TIM WONG found out that Wellington's most discerning movie library is much more than an old flat with a whole lot of videos.

» Moving Pictures
Fast approaching its first birthday as a new-and-improved Mediaplex, TIM WONG spoke to The New Zealand Film Archive's Rebecca Adams about relocating premises, Radio With Pictures and indoor-outdoor flow.

» An ode to Film Society; a fatwah against DVD
TIM WONG previews the 2006 Film Society season, and marks its 60th anniversary in New Zealand with an epiphanic account of his own Film Society initiation.

» The Scars of History
A former student, SÁNDOR LAU catches up with screenwriter and academic Dr. Shuchi Kothari to talk rolling cable, vanilla orchids, and the scars of history.

» Squeeze the Lemon
Masterclass! short film workshops with UK writer/director/actor/educator Simon van der Borgh and US short film guru Kim Adelman. By SÁNDOR LAU.

» Veialu Aila-Unsworth on Blue Willow
Having screened at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, Veialu Aila-Unsworth’s short animation Blue Willow is stirring interest around the world, writes RON HANSON.

» West Coast Represent: Aunty Gaylene, Greymouth’s Finest
Gaylene Preston is admired both for her films and her generosity towards other artists. In the context of Perfect Strangers’ March 2004 release, ALEXANDER BISLEY and Preston discussed turangawaewae, complexity, why filmmaking is addictive, and critics.

» Aesthetics of Asian Cinema
SAPNA SAMANT elaborates on the success and pitfalls of the Asian Cinema aesthetic.

» Beaver Hunt: an obsessed geek prevails
Overcome with excitement, JACOB POWELL shares his quest for the ever-elusive, seldom-seen Beaver Trilogy.

» The Decalogue: Kieslowski's Finest Hours
MUBARAK ALI revisited the late Krzysztof Kieslowski's seminal ten-part series of hour-long films, to much amazement.

» King Kong, from Cooper to Jackson
On the eve of King Kong straddling the Empire State Building all over again, SAM KELLY and SHAHIR DAUD chart the history of the beast – via the classic thirties original, and the much-maligned seventies remake – before offering a firsthand review of Peter Jackson's new $200-million version.

» Notes from the Underground: the V 24 Hour Movie Marathon 2006
For those who still mourn the passing of cult movie institution The Incredible Film Festival, V 24 Hour Movie Marathon stands as a last bastion for midnight movie disciples in New Zealand. This year promised a return to the underground of the Incredibly Strange. JACOB POWELL donned pajamas to file this report.

» Ode to The West Wing
The best thing on television, TOM FITZSIMONS professes his admiration for The West Wing, its eerie prescience, and its fictional President Jed Bartlet.

» The Passion of Laurie David
ALEXANDER BISLEY warms to Laurie David, global warming activist with Hollywood pull, and the impetus behind Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. She talks about documentary filmmaking, saving the world, and reeling in husband Larry.

» Paths of Glory: Robert Fisk on film
"I think film has an unstoppable power to convince if it’s properly made. When I was at school I wanted to be a film critic.” ALEXANDER BISLEY talks film with Robert Fisk.

» A Personal Journey Through Asian Cinema
Struggling at the prospect of writing an editorial for Lumière's Asian Cinema Special, TIM WONG managed to settle on a faux-Scorsese, Tour de Asia-type sortie through the movies that mattered from the East – but not before the occasional bout of cultural self-consciousness.

» Picture This: Asian Cinema on DVD
TIM WONG plunged headfirst into the world of import DVD in pursuit of the most elusive cold-cuts from the East – and surfaced with a hefty credit card bill, among other things.

» Samurai Resurrection: Takeshi Kitano’s Zatoichi
2004's unprecedented festival foray into the world of bloody-edged combat saw the long-awaited arrival of one film in particular: Takeshi Kitano's samurai-revival Zatoichi. TIM WONG writes.

» Shyam Benegal and the New Indian Cinema
MUBARAK ALI cast his discerning eye over the legacy of Shyam Benegal, presenting us with a crash course in the work of one of India's key filmmaking voices.

» The Remarkable Stephen Chow
Pried from the archives of Lumière's very first issue, DOMINIC AMOS wrote on Stephen Chow – the comedic mastermind behind HK's highest ever-grossing film, Shaolin Soccer.

» In Praise Of: Ten Actors and Filmmakers in 2006
From Bae Doona to Babel’s Rinko Kikuchi, from Michael Haneke to Michael K. Williams, TIM WONG salutes the (alternative) faces behind the year’s best in film and television.

» One-Sheet Wonders: The Best Movie Posters of 2006
Surveying the year that was, TIM WONG selects the ten best poster designs of 2006.

» Year in Review: The Best of Film in 2006
If you can stomach yet another set of top ten lists, a handful of Lumière’s regular film commentators present their year in film.

» 2005 Year in Review: Lists
This year, no joint editor's ten, no cult DVD retrospective, no rambling overview: just lists, lists, lists.

» 2004 Year in Review: Lists
The Lumière crew gathered around that most arbitrary of things – the list – before looking back on a year in movies.

» 2004 Year in Review: Ten Things
MUBARAK ALI gets comfortably numb as he reviews ten classics seen – and loved – on DVD in 2004; DAVID LEVINSON scours the ten films that rocked his world.

» 2004 Year in Review: 10 Tele Things
Well, 8 ½, unorthodox tele things*, writes TIM WONG – who quite frankly, has had enough of movies for one year.

» One-Sheet Wonders: The Best Movie Posters of 2004
A postscript to Lumière's 2004 Year in Review, TIM WONG dusted off his 4-year design degree to loiter around the popcorn-odored foyers of movieland, in search of the perfect poster.

» 2003 Year in Review: Just Another Top Ten List
Daunted by the prospect of more cliché-heavy list making, MUBARAK ALI took the lead in presenting ten of the so-called best from 2003.

» 2003 Year in Review: More Belated Top Tens
The following lists were thrown together by a handful of Lumière's friends and family; probably with little-to-no thought, mostly just to fill redundant page space.

» 2003 Year in Review: Killing William etc.
Jaded, TIM WONG attempted to revisit the year in movies that was 2003 – and found out it wasn’t all bad.

» Emily Barclay: Walking amongst the dead, breathing with the living...
TNZIFF 2006 (Interview) | By Imogen Neale
» Festival by Day: Week One
TNZIFF 2006 (Festival Report) | By Simon Sweetman
» Festival by Day: Week Two
TNZIFF 2006 (Festival Report) | By Simon Sweetman
» Post-Fest Wrap ‘06 #1: Dazed & Confused
TNZIFF 2006 (Festival Report) | By Jacob Powell
» Post-Fest Wrap ‘06 #2: Fuzzy Reception
TNZIFF 2006 (Festival Report) | By Tim Wong
» Post-Fest Wrap ‘06 #3: Film Will Eat Itself
TNZIFF 2006 (Festival Report) | By David Levinson
» Ticket Stub Scrawlings #3: Keane, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, A Bittersweet Life
TNZIFF 2006 (Article) | By Tim Gray

» The Best of Youth
TNZIFF 2005 (Article) | By Tim Wong
» David Gordon Green on Undertow
TNZIFF 2005 (Interview) | By David Levinson
» Memory & Desire: 2046
TNZIFF 2005 (Article) | By Shahir Daud
» Nothing Special, really
TNZIFF 2005 (Interview) | By Emma Blomkamp
» Post-fest Wrap 2005
TNZIFF 2005 (Festival Report) | By David Levinson, Tim Wong
» Ticket Stub Scrawlings #2: Three... Extremes
TNZIFF 2005 (Article) | By Tim Gray
» The Umbrellas of Taipei
TNZIFF 2005 (Article) | By Mubarak Ali

» David Rittey on Closer
TNZIFF 2004 (Interview) | By Sándor Lau

» Asia Film Festival Aotearoa 2005 | By Tim Wong
» Asia Film Festival Aotearoa 2005 | By Achim Ploschke
» Festival de Cannes 2005 | By Emma Blomkamp