NZIFF ’08 Dispatch #3: New Illustration—Empties, Married Life, Timecrimes, Be Kind Rewind, Ashes of Time Redux
The Lumière Reader winds down its New Zealand International Film Festivals coverage for 2008 with a series of illustrations by LYNDON BARROIS and ADDOLEY DZEGEDE. The Festival itself (in condensed form) continues to tour these remaining centres: New Plymouth (Sept 4-17), Nelson (Sept 11-25), Greymouth (Oct 2-8), Masterton (Oct 15-29), Queenstown (Oct 23-Nov 5), Gisborne (Nov 6-19), Whangarei (Nov 13-26). The Editor’s Post-Festival Wrap will follow shortly (previous years’ reports can be surveyed here); in the meantime, Lumière’s 70+ film reviews, along with visiting filmmaker interviews, can be revisited via our NZIFF ’08 A-Z Guide.– Click on images to enlarge –
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The Band's Visit: Framed with finesse, The Band's Visit has a beautiful feel for space and stillness. An Egyptian police band winds up in the wrong Israeli town. Weighty, deftly weighted, bittersweet.


