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Rick’s Reel Recommendations | 3 Films About Identity
RICK'S REEL RECOMMENDATIONS | COLUMN | TUAKIRI / IDENTITY Written by Ricky Lai (he/him) | @rickthelai on IG & Letterboxd | Film Columnist We're All Going To The Worlds Fair (Jane Schoenbrun, 2021) Spirit of the Beehive (Víctor Erice, 1973) The infallible tale of Mary Shelley’s ‘ Frankenstein ’ has seen a well-deserved refresh in the people’s consciousness since it was resurrected last Halloween season by Guillermo Del Toro, the monster-lovin’ sweetheart. As much as I wa
Ricky Lai
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Harvesting & Resurrecting: Ricky Lai on NZIFF 2025
FEATURE | REVIEW | HANGA / CRAFT Written by Ricky Lai (he/him) | @rickylaitheokperson | Contributing Writer ‘You need to be bigger, you need to be bolder, and you need to be everywhere’ , declared Kaine Thompson, Chair of the 2025 board of the Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival on its opening night in Tāmaki Makaurau. These words were their vision statement as accrued from the previous year’s feedback, and yet I, who couldn’t have been sizzling more with e
Ricky Lai
Oct 6, 20256 min read


Untouched World NZ Fashion Week Debut | Myths of Fast Fashion Debunked
REVIEW | ARTS | HANGA / CRAFT Written by Sanskruti Banerjee (she/her) | @san._.banerjee | Contributing Writer “Inspired by Europe’s...
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The 25 best albums of 2025 (so far)
ARTS | REVIEW | LISTICLE | HANGA / CRAFT Written by Jed Scott (he/him) | @jed__scott | Contributing Writer As we enter the final quarter...
Jed Scott
Oct 6, 20259 min read


The Highlights from Cannes at NZIFF
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Caeden Tipler
Sep 22, 20254 min read


Dope Lemon Review: A Night of Cat Masks and Fedoras
Angus Stone brings his project Dope Lemon to the Auckland Town Hall REVIEW | ARTS | PŪRĀKAU / MYTHOLOGY Written by Jed Scott (he/him) |...
Jed Scott
Sep 22, 20256 min read


Debate X NZIFF
REVIEWS | ARTS | PŪRĀKAU / MYTHOLOGY Reviews by Daniel Tang (he/him) | @daniel941 on Letterboxd | Contributing Writer Urchin (2024)...
Daniel Tang
Sep 22, 202511 min read


Reviewing the Six NZIFF Cinema Venues of Tāmaki Makaurau for NZIFF 2025
FEATURE | REVIEWS | TANGATA WHENUA / LOCAL Written by Daniel Tang | Contributing Writer & Written by Caeden Tipler (they/them) |...
Daniel Tang & Caeden Tipler
Aug 18, 20258 min read


My AI Twin Review
REVIEW | FEATURE | TANGATA WHENUA / LOCAL Written by Madeline Bradley (she/her) | @shutupmads | Contributing Writer Artificial...
Madeline Bradley
Aug 18, 20252 min read


Sahana’s Way to the Stars: Katha O Maatram (Stories of Becoming) Review
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Sanskruti Banerjee
Jul 21, 20255 min read


Get Intimate with Yourself at Āhua
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Stella Roper
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