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Seeking asylum
The synopses of Kathy Dudding's Asylum Pieces described it as a 'personal essay' looking at what the architecture of mental asylums could tell us of how mental illness has been treated...
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Exit through the Film Fest
The tables are turned on the director in an entertaining doco about the enigmatic street artist Banksy, a 20-year old directs an insightful teen angst film, and a critical look at the War on Terror...
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London Assurance
This weekend only see the hilarious film LONDON ASSURANCE, a brilliantly funny Victorian comedy from National Theatre. Thread attended the preview screening and loved it...
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Devonshire tease
We drive around the coastline of Devon in Southwest England for a Devonshire Tea and find secluded villages full of charm - not to mention lots of tourist tat in the shops - and plenty of natural beauty too...
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From Infidel to Nomad
Nomad is the latest offering from best selling Somalian author Ayann Hirsi Ali and is the follow up to her best seller autobiography 'Infidel' where she denounced Islam after 9/11...
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Women in the Film Festival
Helen hits the International Film Festival in Auckland for a taste of what the film fest has on offer for 2010. Here, a theme of women, with Joan Rivers, Women Without Men, and more...
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Walking the Southbank
London's Southbank is both a tourist mecca and a historical epicentre, with traditional and contemporary architecture. I walk from Tate Britain to Tate Modern recording my highlights...
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Silent treatment
"Told in Silence" by Rebecca Connell tells the story of 18 year old Violet, who marries her boss after a whirlwind affair. He dies two years later and Violet lives with her parents-in-law...
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Kai to Pie
We visited Auckland Museum by torchlight for its new Food Glorious Food event at the excellent Kai to Pie which showcases the wealth of people and cultures through the lens of Fashion, Feast, Fuel and Future...
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Fashion festival films
NZ International Film Festival 2010 has two fashion related titles; Bill Cunningham New York and Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, and the fashion minded would be interested in the exquisite I Am Love and the Italian classic Senso...
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Red rebel
To celebrate the launch here of Brown Bros red wine Cienna which breaks all the rules about red wine - it's served chilled, is sweet not dry, and is low alcohol - Mecca Cosmetica's Katie demonstrated how to break the rules with make-up...
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Toying with us again
Films are often a little too grown up (read scary), or overly complicated, or violent. It is a rare thing a genuine family-friendly, well-made film. Toy Story broke the mold all those years ago and now the must-see Toy Story 3 is out in 3D...
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