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The big movies of the year, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Mission Impossible are out now (or soon) and the BBC has teamed up with the Open University in the UK to advocate seeing these films in the cinema. The essential argument is that we are social creatures and it's far better for us to be with other people even if they are loudly scraping popcorn out of a box. It is good for the body and the soul. Sarah McMullan is familiar to the RNZ audience. She watches a lot of films and writes about some of them.
This year's International Film Festival seems to have had more twists and turns than a French film-maker's plot. Even without the surprise resignation of festival director, Marten Rabarts, announced while the event was in full swing, it had more than its share of challenges. Insurance costs, the inability of festival people to travel and do one-on-one deals abroad, the competition from streaming, and of course the pandemic were all characters in the 2021 script. Sarah McMullan, a film reviewer and a keen international festival watcher spoke to Morning Report's Susie Ferguson.
This year's International Film Festival seems to have had more twists and turns than a French film-maker's plot. Even without the surprise resignation of festival director, Marten Rabarts, announced while the event was in full swing, it had more than its share of challenges. Insurance costs, the inability of festival people to travel and do one-on-one deals abroad, the competition from streaming, and of course the pandemic were all characters in the 2021 script. Sarah McMullan, a film reviewer and a keen international festival watcher spoke to Morning Report's Susie Ferguson.
Sarah McMullan is a journalist and presenter with STV News, and presents the morning and lunchtime bulletins every day. She graduated from Strathclyde University with an English Literature degree, and went on to live and teach English as a foreign language in Vietnam. While living there, she applied for the MA Multimedia Journalism course at Glasgow Caledonian University, with the interview starting on the back of a motorbike because she got struck in traffic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan looks back on her favourites on the box this year.
Kicking off the annual best-ofs, Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan looks back on her favourites on the box this year.
Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan joins Philippa to talk about Julia Ormond's latest work, Reunion. She'll also have a look back at what happened to film in 2020 and she pays tribute to the man who shaped the film tastes of many: Bill Gosden.
Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan joins Philippa to talk about Julia Ormond's latest work, Reunion. She'll also have a look back at what happened to film in 2020 and she pays tribute to the man who shaped the film tastes of many: Bill Gosden.
Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan looks at what's on offer on the Quibi platform which is now available here in New Zealand. She'll also talk about The Third Day's unusual 12-hour live stream and its relevance to the story and Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor.
Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan looks at what's on offer on the Quibi platform which is now available here in New Zealand. She'll also talk about The Third Day's unusual 12-hour live stream and its relevance to the story and Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor.
Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan joins Kathryn to discuss the controversy over Netflix film Cuties, Netflix series Ratched, about a nurse running a psychiatric hospital and Neon series Shrill, about a woman seeking to change her life without changing her body.
Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan joins Kathryn to talk about why you'll have to pay $40 if you want to see the New Zealand-filmed Disney+ blockbuster Mulan, New Zealand film This Town, season two of The Boys with Kiwi actors Karl Urban and Anthony Starr and some creepy offerings on new horror channel Shudder.
Film and TV review Sarah McMullan looks at the Netflix success of 365 Days, Rosie - a film about a mother in Ireland struggling with homelessness and The Booksellers, a documentary about rare bookshop owners in New York.
Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan joins Lynn to talk about the film The Assistant, starring Julia Garner that shines an uncomfortable spotlight on life inside a production company. She'll also talk about Amazon Prime Video's new production by - and starring - Reese Witherspoon, Little Fires Everywhere. And why were so many people unhappy with the finale of TVNZ production One Lane Bridge?
Sarah McMullan looks at the spate of new dating shows hitting New Zealand TV screens, including the three week experiment "Love is Blind". She'll also talk about the fascination with cheerleading, with shows "Cheer" and "Dare Me".
Recorded live around the dining table at Rancho Notorious in Silverstream, a collection of the best and brightest gather to break bread and sum up the year in movies. Kailey and Dan are joined by Nine to Noon reviewer Sarah McMullan, actor John Leigh and curator of natural history at Whanganui Regional Museum, Dr Mike Dickison. Host of ABC Radio National's film show, The Final Cut, Jason Di Rosso also calls in to tell us what the Australian year in film has been like.
The podcast version of the 2nd annual - originally streamed live from the Rancho kitchen - summing up of the year in film, tv and other cool stuff. Around the dinner table are Dan, Kailey, Sarah McMullan, Ben Woodward and Mike Dickison. On the line from Sydney is ABC Radio National's Jason Di Rosso and, via the magic of the movies, the NZ Top Ten box office results are read by a famous British acting knight.