Sue May – 26/2/99 Finalists Announced Today, the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ), announced the finalists in 23 categories of the Coca-Cola New Zealand Music Awards 99 – “The Tuis”. (Full list below.) The awards will be presented on Saturday, March 13 at the Auckland Town Hall in a ceremony to be broadcast…
Dorothy – 23/10/98 An interview with Judy Bethwaite, an economist at Victoria University, Wellington Judy Bethwaite Economists’ assumptions about people’s self interest “Economists typically assume that people will do whatever promotes their self interest. Moreover such behaviour is said to be rational,” Judy began. Judy Bethwaite and Paul Tompkinson of the Economics Group in the…
Dorothy – 16/10/98 A new web site updated daily keeps Phil-Literati in touch with top quality Arts and Letters articles on the Web. An interview with Dr Denis Dutton Denis Dutton “This new web site has been produced for the use of humanists of every stripe — anyone in the world who shares broad interests…
Film Review – Louise Lay – 18/9/98 1998-USA-127 min. Joel and Ethan Cohen – Director/Producer/Screen writers Is The Big Lebowski just another zany bowling-noir film? At 127 minutes, the latest offering by the enigmatic, Joel and Ethan Coen (director/writers of Fargo, Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, and The Hudsucker Proxy), could turn ‘dullsville’ bowling into the…
Dorothy – 1/12/04 Lieve Bierque Lieve Bierque is a painter whose work achieved critical recognition in Belgium, the country of her birth. Since she came to live in New Zealand new influences have impacted on her art and instead of having solo exhibitions she now combines with other artists to present to Belgians a broader…
Dorothy – 1/8/98 An interview with Denis Dutton – outspoken advocate for high quality public broadcasting. If you haven’t already, you may want to read Part 1 in this series on Public Broadcasting. Denis Dutton In Part 1 when discussing the work of the New Zealand Friends of Public Broadcasting I referred to the strong…
Dorothy – 18/7/98 An interview with Robert Clarkson of the New Zealand Friends of Public Broadcasting Inc. “Why should we pay our broadcasting fee when there has been talk of introducing sponsorship to National Radio and television consists of advertisements joined by snippets of programme?”. That sort of comment has been made all too frequently…
Film Review – Kelly Andrew – 4/7/98 Starring: Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomie and Kerry Fox. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. The irony of the title “Welcome to Sarajevo” is an early indication that this is not a film which attempts to romanticise or elevate war. Instead the film, based on the true experiences of…
Film Review – Amy Duncan – 23/5/98 Starring: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jnr, Skeet Ulrich, and Shirley Knight. 138 Minutes. Directed by James L. Brooks from the story by Mark Andrus. Not your average character, Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) is a veritable nutcase, so caught within an obsessive compulsive disorder that…
Conrad – 24/4/98 Season Reign – Annemiek Weterings (Click here for a larger version photo source:Nelson Mail) Please note: this article covers the 1997 New Zealand Wearable Art Awards only. For up to date information please visit the official Website for New Zealand’s International Wearable Art Awards Twenty three year old Wellington artist Annemiek Wetering…
