At The Movies for Thursday 14 July 2016 At The Movies | RNZ

AT THE MOVIES #647 – ALL BETS ARE OFF

Simon Morris discovers that there are no guarantees in the movie business – not the twin talents of Steven Spielberg and Roald Dahl with The BFG, or even Irish film-maker John Carney – his latest, Sing Street, is no Once. So why not dip into the bizarre and unpredictable worlds of the Animation and Incredibly Strange sections of the New Zealand International Film Festivals?

At The Movies - BFG Review

7:31 PM.Steven Spielberg's first full-on fairy tale, based on a book by Roald Dahl, and starring Spielberg favourite Mark Rylance. Audio
Listen duration 5:29
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At The Movies - Sing Street review

7:32 PM.Following the interview with director John Carney a few weeks ago, we look at Eighties school-band movie itself. Audio
Listen duration 4:51
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At The Movies - NZ International Film Festival

7:33 PM.The unruly side-bars to the Festival proper - Animation and Incredibly Strange - are unveiled by curators Malcolm Turner and Ant Timpson. Audio
Listen duration 9:16
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At The Movies 647

7:39 PM.On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at The BFG, based on the Roald Dahl children's favourite and directed by Steven Spielberg… and Sing Street, set in a Dublin boys school in the early Eighties. He… Read more Audio
Listen duration 23:20
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At The Movies 647