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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#WoW is so much fun. A light hearted utterly professional wonderful bit of genuinely world class magic Honestly, just what is needed in a city (and a country) that’s been subjected to such a miserable couple of years. So much bang for our austere kiwi welly peso. 15/10. So great every year!
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As always the #WoW preshow is blooming brilliant fun!
TSB arena Wellington - world of wearable arts - caberet pre show - a wide shot of the auditorium. TSB arena Wellington - world of wearable arts - caberet pre show - cheeky Cabernet turn TSB arena Wellington - world of wearable arts - caberet pre show - committing to the performance!
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In today’s least surprising revelation. Ugh.
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Auckland having a blinder with Eelke Kleijn, Gorge (post a great gig in Welly!) and Obel. Meaning of Flowers is remarkable and cinematic. Jealous!
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That Criterion / Pathe 4K restoration of Ratcarcher looks pretty damn fine!
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh dear lord this is much worse than the Christmas quiz. Yuck! Also, giving this a good go!
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pretty special weekend! Didn’t make it up to the 09 for Eelke Kleijn but was able to do Mi Casa Su Casa with Gorge here in Wellington with favourite folks I’ve not seems for ages… and Meow sounded pretty darn fine! Very hanging out to hear how Mission Bay went… 😎
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Greg is correct.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026
Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/
Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’ve been looking forward to reading this one from @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social - Blackwells got it down to New Zealand promptly as well 👍 #EverythingWillSwallowYou
Tom Cox’s book entitled “Everything Will Swallow You” sitting atop its delivery envelope from Bkackwells online shop.
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
😀 and 🍻 to many more!!!
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sublime.
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For this in the #GWRC catchment this is also know as the #Metlink #WAI Wairarapa Line 🤣
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Another lovely #Flow on #RadioAcriveFM. I do wish I could tag them, and #DJcoda properly. 😎
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CEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
22.00 FILM:
With Edward Norton and Brad Pitt.
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oooo Dead Man’s Wire streaming on @arovision — tempting! ondemand.arovideo.co.nz/film/dead-ma...
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AroVision: Dead Man's Wire
A riveting thriller from dir. Gus Van Sant based on a hostage incident in 1977 involving a mortgage company manager and a former employee.
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Finally had a day where the timing of travel worked to try #RadioActiveFM sponsor the Bus Stop Cafe at Te Horo beach. It’s a wee slice of kiwi heaven — what better than coffee with birds in song resplendent ,and the soothing sound of the waves in the background! www.busstopcafe.nz
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Bus Stop Cafe Te Horo Beach
BUS STOP CAFE 55 Sims Rd, Te Horo Beach BUS STOP CAFE 55 Sims Rd, Te Horo Beach Hours Friday, Saturday, Sunday 9am
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The Horror Kween 👑 @thehorrorkween.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Jim Jarmusch crafted such a vibe with this one. It is a hauntingly cool, atmospheric world that I absolutely love to escape into. Definitely a favourite. Even though I own the Blu-ray, I will still hit play without hesitation anytime I notice it streaming. #100DaysOfHorror #44 #Horror #FilmSky 🎥
Only Lovers Left Alive 2013 movie poster and collage
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ooooo. Craven Faults epicness on #radioactiveFM. Noice!
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Matt is Just Trying His Best @thegrampus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Whoever decided to promote Coyote vs Acme by letting Wile E do an AMA using only signs deserves all the praise.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🥺🙏💔
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
For every grateful to #WellingtonCityGallery reopening with Mirror Years, and the complete mad fun of it all. Rest well in a field of spots Ma’am.
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Need more Dolly in the world
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Amusing enough, and visually pops off the screen like a better work of, well, pop art than Olivia Wilde would conjour up, #IWantYourSex is a very accessible Araki. Oddly unsexy, and without the bite of the iconic apocalypse films, or the devastation of Mysterious Skin (also in this years #nziff)
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Aftersun is just so good 🫡
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
After the delicious Raw and #nziff fave Titane I actually enjoyed Julia Ducournau heading to a more dramatic palette with #Alpha but feel this story’s all consuming morbidity overshadows the excellent idea (the individual body horror becoming a societal horror of bodies).
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
--------------------------- Body Blow 2.5/5 Can’t fail #BodyBlow for its ambition as a riotous camp neo(n)-noir and there’s some real fun here (even when they’re drilling into a dramatic moment), but ultimately style doesn’t make up for a fairly shallow plot. #2wr cagey copper
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Nice to have Gus back in #nziff (or any!) programming, and so playful to boot with #DeadMansWire. Lovely period piece with absolutly superb leads, a dope soundtrack (wait till you hear the last track!), and such a perfect homage to films of its time. #2WR golden retriever
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I really should not post unedited #nziff film reviews as I walk out of the theatre. Having to split them up for my BlueSky feed does make them rather more disjointed compared to how they land on Letterboxd 😂 You are getting me, unfiltered, though!
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Sandra Hüller is always a joy to watch — and that’s certainly true here — but something just did not connect for me in #nziff black and white feature #Rose. #2wr cold comfort
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
#nziff debut Marine Atlan feature #LaGradiva was pretty much made for me. Yes long, but far from languid. Really loved it. Antonia Buresi is a standout alongside the leads. #2wr beautifully observed
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Family cycle tours have seldom been as attentively shot as in #StrangeRiver but a liminal parallel between a mother and child’s continued awakening, potential loss, and recombination with family just didn’t quite pull me all the way into its #nziff afternoon flow. #2WR placid water
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Quick post from Catch between films: La Gravida is SO GOOD!
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Came for my #nziff Stephen Graham fix, and #Heel aka #AGoodBoy was a blindingly black oh-so-dark-funny mix of Stanley and Yórgos with a whole cast playing at his level. Excellent fun. #2wr frowned family
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
So I very much liked #IvánAndHadoum and it does that important thing in #nziff selections, and cinema in general, where the act of showing character inhabiting very real lives validates the reality of all humanity. #2WR hot houses
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Congrats to everyone in yet another great year for #NgāWhanaunga NZ’s best short films selected for #nziff. Excited to see who get the audience fave and slice of the box office this year! And vale Leo Koziol
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I feel like it’s been a long time between good Italian horrors, and #TheHolyBoy ticked all the box’s. Nice to have #nziff include some genre film. A bit king-ish and would loved a bit more exploration of the disaster but good! #2WR hugs required
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Venice Queer Lion and Horizons winner at #nziff a fun road trip #OnTheRoad is not. Bit of a messy end tho… #2wr sad toxicology
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
And oook at those gorgeous and destroyed rays as a massive work of public art in front of Fault!
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A week for pyrrhic victories, innit…
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
So #nziff giggle #TheFox kinda is a bit of a one-trick errr pony, but it IS by a great magical and unreal jape to play with. Some classic Aussie ‘punctuation’ delivered rapid fire especially joyfully with Coleman and Neil. #2WR Amused Bush
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Sandra Wollner’s #nziff feature #Everytime is fascinating and a wee bit opaque… So many echoes of Aftersun but this is lived more fully in the dreams and recriminations of memory and reflections out of time. #2WR meinkraft; served
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Brilliant #nziff opener and debuting fresh from Sundance for Paloma Schneideman — #BigGirlsDontCry is stunning looking also. Interesting negotiation of that lovely awkward and leaves us longing for our protagonist to learn much more about herself but I guess that’s the very point. #2WR oh lorde-y
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This would have been incredible!
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Baxtermack🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Jeepers folks. From 4 days ago in Brisbane Massive Attack and Liz Fraser Teardrop The sound is a bit dodgy but OMG the emotions.
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Massive Attack - Teardrop - Live @ Brisbane, 6 August 2026
YouTube video by Colin Holloway - Aviation & Adventures
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Nice! #Coda starting the Floor tonight with Oxygène Pt1. Many vibes on a chilly night. Never change #RadioActiveFM
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Fantastic film! Oh how I wish this was in Cinemas - it really deserved it! Those perfectly lit wide exts especially are jaw dropping and vfx int is so wddortless! Nice mix too 😎
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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Neuromancer — Official Teaser | Apple TV
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blacklightnz.bsky.social @blacklightnz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
As someone who habitually outlines, and also writes using bullet points, someone who rather likes en and em dashes, and also snuggles up to semicolons… this current moment in time poses the odd issue to me when I write! #NOTanLLM #BarelyASmallLanguageModellerTBH
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Doug Dillaman @dillamonster.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Your periodic reminder that my (increasingly plausible) DIY post-apocalyptic found-footage educational film about a race of alien microbes that feast on dopamine and commander our guts to feed their desire is available for rental worldwide on AroVision ondemand.arovideo.co.nz/film/gut-ins...
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AroVision: Gut Instinct
A unique dystopian sci-fi mockumentary from NZ filmmaker Doug Dillaman, cleverly assembled from repurposed archive materials.
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