Tag Archives: John Barnett

Why Everyone Wants A Piece Of Shift72

Why Everyone Wants A Piece Of Shift72

Many film companies have taken a battering during the pandemic. The opposite is true of New Zealand-based video streaming platform Shift72, which has grown by 400 per cent. Andreas Wiseman reports for Deadline. Business for…

Don’t Quit Day Job Says Author Brandy Scott

Don’t Quit Day Job Says Author Brandy Scott

New Zealand-born Dubai-based radio presenter and author Brandy Scott sits down with reporter Ashleigh Stewart, who writes for The National, to talk about her critically-acclaimed first novel, and about her second one already in…

Footrot Flats – You Oughta Be In Love

Footrot Flats – You Oughta Be In Love

Feel some nostalgia with New Zealand’s movie Footrot Flats: The Dog’s Tale. Watch as Wal Footrot sings his love song “You Oughta Be In Love” to Cheeky Hobson. Footrot…

Juggling juggernauts with local stories

Juggling juggernauts with local stories

NY Times piece entitled ‘Spunky NZ film Industry Takes on the Hollywood Juggernaut’ ponders the pros and cons of NZ’s bold new presence in the international film community. Interviewees such as director Vincent Ward…