🎞️ 1978: A New Zealand Film Podcast 🎞️
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1978 Episode Guide
Stories
Shrek (2001) Listen now!
Can we talk about...? listen now!
The Piano (1993) listen now!
The wonders of Wētā Workshop Listen now!
Braindead (1992) listen now!
Turning NZ films into musicals listen now!
Bride and Prejudice (2004) Listen now!
Movies that made us cry listen now!
Jurassic Park (1993) Listen now!
Lists
1978 Episode Guide 12 films
A guide each movie we’ve covered on 1978: A New Zealand Film Podcast, as well as information on where to…
Films discussed in The 1978 Oscar Special! 🏆 18 films
A list of movies that were discussed in The 1978 Oscar Special! Be sure to listen in and add some…
Fave films with Kiwi connections! 9 films
In 1978's first ever episode, Larissa, Chris and Jasher are sharing some of their favourite films that have kiwi connections.…
Recent reviews
Episode 6: Guy Richie’s The Covenant (2023)
The Covenant follows U.S. military sergeant John Kinley, portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal, and his interpreter Ahmed, played by Dar Salim, as they battle the Taliban in Afghanistan.
After a rocky start to their partnership, Ahmed proves himself loyal and valuable to Kinley, and the two develop a fierce but complicated bond. Upon uncovering a Taliban arms cache, Kinley's troupe is ambushed, and only he and Ahmed survive, escaping on foot.
Hunted across treacherous…
Episode 5: The Price of Milk (2000)
Lucinda, portrayed by Danielle Cormack, and her kind-hearted love, Rob, played by Karl Urban, live a simple and carefree life on their dairy farm somewhere in the wops of New Zealand.
Rob spends his days caring for the livestock and milking, while Lucinda spends hers doting on Rob.
Everything changes when Rob proposes to Lucinda, and their comfortable existence begins to shift around them. Lucinda, worried that Rob’s easygoing attitude is a sign of…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Episode 3: District 9 (2009)
Based on director Neill Blomkamp's earlier short film Alive in Joburg, District 9 is a satirical sci-fi mockumentary that brilliantly combines CG technology with the realism of handheld camerawork.
The story begins when an alien mothership arrives and hovers over Johannesburg, not America. That was my favorite aspect of this film: it's set in South Africa, not America.
Under tremendous international pressure, the South African government ferries the 1.8 million malnourished aliens, or 'prawns' as they've…
Liked reviews
You go through a lot of growth and life experiences in 10 years. It's been that long since my last watch of this film and those life experience definitely give me a different appreciation and understanding of a layered film like this.
Is it too much to ask for a visually stunning independent film that doesn’t have an ick narrative? Anna Paquin carried this whole movie on her 10 year old back and probably had no idea what it was even about.
Currently have images of Harvey Keitel’s bare butt burned deep into my brain.
literally me but if the piano was milk biscuits
A guide each movie we’ve covered on 1978: A New Zealand Film Podcast, as well as information on where to watch them and what we thought of them.