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All the cool things seem to be happening in Wellington at the moment. And one of those things is Folly. There is a particular kind of person who looks at the state of New Zealand publishing, shrugs, and decides to start a literary journal anyway. Emily Makere Broadmore is one of them. As Editor-in-Chief of Folly, a Journal that’s anything but typical. Broadmore has made a hab...

Pictured: Big Girls Don’t Cry film.

Big Girl’s Don’t Cry is one of the stand out films of the NZ Film Festival this year and I haven’t seen it. Not because I didn’t try, but because it sold out. So while I wait for another chance t...

There’s a reason Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey has survived three thousand years of retelling, and Christopher Nolan clearly understands it: some journeys are too big for the page alone. There are over 30 TV and film direct and indirect adaptions, so he wasn’t the only one. This latest edition to the legacy, is generally quite good.

Matt Damon leads as Odysseus, th...

With today being the last day before greyhound racing is (thankfully) now banned in Aotearoa, Sianne Dixon-Hall reflects on her beloved Greyhound, Poppy, and what great pets they make. here are approximately 1,300 to 1,400 greyhounds needing adoption in New Zealand following the official closure of the commercial greyhound racing industry. So if you’re thinking about adopting...