Articles by James Robins
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Opinion
The strange death of public debate
Wednesday, 30 March 2016, 9:36amThe flag referendum has come to an end, and the nation has voted. But did we cast our ballots without thinking a little deeper?...
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Opinion
Love in the time of crisis
Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 9:35amOpposition against neoliberalism in New Zealand could not be more fragmented, or weak. A group of young writers, activists,...
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Opinion
The Problem with Projectile Politics
Wednesday, 24 February 2016, 12:18pmPoliticians have come under increasing assault in recent years, their bodies being attacked over their ideas. How did this...
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Opinion
'New Zealand Day' is a white supremacist dream
Monday, 8 February 2016, 9:10amAfter another Waitangi Day marked by protest and controversy, is it possible that a 'New Zealand Day' could help heal deep...
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Opinion
The Hunger Games: More than a Hollywood blockbuster
Friday, 27 November 2015, 11:43amThe concluding chapter in The Hunger Games franchise opened in cinemas last week. Like its readers and viewers, this dystopian...
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Opinion
A jinxed generation
Thursday, 19 November 2015, 9:49amEarlier this month, a social media darling punctured and eviscerated the very platforms she had used to gain fame. Essena...
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Opinion
Australia’s shame, and New Zealand’s silence
Thursday, 12 November 2015, 10:39amAs rioters burned their way through the detention centre on Christmas Island, Prime Minister John Key took a familiar stance....
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Opinion
How Into the River was banned, and why it should never happen again
Friday, 11 September 2015, 8:39amDark is the day when a work of serious literature can be pulled from library and bookstore shelves, its message snatched...
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Movies
Far From the Madding Crowd: Film Review
Thursday, 25 June 2015, 4:37pmDirector: Thomas Vinterberg Starring: Carey Mulligan, Martin Sheen, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tom Sturridge 3/5 Thomas Hardy’s...
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Man Up: Film Review
Thursday, 25 June 2015, 4:35pmDirector: Ben Palmer Starring: Lake Bell, Simon Pegg, Rory Kinnear 3/5 British filmmaking has a rather decent history of...
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Jurassic World: Film Review
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 11:12amDirector: Colin Trevorrow Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio 3/5 In the best monster films, the...
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San Andreas: Film Review
Saturday, 30 May 2015, 10:32amDirector: Brad Peyton Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Paul Giamatti, Carla Gugino, Alexandria Daddario 1/5 With such constantly...
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Noble: Film Review
Saturday, 30 May 2015, 10:26amDirector: Stephen Bradley Starring: Deidre O’Kane, Liam Cunningham, Brendan Coyle 2/5 Directed by Stephen Bradley and starring...
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Frame by Frame: Film review
Monday, 25 May 2015, 9:50amDirector: Alexandria Bombach and Mo Scarpelli 5/5 In Afghanistan, there is an entire generation with no photographic record....
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(T)error: Film Review
Monday, 25 May 2015, 9:47amDirector: Lryic R Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe 4/5 The Federal Bureau of Investigation has a long history of entrapping...
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Slow West: Film Review
Friday, 22 May 2015, 5:01pmDirector: John Maclean Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Mendelsohn 4/5 Slow West bristles with black comedy...
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Night Will Fall: Film Review
Friday, 22 May 2015, 3:05pmDirector: Andre Singer 4/5 There are many theories as to why the forthrightly-titled documentary German Concentration Camps...
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The Forecaster: Film Review
Friday, 22 May 2015, 3:01pmDirector: Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger 2/5 In a dank and colourless hotel room Martin Armstrong looks on as a fortune...
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See No Evil: Film Review
Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 11:57amDirector: Jos de Putter 3/5 Using “poetic” as an adjective in criticism can sometimes be code for something outright pretentious....
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War of Lies: Film Review
Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 11:54amDirector: Matthais Bittner 3/5 An Iraqi defector named Rafed Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi (codename ‘Curveball’) rests his elbows...
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Opinion
The kids aren’t alright
Friday, 8 May 2015, 12:17pmThe word 'neoliberalism' appears three times in Andrew Dean's new book Ruth, Roger and Me. Even then, only in quotes or titles...
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Movies
Testament of Youth: Film Review
Thursday, 23 April 2015, 9:23pmDirector: James Kent Starring: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harrington, Anna Chancellor, Dominic West 2/5 Vera Brittain’s account...
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Opinion
The case for recognition
Thursday, 23 April 2015, 9:07pmA country which holds a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council - currently dealing with a new league of genocidaires...
