Rupert Julian: A Life on the Screen

Film historian Robert Catto is the foremost expert on Rupert Julian, the director of 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera. Catto wrote this brief biography of the director for NZ On…
Film historian Robert Catto is the foremost expert on Rupert Julian, the director of 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera. Catto wrote this brief biography of the director for NZ On…
We’re very excited about our upcoming screenings of The Phantom of the Opera on the 12th and 13th of May, and we’re taking the opportunity to share the love by…
As you may already be aware, Wellington City Council is working on a new pedestrian crossing between Cambridge and Kent Terrace. This may have an impact on members that use…
In advance of Monday’s screenings, WFS Committee member Jessy Reese reflects on her first encounter with Dario Argento’s Suspiria. I’m nineteen years old in a cold flat in Melbourne’s inner…
The Wellington Film Society bestowed its highest honour, a life membership, upon two long-serving committee members, Miles Buckingham and Chris Hormann, at its Annual General Meeting on Monday 31 March,…
WFS member Alex Cass examines the role of the camera in Agnès Varda’s film, and how it shapes the main character’s thoughts and behaviour. Sometimes, when I’m watching a film,…
Just like old times, WFS is pleased to announce that its regular social events are returning for 2025. We have planned these events to correspond with some of our shorter…
In 2025, we’re playing every film in our programme twice: Because of these changes we wish to provide some updated timing and guidance to ensure everything runs smoothly and we…
The Wellington Film Society’s 2025 programme features ghosts, cowboys, samurai, and dazzling musical numbers – and that’s just the beginning. With a line-up that spans beloved filmmakers like Akira Kurosawa…
We screened them; you rated them! After a successful run of screenings in 2024, it was over to you, our membership, to select what you enjoyed the most. Over 200…
We’re busy preparing our 2025 programme and look forward to sharing all the details with you in the new year. We’re expecting to start screening in late February and our…
With our last screenings of the 2024 programme behind us, we’d love to know what you thought! As in previous years, we’re conducting our ‘Best of 2024’ poll to see…
Wellington Film Society will screen each film in its 2025 programme twice, doubling the offering to current and prospective members for the same low price. Wellington Film Society (WFS) brings…
For the 40th anniversary of Vigil, Film Talks is showing the film at the Embassy at 6:15 pm on Tuesday, November 19th. Full members of the Wellington Film Society are…
Former Wellington Film Society VP, Harriet Wild, explores the impact and legacy of Larry Clark’s Kids, one of our November screenings this year. “It’s 10 p.m. Do you know where…
In advance of our screening of Possession, we’re pleased to share this excerpt of this insightful essay by Gordon Campbell. Campbell is a New Zealand writer, editor of Scoop and…
The British and Irish Film Festival is coming back to Wellington cinemas from 23 October to 13 November. They’ve put together an awesome programme of new titles, and a few…
WFS committee member Russ Kale looks back on his first encounter with Edward II, and tries to uncover what Jarman was saying about queer identity. In 2006, I moved to…
Meet the folks who sit in the seat next to you every Monday night and get to know other members who love movies as much as you do! Listen to…
In its 2024 programme, Wellington Film Society is playing two 2022 films set in North Africa: Cairo Conspiracy (a European production set in Egypt) and Ashkal (from Tunisia). Both films…
For decades, the Wellington Film Society has hosted a quiz as part of the Wellington and, more recently, the New Zealand International Film Festival, Whānau Mārama. In 2024, the tradition…