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…
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Bring Your Friends to Face the Phantom of the Opera!
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…
Construction Underway on Courtenay Place
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…
How Dario Argento’s ‘Suspiria’ Pried My Eyes Open to Cinema
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…
Wellington Film Society Recognises Decades of Service with Life Memberships
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,…
The Camera as an Actor in ‘Cléo from 5 to 7’
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,…
Back By Popular Demand: Our WFS Film Socials!
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…
Get ready for opening night!
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…
High and Low: Wellington Film Society’s 2025 Programme is Live!
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…
The Best of 2024’s Season – As Voted By You!
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…
The hits keep coming in 2025: Kurosawa, Fosse, Argento, Varda, and Powell and Pressburger!
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…
Your Best Films for 2024
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…
Big News for 2025: The WFS is Doubling Our Screenings!
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…
Vincent Ward’s ‘Vigil’ – A Plunge into Aotearoa’s Unconscious
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…
‘Kids’: Revisiting One of the Most Controversial Films of the 90s
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…
Gordon Campbell: ‘On the Psychological Horror Film, Possession’
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…
See the latest and greatest British and Irish cinema
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…
“Is It Not Queer?”: Derek Jarman and the Shifting Identities of ‘Edward II’
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…
Join our after-screening get-togethers!
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…
Cairo Conspiracy, Ashkal and the ‘Decade of Protest’ on Film
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…
A Highlight of the NZIFF: The Wellington Film Society Quiz
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…