Simon Bennett

Where can I find this? Sounds great. I like Son Lux, and used to play the original Marathon back in the early ‘90s.

YouTube video by FlyingJunk 10cc I Wanna Rule the World

An old music video of an even older song by 10cc, but strangely prescient.

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The birth of the Wests: How Outrageous Fortune came to be Twenty years ago, New Zealand television’s most famous family stormed onto our screens.

Summer reading - lovely in-depth article on Spinoff about how Outrageous Fortune came to be.

Merry Christmas, to those who observe it, from all the scuttleworms. Otherwise, wishing everyone peace and reconnection.

Vale Tom Stoppard. He gave us some good shit to sink our teeth into. I think my first acting experience was in Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and my favourite experiences as an audience member include Arcadia and Brazil. May his writing cement his place in the pantheon of greats.

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In which I chat with Jamie about some of the screen projects I’ve been privileged to have worked on.

Don’t often do this, but Pernille on Netflix is wonderful viewing. Funny and sad I turns, it’s a slice of life drama that feels so authentic it hurts. Best watched in Norwegian with subtitles if you want to experience the fantastic performances to their fullest.

It may be just me, but the new Lily Allen album feels embarrassing - too much information. Seriously, when would you put this music on to listen to?

I’m another! Space 1999 was nearly as good as UFO.

The Ridge review – this hugely layered thriller is just masterly Lauren Lyle is absolutely magnificent as an anaesthetist who flies to New Zealand for the wedding of her younger sister – only to find her dead. It’s an achingly real watch that’s bitterly funny at times

The Ridge review – this hugely layered thriller is just masterly

It’s available on Neon.

It’s beautifully made.

Directing My Life is Murder for Greenstone Pictures. Photo credit Renaud Maire.

I’m available for directing work, stage and screen, as well as screen producing and development work. 36 years’ experience. Various awards etc. Please DM if I can help realise your project.

I did 'acquire' a few items that weren't on the Hasbro inventory. They are all now with the Morphin Museum in California.

Ha! All the actual shooting props and costumes went back to the States, where Hasbro auctioned them off. This was part of a ‘thank you’ box of goodies Hasbro sent to the writing team after the plug had been pulled on the show.

Lord Zedd has been languishing in our storage unit because apparently he doesn’t suit the decor. Now looking for a new home. He’s on Trademe if anyone’s interested in this monstrosity.

David Gilmour at the Circus Maximus concert film was excellent. What splendid musicians. What a blast.

I enjoyed it too.

In a pub. In Whakatane. Watching the rugby. Weird.

This is the daughter’s cat: Jones. Posting because the world is such an evil mess, we need more cat photos.

I’ve found it excellent to use.

With John and Nalini at Weta Workshop. Happy times.

Counterpoint: This is mad confusing because it is garbage made with AI and few of the birds look much like the birds they look like. Here’s a thought: instead of sharing this, maybe share art made by a human? One who needs it for their livelihood? www.tworuru.com/product/aote...

Brian Eno: "The early part of this century has seen people realize that neoliberal economics have failed. It has been a machine for concentrating wealth, just as the internet has become a machine for concentrating prejudice..." #interview www.flaunt.com/blog/people-...

There has to be hope.

Great moment at the Civic premiere of ‘Prime Minister’ last night. During the section dealing with the aftermath of the Christchurch Mosque atrocity, a shot came up of David Seymour, the only naysaying MP to the banning of military-style semi-automatic weapons. 2400 people booed.

Bleak… grey…authoritarian. Sad.

Just saw ‘Prime Minister’ at The Civic. Wow! So moving and well-made. I predict it’s going to be hugely successful.

Trans people belong in whatever goddamn bathroom they like, they deserve to do whatever goddamn sport gives them joy, they need healthcare and support and basic fucking dignity, they are being made a target to create division in our communities, and we're not fucking letting it happen, Aotearoa.

This!!

💯 THIS!