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Posted on Monday 23/01/2012 January, 2012 by Francesca Rudkin
I’m not much of a betting girl, but one of the highlights of this week will be the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominees. I love sitting down and trying to assess the mood of Hollywood and who will take home the coveted golden statues. Inevitably I end up with two lists; the list featuring people I think should win, and the list featuring the people who probably will win. Make sure you pop back later in the week to check out the nominees.


I’m not much of a betting girl, but one of the highlights of this week will be the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominees. I love sitting down and trying to assess the mood of Hollywood and who will take home the coveted golden statues. Inevitably I end up with two lists; the list featuring people I think should win, and the list featuring the people who probably will win. Make sure you pop back later in the week to check out the nominees.

There’s also some interesting viewing lined up on Rialto this week. One film that’s caught my attention is French drama I’m Glad My Mother is Alive (Tuesday 24th January, 8.30pm), based on a true story and directed by Claude Miller and Nathan Miller. It’s the story of Thomas, given up for adoption as a five year old and who as a young man becomes obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. A film that’s not afraid to explore the issues and effects of abandonment and childhood trauma, I’m Glad My Mother is Alive is also filled with an ominous tone right from the beginning. The three actors who play Thomas convey a coherent sense of his intensity and as much as I dreaded what might happen next I was gripped to see how this story unfolds.

Another film where the answers to a mystery are found in childhood is Michael Haneke’s critically acclaimed Hidden (Sunday 29th January, 8.30pm). This is the last film in our Michael Haneke Directors Showcase this month.

Hidden stars legendary French actors Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil as a Parisian couple who discover they’re being secretly filmed. A taut and multi-layered psychological thriller, it has its own creepy element as Georges (Auteuil) tries to discover who is slowly destroying his family. Haneke and Hidden won Best Director, the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes in 2005; just a few of the accolades this clever, gripping film has received.

And just in case you’re looking for something a little lighter, then try  Later…With Jools Holland (Wednesday 25th January, 8.30pm). This week features performances from PJ Harvey (and her bizarre looking headpiece), Lykke Li, Ron Sexsmith and plucky little Brit Ed Sheeran.

Sheeran has just released his debut album called ‘+’ here in New Zealand, and his current single The A-Team is all over radio and sitting at number 5 on the New Zealand singles chart. If you’ve been wondering “who the heck is Ed Sheeran?” Jools Holland this week is the perfect place to find out.

Enjoy the week.

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