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Charlie Gates

@NZCharlieGates

Award-winning journalist & filmmaker. Senior reporter for Stuff. Personal account. Opinions my own.

 Christchurch, New Zealand
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Joined November 2010
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I made a video series with @secondzeit. It's about what happened to Christchurch after the quakes started ten years ago this week. It might surprise you. Watch all seven episodes here: interactives.stuff.co.nz/202…
Munted: The story of the Canterbury earthquakes

Munted: The story of the Canterbury earthquakes

Explore how and why a New Zealand city was munted - first by mother nature and then by politics.

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This collection of slow motion videos of objects falling in water and cornflour result in spectacular fluid motion effects, with highly unexpected but extremely satisfying geometries and shapes [📹 buff.ly/3F3pqrc] teapawt.net/trinukso2/status/15460…
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Blimey. This sounds interesting. hollywoodreporter.com/movies…
Quentin Tarantino’s Final Film Is Coming as Filmmaker Readies ‘The Movie Critic’ (Exclusive)

Quentin Tarantino’s Final Film Is Coming as Filmmaker Readies ‘The Movie Critic’ (Exclusive)

Sources say the 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' and 'Pulp Fiction' filmmaker has written a script that he is planning on directing this fall.

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My friend said Lesley Manville would be perfect casting for Pauline Kael.
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Do you like crows? Do you like counting? Then you'll love Counting Crows.
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This is a great piece about the Oscars: nytimes.com/2023/03/13/movie…

This Year, a Plain Old Ordinary Oscars Was Something to Savor (Published 2023)

After breathing a sigh of relief that the night went smoothly, our critics examine the acting wins as well as the track records of studios and Netflix.

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This is funny: stuff.co.nz/opinion/13142329…
An explorer, his dogs, and a new public sculpture

An explorer, his dogs, and a new public sculpture

OPINION: Here is an overdue nod to those that gave their lives to Amundsen’s cause.

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Hipkins to be Squarekins
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Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis reimagined as a 1980s American sitcom by the Midjourney AI.
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Cool story: thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture…
The day United Bank gave Theatresports a million dollars | The Spinoff

The day United Bank gave Theatresports a million dollars | The Spinoff

A bank simply giving a million dollars to a new and unproven arts venture? It's happened before – and with banks currently making record profits, why couldn't it happen again?

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This Alan Partridge clip is so good. youtube.com/watch?v=7X1LKTfq…
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Nuclear explosión gender reveal party
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NZ’s acid trip pioneer and why it has taken 50 years to resume his research. i.stuff.co.nz/national/healt…
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1993 was an amazing year for mainstream movies. Let's have a look at what came out that year. 🧵
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A Martin Scorsese film.
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And these two prestige monsters. That's 1993, folks. And there are loads more I didn't include. What a year.
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