Cannes 2018 Review: Leave No Trace
This is no WINTER’S BONE, so don’t go in with that expectation. But it still a very good film and a captivating father/daughter tale.
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Category: NZ Film
Cinema Release Round-Up: 26 May
Shane Black‘s comedic crime caper The Nice Guys, starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe,...
Read MoreCinema Release Round-Up: 1 January
Happy New Year film fans! There’s a lot to look forward to in 2016, but let’s start with the three big films released today. Our first FOTW for 2016, Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie, will stir fond...
Read MoreCinema Release Round-Up: 29 October
We’re spoiled for choice this week. For your consideration, we have: a gripping tale of eviction set during the global financial crisis, a dark Australian comedy about a vengeful dressmaker, a creepy horror in which a...
Read MoreCinema Release Round-Up: 21 May
New Zealand is transformed into frontier America in Slow West, our FOTW. But if westerns aren’t your thing, Melissa McCarthy brings the laughs in Spy, the Poltergeist remake promises some scares, there’s a great doco...
Read MoreCinema Release Round-Up: 7 May
Three stunning documentaries lead the charge this week. Each one’s a “must see”, but it’s the heartland rugby doco The Ground We Won that deservedly gets our nod for FOTW. Also this week, there’s the Aussie...
Read MoreGrassroots rugby never looked so good in impressive ‘The Ground We Won’ trailer
With How Far is Heaven husband and wife filmmakers Chris Pryor and Miriam Smith showed the nation that heartland documentaries can still warm your soul; and it looks like they have another hit on their hands with their...
Read MoreCinema Release Round-Up: 26 December
What better way to relax after all the Christmas excess than head to the movies. There’s plenty to enjoy this week, including Cannes hit, and our FOTW, Mr Turner. . Opening today: . MR TURNER……FILM OF THE WEEK...
Read MoreCinema Release Round-Up: 10 December
It will come as no surprise that our ‘Film of the Week’ is Peter Jackson‘s (possibly) final trip to Middle Earth. But if that doesn’t have you running down to the cinema like an excited fanboy or girl,...
Read MoreCinema Release Round-Up: 4 December
Flicks from New Zealand, the UK and the US fill up our cinemas this week, with the gorgeous-looking, self-funded Kiwi indie Sunday getting our nod for Film of the Week. Which films will you be watching? . Opening Sunday: ....
Read MoreNominees announced for the New Zealand Film Awards
In 2012, the New Zealand Film Awards (a.k.a. The Moas) was but a “sorta unofficial” event – after the Film and Television Awards became extinct. Two years later, with Rialto Channel on as principal sponsor,...
Read MoreMust Watch: Exhilarating New Zealand Sci-Fi Short ‘Mis-Drop’
How do you make a believable ‘high-concept’ sci-fi movie on a low budget? Upcoming Wellington director Ferand Peek’s has the answer: “Do it in one shot”. His indie short Mis-Drop is an exhilarating thrill-ride...
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