Cinema Release Round-Up: 26 May
Shane Black‘s comedic crime caper The Nice Guys, starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe,...
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Cinema 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...
Read MoreLense Flare crowned 48Hours Grand National Champion. Watch their winning short ‘Pants on Fire’ here.
Last night in Auckland the Rialto Channel 48Hours 2014 Grand National Champion was crowned. 2007 Champions Lense Flare, with their musical comedy Pants on Fire, took home the top award and a prize pool worth over $60,000....
Read MoreCannes 2014 Interview: Alan Clay (Writer-Director)
While in Cannes I was fortunate to meet writer-director Alan Clay, an ex-pat Kiwi making films in the US. His previous feature Courting Chaos, a romantic comedy about a girl who falls for a Venice Beach street clown, garnered...
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