NZIFF 51: Film Review In Fabric Director: Peter Strickland
In Fabric is a cut above, a deliciously laugh-out-loud black throwback to 70’s horror that’s as blood red as the demented dress of the movie.
NZIFF 51 Interview: Photograph Director Ritesh Batra
Following up on his festival fave, The Lunchbox, director Ritesh Batra returns with Photograph, a charming romance set in the middle of bustling Mumbai.
NZIFF 51 – Film Review: The Art of Self-Defense
The Art of Self-Defense is the second feature film by U.S. director, Riley Stearns, a pitch-black deadpan comedy that offers a deeply unsettling examination of modern masculinity and identity.
NZIFF 51: Watch: Simon Coldrick Discusses By The Balls at The 13th Floor
Simon Coldrick has already put together an impressive list of Kiwi documentaries he’s either directed or edited, including David Farrier’s Tickled, The Day That Changed My Life, which covered the Christchurch earthquakes, and Erebus: Operation Overdue.
NZIFF 51: Knife + Heart Director: Yann Gonzalez
Knife+Heart (Un couteau dans le cœur) is a gloriously taboo French thriller from director Yann Gonzalez, which combines aspects of erotic psychodrama and giallo cinema with a pulsating, dream-synth score from M83.
NZIFF 51: Hale County This Morning, This Evening Director: RaMell Ross
Oscar-nominated Hale County is a visually compelling look at life in an unknown corner of the Deep South, and announces the arrival of an exciting new voice.
NZIFF 51: Watch Ant Timpson Discuss Come To Daddy at The 13th Floor
Ant Timpson has been a mainstay on the New Zealand film scene for years, having founded both the Incredibly Strange Film Festival and the 48 Hour Film Challenge.
NZIFF 51: American Woman, Directed by Jake Scott
What constitutes a pivotal moment in someone’s life? An event so monumental that it can turn everything a person has ever known on its head? For Deb Callahan, it’s the disappearance of her daughter Bridget. Sarah Kidd reviews American Woman.
NZIFF 51: PJ Harvey: A Dog Called Money Dir: Seamus Murphy
For PJ Harvey fans, this film acts as a complement to her 2016 album, The Hope Six Demolition Project. But those unfamiliar with the album, or with PJ, may find this somewhat inscrutable.
NZIFF 51: Hail Satan? Dir: Penny Lane
Oh, my God! Hail Satan? Just might be the most important documentary at this year’s film festival.
NZIFF 51: The Realm Dir: Rodrigo Sorogoyen
If you like your political intrigue visceral and nail-bitingly tense this Spanish thriller will get your vote.
NZIFF 51: Dilili in Paris, Directed by Michel Ocelot
The animated Dilili in Paris offers much more than its family rating might suggest. Set in early 20th century Paris, Dilili is young girl who stows away from Kanak (New Caledonia) to Paris seeking to experience the world outside of her home. It manages to tackle issues of race, gender and power inequality but still […]
NZIFF 51: Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Directed by Bi Gan
Long Day’s Journey Into Night is a delicate and ethereal Chinese drama, set in and around the Southeast mainland city of Kaili. The film contains a simple, loose narrative structure and is essentially split into two parts: the melancholy and disorienting first half which bounces between flashbacks and present day, and the ambitious, dream-like second […]
NZIFF 51: Apocalypse Now: Final Cut Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola’s epic Vietnam war movie returns to the screen for a third tour, with a restored 40th anniversary print that film fans have to see at the glorious Civic.
NZIFF 51: Stuffed, Directed by Erin Derham
An eclectic and eccentric cast stuff this gorgeous doco that showcases the artistic endeavour and love for animal life these dealers in death have. Clayton Barnett reviews Stuffed.
NZIFF 51: Monos, Directed by Alejandro Landes
Equal parts Lord of the Flies and Apocalypse Now, the visually stunning Alejando Landes film, Monos, portrays the harrowing dysfunction of a teenage guerrilla group charged with protecting a foreign prisoner of war. Oxford Lamoureaux reviews for The 13th Floor.
NZIFF 51: Celebration, Directed by Olivier Meyrou
In 1998, French filmmaker Olivier Meyrou worked alongside Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé, capturing the working dynamic of the pair in an intimate and often unsettling documentary. Two decades following completion of filming, and with its release suppressed by Bergé until 2015, Celebration is a raw depiction of a great artist in his twilight years. […]
NZIFF 51 Film Review: Les Misérables, Directed by Ladj Ly
Inspired by the Paris suburb riots of 2005, Les Misérables captures the cynicism, indifference, and desperate humanity of three anti-crime unit officers patrolling the streets of Paris, in a relentlessly tense and unsettling film by first-time feature director Ladj Ly. Oxford Lamoureaux reviews for The 13th Floor.
NZIFF 51: Ruben Brandt, Collector – Directed by Milorad Krstic
A wildly inventive ride, Ruben Brandt, Collector, directed by Milorad Krstic, is one of the best heist movies – live action or animated – this decade and demands to be seen on the big screen. Clayton Barnett reviews it for The 13th Floor.
NZIFF 51 – Film Review: La Belle Époque
La Belle Époque seemed the perfect choice for opening night at the 51st New Zealand International Film Festival, delivering a remarkable ensemble cast and razor-sharp comedic writing to a packed and joyous Civic Theatre crowd.