Set in Dunedin in 1981, a rugby–obsessed country is divided over the arrival of the South African Springboks team, sparking nationwide protests. Under pressure from home and school to…
A black comedy thriller from France about riches, bitches and patriarchal pricks, because when it comes to money all bets are off and all knives come out.
Laure Calamy plays a woman of…
A cheeky charmer set in East London that refreshingly leans away from the miseries of working–class life, inspired as it was by Taika Waititi's "Boy".
Lola Campbell is terrific as a…
This Australian drama filmed mostly in the Persian language is made something special by two magnetic actresses. Iranian émigré Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Holy Spider) is almost upstaged by her…
A fittingly admirable portrait of the one of the great diplomats of modern times, Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany for sixteen years, and most powerful woman in the world for most of…
An extended film adaptation of a 2017 'New Yorker' short story that went viral on account of its wildly relatable tale of a young millennial woman's fraught dating experience in the digital…
Veteran Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski returns with this Cannes Jury Prize–winner — a unique, visually expressive and sometimes bleak portrait of modern Europe through the eyes of an…
The story of Aubrey “Po” Powell and Storm Thorgerson, a couple of unlikely London lads who stumbled into forming the coolest art design group of their time by producing iconic record…
A masterly work of slow cinema from Iceland, inspired by 19th–Century period photography in both narrative and style, and the contemporary influence of Werner Herzog.
Elliott Crosset…
Laure Calamy again proves she's one of the most likeable actresses in French cinema as a working mother who finds her people among those offering illegal but safe abortions on the brink of…
Past Lives Two childhood sweethearts are torn apart after one family emigrates from South Korea in this heart–rending and exquisite film that tells an age–old romantic story in a fresh way.
The talk of New Zealand International Film Festival, with audiences unani
How to Blow Up a Pipeline A nail–biter of the first order that vividly depicts the actions of a group of young climate activists who come together for a 'meaningful' act of destruction on a West Texas pipeline.
No Hard Feelings Jennifer Lawrence produces and stars in this sweet–natured sex comedy.