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1 Sep 0001

Ordinary People (1980): Mary Tyler Moore contends with familial troubles of the well–heeled in Robert Redford's directing debut.; 1 Sep 0001
Proof (1991): Near–perfect little drama makes the most of its intriguing premise; a blind photographer interprets the world by having his photographs…; 1 Sep 0001
Tales of the City (TV Series) (1993): A rich, entertaining tele–translation of Armistead Maupin's lauded short–stories set in 1976 San Fransisco, that cleverly interweaves the…; 1 Sep 0001
Swamp Thing (1982): Wes Craven's tongue–in–cheek film version of a popular D.C. comic book character, makes no apology for its cheesy make–up and…; 1 Sep 0001
Footrot Flats - A Dog's Tale (1987): Murray Ball brings his indigenous comic strip to animated life – Dog, Wal, Jess, Horse and the villainous Murphys provide corka entertainment…; 1 Sep 0001
Middle Age Spread (1979): Grant Tilly is priceless as the philandering high–school deputy who reluctantly hosts a dinner party for six. Based on the play by Roger Hall,…; 1 Sep 0001
Gentleman's Agreement (1947): Gregory Peck stars in this Academy Award winning melodrama about a writer who, for the sake of research, pretends to be Jewish and becomes a victim…; 1 Sep 0001
Red Shoes, The (1948): Beloved dance classic is a strikingly realised story of a young ballerina who, in an echo of the Hans Christian Andersen story, becomes torn between…; 1 Sep 0001
For a Few Dollars More (1965): An improvement on the original film with Eastwood encoring to the strains of that unmistakable Morricone score.; 1 Sep 0001
Richard III (1955): Laurence Olivier's third cinematic translation of Shakespeare both as actor and director. His performance borders on high camp as the twisted 15th…; 1 Sep 0001
Blade Runner (1982): This sci–fi neo–noir classic is an exercise in style over substance, but what style! A work of towering imagination and extraordinary…; 1 Sep 0001
Flash Gordon (1980): Max Von Sydow's Ming the Merciless only has one thing in his way of universal domination – that blasted quarterback from the New York Jets!…; 1 Sep 0001
Saturn 3 (1980): Space–base scientists Farrah Fawcett and Kirk Douglas become menaced by baddie Harvey Keitel and his sex–crazed robot. Martin Amis's…; 1 Sep 0001
Glenn Miller Story, The (1954): A creditable star–biography of the big–band leader and trombonist, which, verging on the overly sentimental, is saved by its reverance to…; 1 Sep 0001
Defiant Ones, The (1958): That well known image of race–hatred – escaped black and white prisoners unwillingly handcuffed together – originated here, with…; 1 Sep 0001
I'll Make You Happy (1998): A comical hotchpotch set among Auckland's K–Road denizens, featuring Jodie Rimmer as a peppy prositute who plots to rip–off pimp Michael…; 1 Sep 0001
Walking with Dinosaurs (TV Series) (1999): In tracing the 160 million year history of the big lizards, this comprehensive BBC doco slavishly recreates the flora, fauna and geography of the age…; 1 Sep 0001
Tea with Mussolini (1999): Dir. Franco Zeffirelli's childhood memoirs form the basis of this well–mannered period fancy that draws weight from the grand Dames of British…; 1 Sep 0001
Room for Romeo Brass, A (1999): This extraordinary coming–of–age story places two twelve–year–old boys in the company of a well–meaning but…; 1 Sep 0001
Rain (2001): Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Kirsty Gunn, this visually crafted evocation of a seaside holiday in the 1970s – bach, suntan lotion, whiskey…; 1 Sep 0001
Smallville (TV Series) (2001): TV–series set around the pre–adult existence of Superman a.k.a. Clark Kent (Tom Welling) in the small American town of Smallville. Pilot…; 1 Sep 0001
When Strangers Appear (Shearer's Breakfast) (2001): A piquant little thriller set at a lonely country rest–stop – Foxton standing in for Oregon – with dir. Reynold’s (HEAVEN, THE…; 1 Sep 0001
MASH (TV Series) (M*A*S*H) (1972-1983): Long running and much loved TV Series loosely based on Robert Altman’s 1969 film set in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Korean…; 1 Sep 0001
Bowling For Columbine (2002): Essential viewing from the dir. of ROGER AND ME, constructing another entertaining and devastating critique of the contradictions of the US of A,…; 1 Sep 0001
Work of Director Spike Jonze, The (2003): Before his successful foray into feature films, director Spike Jonze made his name as the pre–eminent music video director of the 1990s. He…; 1 Sep 0001
Chaplin Revue, The (1918-1923): A collection of comic shorts from Charlie Chaplin, playing his 'Tramp' character. Featured are 'Shoulder Arms', 'The Idle Class', 'The Pilgrim',…; 1 Sep 0001
Triplets of Belleville, The (Belleville Rendezvous) (2003): Witty, inventive and lovingly designed with retro–chic flair, this 'all–ages' animated feature is distinctively and delightfully…; 1 Sep 0001
Christmas (2003): Structured around a grueling family Christmas in suburban New Zealand, this stark and uncompromising drama is one of the best low–budget…; 1 Sep 0001
Great Bookie Robbery, The (TV Mini Series) (1986): Classic heist drama based on a multi–million dollar robbery in 1976 Melbourne, and re–enacted by the cream of New Zealand's acting…; 1 Sep 0001
Zatoichi (2003): Actor–director–cult hero Takeshi Kitano stylishly revives a hero of well–known Japanese mythology and scores his most broadly…; 1 Sep 0001

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