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1 Jun 0001

Fallen Idol, The (1948): Celebrated, tasteful British thriller about the muddled attempt of an 8–year–old ambassador's son to protect the embassy butler (Ralph…; 1 Jun 0001
Time Regained (Le Temps Retrouve) (1999): Legendary surrealist Chilean director Ruiz takes a break from his schedule or runaway obscurities (most sadly unavailable in NZ) for this legit…; 1 Jun 0001
Law and Order (TV Series) (1997): The original US police and courtroom drama from which various satellite shows and TV movies have sprouted, which contrasts its polish with fairly…; 1 Jun 0001
Songs from the Second Floor (2000): Various rotund men of retirement age face personal crises in a series of unsettling, stylised vignettes that could be collectively read as an…; 1 Jun 0001
Little Romance, A (1979): Sweet minor comedy in which aged charmer Olivier persuades two teenage lovers – American boy, French girl – to run off together.…; 1 Jun 0001
Six Feet Under - Season 1 (TV Series) (2001): The acclaimed, innovative HBO comedy–drama about an extremely dysfunctional family that operate a funeral home presided over by their deceased…; 1 Jun 0001
Te Rua (1991): Dir. Barry Barclay's second feature film concerns a group of Maori who travel to Germany to reclaim sacred 'taonga' from a museum, a century after…; 1 Jun 0001
Coup de Torchon (Clean Slate) (1981): Mordantly humourous suspense set in dusty French Senegal, with Noiret playing a much–abused police chief who begins to have dreams of…; 1 Jun 0001
Killers, The (1964): Transposed into the garish 60s, Ernest Hemingway's famous story is transformed into a harder, more callous exercise in casual violence and sexual…; 1 Jun 0001
Petrified Forest, The (1935): Featuring probably Bogart's first classic role, this adaptation of the Robert Sherwood play is set in a remote diner in Arizona where a fugitive…; 1 Jun 0001
Vera Drake (2004): An impeccable period drama from Mike Leigh that ranks alongside the director's best work, this is the moving story of a middle aged woman who was…; 1 Jun 0001
Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (Se sei vivo spara) (1967): A rather entrancing surrealistic version of the 'spaghetti western' involving a robbery gone wrong and an avenger from beyond the grave... but also…; 1 Jun 0001
Breakfast on Pluto (2005): Cillian Murphy glitters in this whimsical drama as an Irish transgender escort during the social and political upheaval of the 70s. Despite the…; 1 Jun 0001
Out of the Blue (Aramoana) (2006): A moving, uncomfortably harrowing account of New Zealand’s worst mass murder, bringing the trauma of 1990’s Aramoana massacre to the screen with…; 1 Jun 0001
Adventures Of Antoine Doinel, The (400 Blows, Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board, Love on the Run) (1959-1979): Francois Truffaut's most enduring cinematic creation, the irrepressible Antoine Doinel (played synonymously by Jean–Pierre Leaud) is…; 1 Jun 0001
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (TV Series) - Series 2 (2008): Second series of this un–PC yet tremendously popular Kiwi comedy series tracking the old fashioned teaching methods of Mr Gormsby and his…; 1 Jun 0001
Red Balloon, The (Ballon Rouge, Le) (1956): Classic French short that still manages to captivate audiences with its simple premise of a young Parisian boy who discovers a red balloon with a…; 1 Jun 0001
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Vicky Christina Barcelona) (2008): Woody Allen proves he hasn't lost his touch with this refreshing and vital rom–com that follows two American gal–pals who fall for the…; 1 Jun 0001
Casque d'Or (Golden Marie) (1952): A gangster’s moll falls in love with a reformed criminal, igniting underworld violence, in this lush, overwhelming tragi–romance set in Paris…; 1 Jun 0001
Billy T James - The Legend, The Man, The Cuz (2009): Latest compilation of the most popular sketches from irrepressible comedian Billy T James, including Te News, the Traffic Cop, the Hard Case, the…; 1 Jun 0001
O'Horten (2007): The director of KITCHEN STORIES follows up with another comic delicacy about a 67–year–old engineer and his oddly challenging quest to…; 1 Jun 0001
Lotte Reiniger: The Fairy Tale Films (1922-1961): THE FAIRY TALE FILMS is an inspired collection of animated shorts by renowned director Lotte Reiniger, whose signature style incorporated black and…; 1 Jun 0001
Rendezvous in Paris (1995): A delicately poised triptych framed around three lighthearted tales of philandering men and women. Minor, though quintessential Rohmer dalliance…; 1 Jun 0001
White Material (2009): Isabelle Huppert stars as a woman who refuses to abandon her plantation in Claire Denis' disquieting depiction of an African country on the verge of…; 1 Jun 0001
Sleep Furiously (2008): Blissfully composed shots of rugged landscape and rural life make for an elusive, yet meaningful documentary on the quotidian existence of a Welsh…; 1 Jun 0001
Of Gods and Men (2010): Residing peacefully in a North African monastery, eight French Christian monks must confront the threat of an Islamic fundamentalist group in this…; 1 Jun 0001
Illusionist, The (2010): Sylvain Chomet's long awaitied follow–up to THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE is another exquisite animation, this time based on an unfilmed script by…; 1 Jun 0001
Le Quattro Volte (2010): This mesmerizing blend of wordless narrative fiction and spontaneous nature documentary – about the 'cycle of life' in a rugged valley in Italy’s…; 1 Jun 0001
What Really Happened: Votes for Women (2012): Another edifying take on a key turning point in New Zealand history (following What Really Happened: Waitangi), this Sunday Theatre commission…; 1 Jun 0001
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010): Although intended to be viewed in 3–D, this extraordinary trip inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France – home to the oldest known…; 1 Jun 0001

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