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14–1 Jun 0001

Most Fertile Man in Ireland, TheMost Fertile Man in Ireland, The (2000)
Kris Marshall is the Irishman with the high sperm–count, who is recruited by Catholics and Protestants alike to boost their numbers.…
14 Jun 0001
Rainbow, TheRainbow, The (1989)
The director steers away from his usual excesses for D.H. Lawrence's portrait of a young woman's sexual and feminist liberation, set in Edwardian…
1 Jun 0001
Blue Angel, TheBlue Angel, The (1930)Aro Favourite
A masterwork of the twenties German grotesquerie, this enjoyed great success and gave an early career boost to Marlene Dietrich.
1 Jun 0001
Jack Be NimbleJack Be Nimble (1993)
Alexis Arquette gets his American tongue around a Kiwi accent to portray an abused twin who finally reunites with his estranged sister. Though this…
1 Jun 0001
Mr. WrongMr. Wrong (1985)Recommended
A young woman acquires a Mark 2 Jaguar that appears to be harbouring the ghost a past owner. Some well executed thrills keep Heather Bolton…
1 Jun 0001
Guess Who's Coming to DinnerGuess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)Recommended
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy become perplexed parents of son–in–law Sidney Poitier, in this agreeable mixed–marriage comedy.
1 Jun 0001
HamletHamlet (1990)Recommended
Mel Gibson pulls off a creditable lead performance as the melancholy Dane, certainly aided by the director's eye for detail, and top supporting…
1 Jun 0001
Le MeprisLe Mepris (Contempt) (1963)
An insecure screen–writer struggles with vulgar producers as well as his movie–star wife on the set of Homer's Odyssey. Brigitte Bardot,…
1 Jun 0001
Bridges of Madison CountyBridges of Madison County (1995)Aro Favourite
Meryl Streep's exceptional talent finds a worthy vessel in a repressed housewife whose passions become enflamed by a nomadic photographer (Clint…
1 Jun 0001
Mars Attacks!Mars Attacks! (1996)Aro Favourite
Tim Burton once again turns tacky into an art form, but this time with a monster budget to match the alien carnage. This gleefully (though…
1 Jun 0001
Ugetsu MonogatariUgetsu Monogatari (1953)Aro Favourite
Stories by the 18th century writer Akinari Ueda are woven into an odyssey of civil–war misfortune, in which two peasant–potters and their…
1 Jun 0001
Memory and DesireMemory and Desire (1998)
Director Niki Caro pulls out the art–house stops for her feature debut: a love–story about a mismatched Japanese couple whose honeymoon…
1 Jun 0001
Dogs of War, TheDogs of War, The (1980)
Frederick Forsyth's best–seller gets reasonably good treatment here, Christopher Walken playing a hard bastard mercenary hired by Big Business…
1 Jun 0001
An Autumn TaleAn Autumn Tale (1998)Recommended
Completing his suite of films based on the four seasons, dir. Rohmer provides another mellow, seemingly unplotted comedy, in which Rhone valley…
1 Jun 0001
Northern Exposure (TV Series)Northern Exposure (TV Series) (1990-1995)Recommended
A softer, kinder version of TWIN PEAKS, unfolding among a moderately eccentric community in the State of Alaska, comprised of native Indians,…
1 Jun 0001
Law and Order (TV Series)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
OverlordOverlord (1975)Aro Favourite
Remarkable one–off that seamlessly interweaves archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this accounts a twenty–year–old’s…
1 Jun 0001
Little Romance, ALittle 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)Six Feet Under - Season 1 (TV Series) (2001)Aro Favourite
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 RuaTe 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 TorchonCoup de Torchon (Clean Slate) (1981)Recommended
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
Vera DrakeVera Drake (2004)Aro Favourite
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
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (TV Series) - Series 2Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (TV Series) - Series 2 (2008)Recommended
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
Casque d'OrCasque 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 Billy T James - The Legend, The Man, The Cuz (2009)Recommended
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'HortenO'Horten (2007)Recommended
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
Cave of Forgotten DreamsCave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)Recommended
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
Deep Blue Sea, TheDeep Blue Sea, The (2011)Recommended
Post–war romantic drama in which Rachel Weisz plays the wife of a British Judge caught in a self–destructive love affair with a Royal Air…
1 Jun 0001
Las AcaciasLas Acacias (2011)Aro Favourite
An improbable gem of the road movie genre, about the slow–forming relationship between a long–haul truck driver and the woman (and…
1 Jun 0001
QuartetQuartet (2012)Recommended
Another pleasant surprise for the retiree set, this time centred on a home for retired musicians, and the recently arrived opera diva (Maggie Smith)…
1 Jun 0001

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