With lavish technical enhancement and narrative streamlining, this 'Redux' version of the 1983 epic restores its rightful place in the canon of great New Zealand films, one that is arguably our most culturally resonant and…
Bursting forth with passion, cinematic mettle and pungent local flavours, this debut feature, a triptych of stories set in polyglot Mexico City, is the most celebrated film to emerge from Mexico in many years.
The tales, centred around…
With just his second film, Quentin Tarantino not only became a household name but a massive cultural phenomenon.
He miraculously surpasses RESERVOIR DOGS with an epic sweep that shows off his cocksure verbosity and cinematic verve to…
Both underrated and overblown, dir. Vincent Ward's (VIGIL) ambitious historical drama depicts the journey across heart, soul and land-scapes of an Irish woman (Morton) caught up in the New Zealand Wars of the mid-19th century between the…
A fantasy-fuelled, Chinese feudal melodrama laced with jaw-dropping combat sequences (arguably the best ever staged), this represents a new high watermark for Asian cinema both artistically and commercially (now the highest-grossing…