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Subgenre Sampler

 
We're Here to HelpWe're Here to Help (2007) Recommended
Dir. Jonothan Cullinane
Feat. Erik Thomson, Miriama Smith, Michael Hurst
Hearty bureaucratic broadside with Australian Erik Thomson well cast as Kiwi property developer Dave Henderson, who became hounded and eventually…
Lost Children, The (TV Series)Lost Children, The (TV Series) (2006)
Feat. Hudson Mills, Beatrice Joblin, Rhys Castle-Hughes
Well–crafted adventure series follows three children washed ashore from a shipwreck as they search for their parents..
No. 2No. 2 (Number 2) (2006)
Dir. Toa Fraser
Feat. Ruby Dee, Mia Blake, Emile Taungaroa
Playwright Toa Fraser adapts his acclaimed stageplay about a hard–bitten matriarch determined to bring her grandchildren together for a…
Out of the BlueOut of the Blue (Aramoana) (2006) Aro Favourite
Dir. Robert Sarkies
Feat. Karl Urban, Matthew Sunderland, Simon Ferry
A moving, uncomfortably harrowing account of New Zealand’s worst mass murder, bringing the trauma of 1990’s Aramoana massacre to the screen with…
Sunshine Man, TheSunshine Man, The (2006)
Dir. Peter Tonks
A dark parable in short–film form from Wellington dir. Peter Tonks, concerning a seriously–odd telephone salesman whose frustrations in…
50 Ways of Saying Fabulous50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (2005)
Dir. Stewart Main
Feat. Rima Te Wiata
Rural New Zealand forms a stylised background to this unusual rites–of–passage drama which combines whimsy, pathos and cruelty for a…
Insiders Guide to Love, The (TV Series)Insiders Guide to Love, The (TV Series) (2005)
Feat. Kate Elliot, Will Hall, Ryan O' Kane
Adopting the whimsical style of series forerunner INSIDERS GUIDE TO HAPPINESS, this spiffy companion–piece assembles an entirely new set of…
River QueenRiver Queen (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Vincent Ward
Feat. Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis
Both underrated and overblown, dir. Vincent Ward's (VIGIL) ambitious historical drama depicts the journey across heart, soul and land–scapes of…
World's Fastest Indian, TheWorld's Fastest Indian, The (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd
Feelgood drama with a core of goodhearted Kiwi common sense and realism, this relates the true story of Invercargill legend Burt Munro (Hopkins), who…
1 Nite1 Nite (2004)
Dir. Amarbir Singh
Feat. Bruce Hopkins
A successfully dramatic foray into the night–worlds of half–a–dozen characters frequenting Auckland's K' Road: a Sikh…
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