Tagged NZ International Film Festival

This year marks director Luke Thornborough's first foray into the New Zealand International Film Festival. Hot off the heels of Cannes where he presented Numb at the Short Film Corner, Luke now brings Skin to l...

NZIFF: A Brief (though gushing) Review of ‘After The Storm’

Sophie David

July 25, 2016

Sometimes a storm can be a welcome thing. It can clear away the long build of pressure and expectation, and leave freshness in its wake. After the Storm certainly has that same effect: building slowly and movin...

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NZIFF: Swiss Army Man Review

Shawn Moodie

July 22, 2016

The NZ International Film Festival has offered film-goers some weird choices, but it seems safe to say there will be no crazier film this year involving marquee actors than this existential love story. And ...

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NZIFF: ‘Weiner’ – A Political Car Crash Unfolding In Slow-motion

Shawn Moodie

July 21, 2016

“A name of a man is a mind- numbing blow from which he never recovers,” notes a quote from Marshall McLuhan as Weiner, a truly gob-smacking documentary — and Grand Jury Prize winner at Sundance — opened at the ...

The Speakeasy’s Incredibly Strange NZIFF Picks

The Speakeasy

July 21, 2016

The New Zealand International Film Festival prides itself on the breadth and depth of content it curates each year. This means they also present some truly bizarre films - so much so that the Festival has even ...

The NZ International Film Festival, Mapped

Nathan Luscombe

July 20, 2016

Film is massively influential in how we perceive other cultures and environments, and can be a great way of enhancing our awareness of the global community. With that in mind, I decided to take a look at just h...

NZIFF: A Brief Review of ‘Neruda’

Sophie David

July 20, 2016

To be honest, I’m not a big fan of biopics. They can be a bit overly sincere and a bit 'Oscar bait-ey'. The market niche is the baby-boomer, your mum and dad and nan. I mean, just think Trumbo, Eddie the Eagle,...

NZIFF: A Brief Review Of ‘Green Room’

Nathan Luscombe

July 17, 2016

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I haven't seen a movie that so effectively creates an air of sleazy tension as Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room. The premise is uncomplicated: a cash-strapped punk rock band takes a no-more-dodgy-than-usual gig som...

Six Films To Check Out At The 2016 NZ International Film Festival

The Speakeasy

July 14, 2016