In Review: Under The Sun
If you’re looking for a Vice-style fast paced documentary on North Korea then 'Under The Sun' isn't the film for you.
The film is directed by Vitaliy Manskiy, a Ukrainian filmmaker well known for shooting i...
9.6
NZIFF: Jim – The James Foley Story
It was one of the largest media events to have happened during 2014.
On August 19th of that year, a video, which was quickly taken down but not before it went viral across the internet, was uploaded to YouTu...
NZIFF: A Brief Review of ‘Midnight Special’
One of the more mainstream offering's in this years NZIFF is Jeff Nicols' Midnight Special. It's a throwback Sci-Fi film in the vein of Close Encounters of the Third Kind or Starman. Speaking of which, the fing...
NZIFF: A Brief (though gushing) Review of ‘After The Storm’
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...
7.5
NZIFF: Swiss Army Man Review
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 ...
10
NZIFF: ‘Weiner’ – A Political Car Crash Unfolding In Slow-motion
“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 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 ...
NZIFF: A Brief Review of ‘Neruda’
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’
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 NZ International Film Festival season is upon us - beginning tonight - and we are yet again faced with a programme filled to the brim with fantastic films. So for those of us who can't see everything, how b...