Film

The Forgiveness of Blood

Posted 2:58am Thursday 28th July 2011 by Loulou Callister-Baker

The New Zealand International Film Festival opens this Thursday, July 28, and is packed to the brim with exciting films from a range of genres. Critic was lucky enough to get a sneak peek at some of the films. Dir: Joshua Marston   Set in a small rural town in Albania, this film Read more...

POM Wonderful presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Posted 2:58am Thursday 28th July 2011 by Lauren Hayes

The New Zealand International Film Festival opens this Thursday, July 28, and is packed to the brim with exciting films from a range of genres. Critic was lucky enough to get a sneak peek at some of the films. Dir: Morgan Spurlock   Get excited. POM Wonderful presents: The Greatest Read more...

Medianeras

Posted 2:57am Thursday 28th July 2011 by Zane Pocock

The New Zealand International Film Festival opens this Thursday, July 28, and is packed to the brim with exciting films from a range of genres. Critic was lucky enough to get a sneak peek at some of the films. Dir: Gustavo Taretto   Medianeras, set in Buenos Aires, is an incredibly Read more...

Heartbeats

Posted 2:56am Thursday 28th July 2011 by Sarah Baillie

The New Zealand International Film Festival opens this Thursday, July 28, and is packed to the brim with exciting films from a range of genres. Critic was lucky enough to get a sneak peek at some of the films. Visit www.nzff.co.nz/Dunedin to check out the full programme, or grab one of the booklets Read more...

The Company Men

Posted 4:39am Monday 25th July 2011 by Tom Ainge-Roy

Directed by: John Wells, (3.5/5). The Company Men focuses on three men who lose their jobs at the beginning of the recession due to corporate downsizing. Each man considered himself irreplaceable, and after giving their life to their work they find themselves stranded, struggling to find Read more...

Beyond

Posted 4:38am Monday 25th July 2011 by Eve Duckworth

Directed by: Pernilla August. (4/5). Previously seen in the Millennium trilogy, Noomi Rapace lives up to her newfound fame in Beyond, a domestic drama centred on alcohol abuse and misguided love. Set in Sweden, Rapace plays Leena, a wife and mother who has spent years shaking the painful Read more...

Kung Fu Panda 2

Posted 4:37am Monday 25th July 2011 by Loulou Callister-Baker

Directed by: Jennifer Yuh, (3.5/5). Kung Fu Panda 2 is a visual power-punch despite its sloppy narrative footwork. It opens with a marvelous animation technique influenced by Chinese paper cutting, the first of three different types of animation used in this visually expert and creative Read more...

Potiche

Posted 4:35am Monday 25th July 2011 by Michaela Hunter

Directed by: François Ozon, (4/5) Based on a play from the Seventies, Potiche (“Trophy Wife”) is set in 1977 in provincial France and revolves around the struggles of Suzanne Pujol (Catherine Deneuve) and the dysfunctional relationships of the Pujol family. When her husband Robert Read more...

My Afternoons With Margueritte

Posted 11:06pm Monday 11th July 2011 by Hamish Gavin

Director: Jean Becker, (4/5). The title of this quaint and charming French film translates into English as ‘Dunderhead’. I’m not sure which title I prefer, but I think the English one captures the mood of the film slightly more. Though to assume that the only thing in Read more...

Bridesmaids

Posted 11:04pm Monday 11th July 2011 by Nicole Muriel

Director: Paul Feig, (4/5). You’ve probably already heard about Bridesmaids: it’s been touted as ‘The Hangover for women’ and audiences, mainly female, are flocking to it in hordes. So is Bridesmaids as funny as the publicity implies? The short answer is yes. But Read more...