Megalopolis is a ghastly mess
ASHTON BROWN checks out legendary film director Francis Ford Coppola's new opus expecting to be wowed, but gets annoyed and falls asleep instead.
This Daddy Longlegs bites
ASHTON BROWN overcame his fear and sat through the latest horror sensation. Here are his thoughts on the film that's got everyone talking.
Reviewer finds tutu-wearing neck-biting kid-vampire flick a bit too-too
ASHTON BROWN sits through an ultra-violent film about a murderous child and bizarrely, given his predilections, finds it rather pallid stuff.
Anatomy Of A Fall – a Gallic courtroom drama that shows how it should be done
Eleven-year-old Daniel’s dad just fell out of a second-story window. Was it murder? GARY STEEL finds out if his mum did it.
Jules – a film about ageing and aliens
Physical and mental decline isn’t typical subject fodder for movies but ageing boomer GARY STEEL sees merit in a film about getting old.
Love will tear us apart: Close is a real tearjerker
GARY STEEL cries like a baby through an award-winning film that explores the crumbling relationship between two 13-year-old besties.
Cruz and Banderas both brilliant in Official Competition
Don’t let the fact that it’s a film about making a film put you off: Official Competition is fabulous, writes GARY STEEL.
NZIFF 2020 – Coded Bias REVIEW
We're being snooped on big time and there are few laws to protect us from the evils of this new AI technology. GARY STEEL
Shirley REVIEW
Films about writers are almost always terrible. GARY STEEL writes about one compelling exception which flouts all the rules.
Invisible Men – Two Contrasting #MeToo Movies
STEVE GARDEN takes a close look at two very different films that examine male power from the female perspective in the current zeitgeist.
Rosie REVIEW
An enthralling and haunting film about a family who have hit hard times, Rosie has relevance to NZ's own systemic poverty, notes TOBY WOOLLASTON.
Guns Akimbo REVIEW
Auckland is the setting for the latest high-speed, comic book-style caper. PAUL ROSE assesses this madcap action flick and pronounces it a winner.
Bombshell REVIEW
TOBY WOOLLASTON finds that Bombshell packs plenty of gun powder but doesn’t quite go off with a bang.
Ad Astra – Lunar Boredom
PAT PILCHER tried so hard to like Ad Astra but decided cat videos on YouTube were more interesting than watching a disengaged Brad Pitt
Sorry We Missed You – England At Its Grimmest
Ken Loach's latest paints a grim but compelling picture of contemporary England, writes REBEKAH DAVIES.
The Good Liar – Film Review
It features British acting royalty, but The Good Liar is simply a con trick flick with an ending that doesn’t stick, writes TOBY WOOLLASTON.
The Biggest Little Farm – Film Review
How can farming be transformed into something that's more human, and more environmentally aware? PAUL ROSE reviews a superb documentary that shows another way
The Beach Bum – REVIEW
Feel like watching an obnoxious stoner film that blows self-indulgence in your face? You’ve come to the right place, writes TOBY WOOLLASTON
Photograph – Film REVIEW
REBEKAH DAVIES gives the thumbs up to a love story in an intoxicating setting that’s as much about self-discovering as smouldering chemisty.
Parasite REVIEW
TOBY WOOLLASTON focuses his senses on Parasite, a darkly funny and fiercely intelligent masterpiece from Korea that really gets under your skin.
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