Film Review: The Vigil – Dir: Keith Thomas
Starring Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, Lynn Cohen After premiering at the Toronto Film Festival last September, religious horror film, The Vigil, finally makes its theatrical debut here in New Zealand.
Starring Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, Lynn Cohen After premiering at the Toronto Film Festival last September, religious horror film, The Vigil, finally makes its theatrical debut here in New Zealand.
Starring: Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland Yes, that’s right, that’s Mick Jagger playing a sleazy art dealer in this drama/thriller film. And though Mick is pushing 77, he’s not the oldest cast member, that honour goes to 84 year old Donald Sutherland.
Someday Stories 2020: Six new short films by young filmmakers will emerge post-lockdown. The collection of short sustainability-focused films that will form the fourth series of New Zealand’s Someday Stories, scheduled to be released at the end of this year, have been announced today.
The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) has announced its plans to present the 2020 programme in an online format. With COVID-19 restrictions in place and likely to continue for some months, cinemas and entertainment venues around the country are closed or will remain under stringent gathering and social distancing limitations. NZIFF, run by the […]
Coming soon – Academy On Demand. Streaming curated classics and exciting recent releases direct to your lounge.
To connect kiwi communities and give audiences a chance to experience a multi-faceted expression of life outside the bubble, Doc Edge is moving the full 2020 festival and industry event programme online, translating the physical festival to an innovative digital environment this June.
An historical thriller from Agnieska Holland, starring James Norton, Mr Jones features an impressive array of historical characters – but does the script truly bring them to life? Here is Steve Austin’s review.
Guns Akimbo is a wildly entertaining 96-minute action-comedy film starring Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving, overflowing with crass, unapologetically offensive dialogue and hilariously unflinching violence and gore. Dir: Jason Lei Howden. Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Ned Dennehy, Natasha Liu Bordizzo
The Invisible Man stars Elisabeth Moss in an adaptation of the classic H. G. Wells novel, presenting a fresh, technophobe horror story which examines obsession, control, and the unravelling of an individual’s sanity throughout its 124-minute runtime. Dir: Leigh Whannell. Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, Michael Dorman
The Current War, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, is a well-written visual feast for geeks, scientists, steampunks and lovers of historical drama. Veronica McLaughlin files this review.