The Velvet Underground Dir: Todd Haynes: Film Review
The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes’ documentary about the iconic band, is very much like the music itself…at times hypnotic, dazzling, confounding and beautiful.
The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes’ documentary about the iconic band, is very much like the music itself…at times hypnotic, dazzling, confounding and beautiful.
The Ice Road is a slow-burn action-thriller written and directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, set on the treacherous ice roads of Manitoba, Canada. It arrives with a solid cast and enough middle-of-the-road action enjoyment to haul the audience across the film’s 109-minute finish line without sinking under the weight of its story.
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Pig is a deliciously paced and visceral thriller drama co-written and directed by Michael Sarnoski in his directorial debut, starring Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff and Adam Arkin.
Queen Bees a funny, poignant rom-com set in a posh elder-care facility, boasting a remarkable cast of aged A-listers, who carry the gentle script and deliver a tender end of life love story.
Starring Essie Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Ryan O’Kane What’s the cliché? If you see one film this year…well, for most New Zealanders, The Justice Of Bunny King should be required viewing.
Warrior Queen director Swati Bhise‘s vision over-reaches her budget in this heartfelt biopic of the legendary Rani Lakshmibai, who led an uprising against the notorious East India Company.
The Misfits is a soulless, 94-minute advertisement posing as a generic heist film, stuffed with clichés, weak dialogue, and hollow, mass-produced style that abandons qualitative substance to achieve nothing more than a glossy, propaganda-laden show-reel for its B-grade actors. Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Rami Jaber, Hermoine Corfield, Tim Roth
Juniper is a film family drama written and directed by Matthew J. Saville, exploring death, suicide, grief, alcoholism, mortality and the burdens passed on and created through complex family dynamics and substance abuse.
The Godmother, also known as Mama Weed and La Daronne, is a light crime-dramedy from France, starring Isabelle Huppert as a police interpreter whose compassion drives her head-first into an ever-escalating drug empire.