Film Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: Far From Home is the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming and the twenty-third film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – it could also be the best Spider-Man film we’ve ever had. Dir: Jon Watts Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jon Favreau, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jacob Batalon, Samuel L. Jackson, Angourie Rice, Marisa Tomei.
NZIFF 2019 Auckland Programme Launched
The full programme for the 51st New Zealand International Film Festival has been revealed in Auckland. 144 feature-length films from 45 countries will screen over 18 days beginning on Thursday 18 July.
Film Review: Annabelle Comes Home – Director, Gary Dauberman
Annabelle Comes Home is the sequel to 2014’s Annabelle and 2017’s Annabelle: Creation, and the seventh installment in the Conjuring Universe franchise. Oxford Lamoureaux reviews this latest outing.
Films Fresh From Cannes Announced for NZIFF
Twenty-five films direct from the Cannes Film Festival are confirmed to screen at NZIFF 2019. Eight come from the Competition section of the festival including Jury Prize winners (tied) Les Misérables and Bacurau. NZIFF’s 2019 Cannes selections also feature Portrait of a Lady on Fire, the winner of both the Queer Palm (Feature) and Best Screenplay; as well as Elia […]
NZIFF Announces Thirteen New Zealand Film Premieres
Thirteen feature-length New Zealand films will screen at the New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) in 2019. Nine films will have their world premieres in the programme, including the previously announced documentary A Seat at the Table.
Movie Review: Anna, Directed by Luc Besson
Able to disembowel bodyguards twice her size with broken dinner plates, blonde bombshell Anna (Sasha Luss) is a down and out druggie with an abusive boyfriend turned Russian KGB assassin posing as a fashion model. Anna is an unequivocally excellent marksman at short range. Runway model in stature, but with kicking power that can send […]
NZIFF announces film retrospective Vive la Varda!
The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) presents a retrospective celebrating the life and work of French New Wave filmmaking pioneer Agnès Varda. Varda’s experimental features are seminal works of feminist cinema, French New Wave and neorealist filmmaking.
Film Review: Parasite (Korean: Gisaengchung) Dir: Bong Joon-Ho
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, Lee Jung-eun, Jung Ziso. Parasite is the seventh feature film from the acclaimed Bong Joon-Ho, following on from Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), Memories of Murder (2003), The Host (2006), Mother (2009), Snowpiercer (2013), and Okja (2017).
Film Review: Martin Scorsese’s New Dylan Film Is Both A Mess And A Lie!
Netflix premiered director Martin Scorsese’s new Dylan “documentary” based on 1975’s Rolling Thunder Revue. Here’s what The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda think about it.
Film Review: X-Men: Dark Phoenix Dir: Simon Kinberg
Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Sophie Turner, Jennifer Lawrence Running just short of two hours, X-Men: Dark Phoenix is an awkward, painful, and unnecessary mess that fails both as a comic-book adaptation, and an entertaining superhero film.
Film Review: Never Look Away Dir: Florian Henchel von Donnersmarck
Starring: Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl Award-winning German film, Never Look Away makes its New Zealand premiere this week. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda has seen it, and is impressed.
Movie Review: Godzilla II: King of The Monsters
Godzilla II: King of The Monsters crams a franchise worth of films into just 132 minutes. Is it a non-stop white knuckle ride? or stuffed with too many sub-plots, red herrings and secondary characters to sustain its god-sized action? Oxford Lamoureaux contemplates this and other mysteries in his review of Warner Brothers latest contribution to […]
Documentary Edge International Film Festival – Music Docos Reviewed!
The Documentary Edge Film Festival is Australasia’s premiere international documentary film Festival. This year’s festival begins on Thursday, May 30th and runs through Sunday, June 23rd in Auckland and Wellington. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda has had a look at three of the music-related docos on offer. Here are his reviews:
Film Review: Rocketman – Dir: Dexter Fletcher
Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard After taking over from Bryan Singer on Bohemian Rhapsody, Dexter Fletcher gets a well-deserved directors credit for Rocketman.
NZIFF Announces Live Cinema Screening of Alfred Hitchcock thriller in collaboration with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) today reveals the much-anticipated 20th Live Cinema Screening in collaboration with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
Film Review: John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum (Dir: Chad Stahelski)
starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Anjelica Huston, Halle Berry Keanu Reeves returns as the unkillable underworld boogeyman in John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum, delivering some of the best action scenes in the highly stylised franchise amidst a convoluted overall narrative.
Film Review: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Dir: Terry Gilliam
starring: Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgard, Joana Ribeiro The Man Who Killed Don Quixote spent almost 30 years in production and 17 years filming, with four actors taking the lead role before Adam Driver was confirmed along with Gilliam-alumni Jonathan Pryce in 2016.
Film Review: The Curse Of The Weeping Woman Dir: Michael Chaves
Starring Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez Chase Champion director Michael Chaves makes the move to the big screen with mixed results.
Pet Sematary: Directed by Kevin Kölsch
Given the opportunity, could you resist bringing back a loved one from the dead? Even if trialling such a procedure on a pet first resulted in a less than ideal outcome, like your pet comes back violent and smelling like the corpse it had been?
Film Review: The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy Of Martin Phillipps Dir: Julia Parnell
Up-and-coming musicians take heed…just about every pitfall that can happen to band happened to The Chills. So watch this documentary and take notes.