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Camera on the Shore, The (2009): Dir. Graeme Tuckett
Feat. Barry Barclay; Film critic Graeme Tuckett directs this sensitive tribute to the late Kiwi filmmaker Barry Barclay, who passed away during the production of the documentary. The title is Barclay's metaphor for the camera in the hands of indigenous people – who may or may not turn it back on the ‘ship people’ who have so…
Scarecrow, The (1982): Dir. Sam Pillsbury
Feat. Johnathon Smith, Tracey Mann, Daniel McLaren; A fine film adaptation of Ronald Hugh Morrieson's classic New Zealand novel about a crazed killer who instills fear and paranoia in a small rural community.
Bonjour Timothy (1996): Dir. Wayne Tourell
Feat. Dean O'Gorman, Sabine Karsenti, Angela Bloomfield; Dean O'Gorman and Sabine Karsenti get a dose of culture shock as international exchange students in this Kiwi-French Canadian co-production. Award-winning family fare also stars Shortland Street's Angela Bloomfield.
Middle Age Spread (1979): Dir. John Reid
Feat. Grant Tilly, Dorothy McKegg, Peter Sumner…; Grant Tilly is priceless as the philandering high-school deputy who reluctantly hosts a dinner party for six. Based on the play by Roger Hall, this remains one of NZ's funniest comedies. Variety magazine dubbed Tilly as "an antipodean Woody Allen".
Under the Mountain (2009): Dir. Jonathan King
Feat. Tom Cameron, Sophie McBride, Sam Neill…; Big screen treatment of the classic Maurice Gee young adult novel with teenage twins battling dark forces beneath Auckland volcanoes. (review pending)
Vintner's Luck, The (2009): Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Keisha Castle-Hughes, Jeremie Renier, Gaspard Ulliel…; Contentious, opulent NZ-made adaptation of the much-loved Elizabeth Knox novel, ostensibly about the relationship between a guardian angel and a young peasant winemaker in 19th Century Burgundy, France. Incensing many with its abandonment of Knox’s homosexual narrative (and thus, deeper themes set in…
Dave Dobbyn - Beside You (2010): Still going strong after 30 years, New Zealand’s Dave Dobbyn reflects on a career spanning collaborations from Th' Dudes to Bic Runga, songwriting and touring, and all those iconic Kiwi hits. Includes a 39 track double CD album (not available for rental).