New Zealand Film

New Selections

Boy (2010): Taika Waititi's winning coming-of-age tale about growing up on the rural East Coast, circa 1980. Based on the director's Oscar-nominated short TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT. (review pending); DVD $39.95
Dean Spanley (2008): This Kiwi-British production cross-breed is a charmingly eccentric, surprisingly moving 'drawing room' drama set in Edwardian Britain in which a father and son's lives become greatly affected by a mysterious college dean who gradually…; DVD ~~$39.95~~ $14.95
Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009): An adorable, "Kiwi-as" portrait of NZ's beloved folk-singing comedy duo, Jools and Lynda Topp, which also resonates as a ripely entertaining look back at three decades of cultural change. Fittingly structured around a specially-staged…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $14.95
Tough Act (TV Series) (2006): Compelling 'reality TV' show follows a class of aspiring actors in their first year at Toi Whakaari - New Zealand Drama School in Wellington, learning the craft of various disciplines and facing their own ambitions and…; DVD $39.95, $74.95
Rubbings From A Live Man (2008): Film-maker Florian Habicht finds the perfect portrait subject in Warwick Broadhead, a fiercely independent, 40-year veteran of performing arts, whose remarkable career sprawls from suburban NZ living to free-spirited San Francisco and back…; DVD $29.95