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SavageSavage (2020)
Dir. Sam Kelly
Feat. Jake Ryan, John Tui, Chelsie Preston-Crayford
Powerful drama inspired by the history of NZ's gangs, following a young boy in three different stages of life from the 1960's to the 1980's, as he…
Hunt for the WilderpeopleHunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) Aro Favourite
Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata
A feel–good comic misadventure in which a rebellious city kid and his reluctant foster uncle become subjects of a manhunt after they "go bush"…
Slow WestSlow West (2015) Recommended
Dir. John Maclean
Feat. Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn
New Zealand – specifically Twizel – stands in for Colorado in this tense Western that follows a young Scot, whose travels across America…
Mr. PipMr. Pip (2012)
Dir. Andrew Adamson
Feat. Hugh Laurie, Florence Korokoro, Eka Darville
In a remote Bougainville village, isolated by a rebellion over self–determination and mineral rights, the only remaining white man (Hugh…
BoyBoy (2010) Recommended
Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Taika Waititi, James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu
Taika Waititi continues his dream run as director with this fictionalised coming–of–age tale that draws on his own experience growing up…
Once Were WarriorsOnce Were Warriors (1994) Aro Favourite
Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Julian Arahanga
As sensational as it is important, Lee Tamahori's adaptation managed to transform Alan Duff's relentlessly down–beat novel about domestic…
Utu - ReduxUtu - Redux (1983-2013) Aro Favourite
Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Wi Kuki Kaa
With lavish technical enhancement and narrative streamlining, this 'Redux' version of the 1983 epic restores its rightful place in the canon of great…
Smash PalaceSmash Palace (1981) Aro Favourite
Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Grier Robson
One of local cinema's finest hours is this rural tale of a brusque auto–mechanic (Bruno Lawrence) whose estrangement from his family leads him…
Sleeping DogsSleeping Dogs (1977) Recommended
Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Sam Neill, Warren Oates
Roger Donaldson's nihilistic action–thriller in which Sam Neill finds himself alone between two opposing extremist groups. A trail–blazer…

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