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Subgenre Sampler

 
Orphans and AngelsOrphans and Angels (2002)
Dir. Harold Brodie
Feat. Emmeline Hawthorne, Christopher Brown, Cal Wilson
Risk–taking psychodrama set in a fairytale version of Auckland's seamy subcultures, and possibly NZ's most lurid excursion since ANGEL…
SnakeskinSnakeskin (2001) Recommended
Dir. Gillian Ashurst
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Dean O'Gorman, Boyd Kestner
Searching for a little excitement in those hills due west of Christchurch, NZ, Melanie Lynsky and Dean O’Gorman are sucked into a series of private…
Vector File, TheVector File, The (2001)
Dir. Eliot Christopher
Feat. Casper Van Dien, Catherine Oxenberg
A scientific–political thriller concerning a mutant strain of smallpox virus sought after by Russian bio–terrorists. B–grade…
When Strangers AppearWhen Strangers Appear (Shearer's Breakfast) (2001)
Dir. Scott Reynolds
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Barry Watson, Kevin Anderson
A piquant little thriller set at a lonely country rest–stop – Foxton standing in for Oregon – with dir. Reynold’s (HEAVEN, THE…
ExposureExposure (2000)
Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Ron Silver, Alexandra Paul, Paul Gittins
Moody thriller about a former war photographer, now washed up doing nude shots in New Zealand, who becomes embroiled in a murder…
StickmenStickmen (2000) Recommended
Dir. Hamish Rothwell
Feat. Robbie Magasiva, Scott Wills, Simone Kessell
A crowd–pleasing and assured sports–fetish movie, this doesn't shy from being dubbed 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Pool Cues', with its…
Channeling BabyChanneling Baby (1999)
Dir. Christine Parker
Feat. Danielle Cormack, Kevin Smith
'First sight' romance between a blind pacifist and a shell–shocked soldier in the 70s ended in heartbreak after the tragic 'disappearance' of…
HeavenHeaven (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Scott Reynolds
Feat. Martin Donovan, Joanna Going, Danny Edwards
Banished into virtual anonymity by Miramax studio indifference, we can only assume they found this 'arty' thriller too slippery to pigeonhole and…
ScarfiesScarfies (1999) Recommended
Dir. Robert Sarkies
Feat. Neill Rea, Taika Waititi, Willa O'Neill
Kiwi icons – Dunedin, rugby, Flying Nun music, student life – upholster a formula but well–executed crime plot in which five…
Duggan (TV Series)Duggan (TV Series) (Death in Paradise, Sins of the Fathers) (1997-1998)
Dir. Yvonne MacKay
Feat. John Bach
Detective inspector John Bach heads up these made–for–TV policiers as a recluse drawn into a murder cases near his Marlborough Sounds…

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