The Favourite

Viciously witty tragi-comedy with Olivia Colman & Rachel Weisz

 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Tarantino returns with his most mature work and best since PF!

Sorry to Bother You

Smart satiric fantasy from the New Black Cinema renaissance

Woman at War

Marvellous activism comedy-drama from Iceland NZIFF18

Booksmart

The latest inductee into the canon of classic High School movies

Lean on Pete

Compassionate new drama from the dir. of 45 Years NZIFF18

Bohemian Rhapsody

Rousing, immersive rock biopic of Freddie Mercury & Queen

First Reformed

Paul Schrader’s tense and topical ecological sermon NZIFF18

The Guilty

Gripping Danish chamber thriller NZIFF18

Shoplifters

Palm d’Or winner from Japanese master Kore-eda NZIFF18

Custody

Superb French domestic drama NZIFF18

Lost in Paris

Delightful Parisienne farce comprised of clever sight gags

The Farewell

Satisfying, topical Chinese-American dramedy NZIFF19

The Sisters Brothers

Immensely satisfying Western with comedy and true grit

They Shall Not Grow Old

Peter Jackson’s monumental WWI doco

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Incisive true-crime account of literary fraud

Arctic

Mads Mikkensen is a "man alone" in this gripping survivalist thriller NZIFF18

Border

Brilliant, unique Swedish romantic fairy tale NZIFF18

RBG

Essential portrait of liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsberg NZIFF18

Ghost Stories

Excellent British gothic portmanteau from the Terror-Fi Fest 2018

Stan and Ollie

Top drawer biopic of comedy legends Laurel & Hardy

Vice

Oscar-nommed satirical biopic of US Senator Dick Cheney (or is it Chicanery?)

The Front Runner

Incisive biopic of the downfall of US senator Gary Hart in the 1980s

Dragged Across Concrete 

Dazzling slowburn offbeat heist epic

Keep the Change

Charming NY rom-com on the authentic autistic spectrum NZIFF18

Free Solo

The most jaw-dropping extreme sports film since Man on Wire

Yellow is Forbidden

 Stylish fashion doc packed with insight into contemporary China NZIFF18

Mega Time Squad

Ingenious no-budget Kiwi time-travel cloning comedy NZIFF18

Assassination Nation

Kick-ass feminist shocker from the Terror-Fi Festival 2018

Marjorie Prime

High-concept drama about loss, grief and identity NZIFF2017

Soldiers Without Guns

Superb account of Kiwi peacekeeping campaign in Bougainville 

Capharnaum

Vivid Lebanese drama of childhood fortitude NZIFF18

Bad Times at the El Royale

Dazzlingly-hued bad-ass crime romp 

Apollo 11

Definitve account of the moon landing 50 years hence NZIFF19

You Were Never Really Here

Striking meditiation on grief and violence NZIFF18

Happy as Lazzaro 

Magical, Cannes-winning Italian drama NZIFF18 

Little Woods

Solid indie thriller for fans of Leave No Trace NZIFF18 

Cold War

Exquisite Polish post-WWII romance NZIFF18

Beautiful Boy

Moving dramatic portrait of parenthood & addiction

Hail Satan?

Fascinating doco of legal provocation NZFF19

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Coda

Exquisite portrait of the Japanese composer NZIFF18

Girl

Sensitive transgender coming-of-age drama from Belgium NZIFF18

Pick of the Litter

Beautifully humane doco about guide dog training NZIFF18

Midsommar

Audacious tale of Scandi occultism from the dir. of Hereditary

Suspiria

Arthouse reworking of the 70s genre classic

American Animals

Absorbing, innovative fact-based heist movie NZIFF18

The Old Man & The Gun

Subtle crime caper with Robert Redford in his final role?

The Price of Everything

Eye-opening doco about Art and Commerce NZIFF18

Destroyer

Intense crime drama with Nicole Kidman "all in" as a tormented detective

Serenity

Neo-noir thriller from the dir. of LOCKE destined for cult status