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Subgenre Sampler
Mataku (TV Series) (2002-2005)- Dir. Michael Bennett, Peter Berger
Feat. Temuera Morrison - A well–mounted anthology of contemporary one–off dramas, adapted from the unique and mystical world of Maori supernatural legends. The…
Orphans 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…
Snakeskin (2001)
- 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, 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 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…
Exposure (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…
Stickmen (2000)- 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 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…
Heaven (1999)
- 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…
Scarfies (1999)- 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…
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