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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…
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…
Heavenly CreaturesHeavenly Creatures (1994) Recommended
Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse
Peter Jackson follows his zombie trilogy with this Oscar–nominated tour–de–force based on the Parker–Hulme murders of the…
Jack Be NimbleJack Be Nimble (1993)
Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Alexis Arquette
Alexis Arquette gets his American tongue around a Kiwi accent to portray an abused twin who finally reunites with his estranged sister. Though this…
Kitchen SinkKitchen Sink (1989)
Dir. Alison Maclean
Feat. Theresa Healy, Peter Tait, Anagretta Christian
Three shorts from director Alison Maclean. Her 1989 award–winning Gothic horror is here paired with two earlier works, TALKBACK (1987), and the…

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