Andrea Arnold is a filmmaker with a passion and voice all her own, and she delivers another thoughtful and poignantly impactful film in Bird. Bailey, 12 years old, lives with her single father Bug and her brother Hunter in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time to devote to his children and […]
British & Irish Film Festival announces line-up for 2024
The British & Irish Film Festival is back for its second edition, bringing the best of the 2024 Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) lineup to New Zealand cinemas as well as selected Cannes Film Festival favourites. From Kerikeri to Dunedin, the festival will screen from 23 October to 13 November, with five new locations making this […]
‘Saltburn’ – Review
Writer-director Emerald Fennell invites audiences into a lavish experience of debauchery and excess with her pristine psycho drama Saltburn. And whatever you think this movie is, well, you’ll be in for a surprise because Fennell dials the hedonism up to eleven, and audiences will fall into the unbridled fantasia of Saltburn. Struggling to find his […]
‘Eternals’ – Review
The Marvel Cinematic Universe takes a trip out into the cosmos for Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao’s Eternals and the result is a dramatically different cinematic experience that will make Marvel fans open their eyes. After the return of half the population in Avengers: Endgame ignites “the emergence”, the Eternals—an immortal alien race created by […]