The Auckland leg of the New Zealand International Film Festival draws to a close this weekend… technically. But thank the NZIFF lords for extra screenings!
Due to popular demand and several sell-out screenings, festival organisers have added extra screenings, including The Wolfpack, Banksy Does New York, Ex Machina, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Iris and more.
See below for the films that will get extra screenings, and where and when to get to them.
The Wolfpack
Sky City Theatre – Sunday, August 2, 8.30pm
“It may not be the best made doco ever, but the disturbing, stranger than fiction subject matter is undeniably fascinating, and the boys’ relationship with movies will make even the most cynical cinephile’s heart glow.” – Adam Fresco
Banksy Does New York
Rialto Newmarket – Friday, July 31, 6.30pm
Rialto Newmarket – Sunday, August 2, 11.00am
“The medium is the message in Chris Moukarbel’s HBO documentary. It’s predominately a collage of user submitted material, from mobile phone footage to animation, underlining the central question of the film and of the anonymous Banksy’s Big Apple excursion – what is public art and who owns it?” – Adam Fresco
Turbo Kid
Queen St – Friday, July 31, 9.00pm
“An affectionate cataloguing of 80s genre motifs that aims to capture the spirit of its inspirations with mixed results.” – Steve Newall
Enchanted Kingdom 3D
Queen St – Saturday, August 1, 1.00pm
Queen St – Sunday, August 2, 1.00pm
Act of Kindness
Academy – Saturday, August 1, 8.15pm
The Lobster
Rialto Newmarket – Saturday, August 1, 8.30pm
Rialto Newmarket – Sunday, August 2, 7.30pm
“This is comprehensible weirdness, accessible weirdness, hilarious weirdness, a weirdness that says something about our current – and flawed – understanding of companionship with a cocked eyebrow and a malicious grin.” – Liam Maguren
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The Assassin
Queen St – Saturday, August 1, 8.45pm
Queen St – Sunday, August 2, 8.30pm
“Sumptuous, gorgeous, first degree eye candy… but is less Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and more Hamlet in its melancholic rumination on power, violence and political intrigue.” – Adam Fresco
The Colour of Pomegranates
Rialto Newmarket – Sunday, August 2, 5.45pm
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Queen St – Sunday, August 2, 6.30pm
Ex Machina
Academy – Sunday, August 2, 8.00pm
Academy – Monday, August 3, 8.00pm
Academy – Wednesday, August 5, 4.00pm
“Sophisticated drama grapples with big sci-fi issues in an architecturally superb, if slightly claustrophobic environment, utilising a lean cast to examine issues of artificial intelligence while deftly negotiating a balance between scientific accuracy and watchability.” – Steve Newall
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Academy – Monday, August 3, 11.00am
Academy – Monday, August 3, 6.15pm
Academy – Tuesday, August 4, 11.00am
Academy – Tuesday, August 4, 6.15pm
Iris
Academy – Monday, August 3, 1.00pm
Academy – Wednesday, August 5, 6.00pm
“There’s so much to love simply in exploring her wardrobe and memories but the New York native also drops truth bombs like a modern day Aristotle that stick with you after the credits roll.” – Leonie Hayden
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Academy – Monday, August 3, 3.00pm
“The best Tom Cruise blockbuster I have ever seen.” – Alex Casey
Marie’s Story
Academy – Tuesday, August 4, 1.00pm
Far From Men
Academy – Tuesday, August 4, 4.00pm
Academy – Wednesday, August 5, 7.45pm
Inherent Vice
Academy – Tuesday, August 4, 8.00pm
“Paul Thomas Anderson’s woozy Pynchon adaptation rewards a second viewing, freed from the need to track its paranoid pot-addled private dick plot.” – Steve Newall
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Academy – Wednesday, August 5, 11.45am
“Featuring interviews with George Harrison, Krishna Das and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, this enlightening doco will have you pulling on your Lululemons faster than you can say “om”.” – Rebecca Barry Hill
Clouds of Sils Maria
Academy – Wednesday, August 5, 1.30pm
