The rhetoric surrounding this coming-of-age documentary is weighty, pitching the life of young Otaki/Hastings schoolboy Ngaa Rauuira Pumanawawhiti as one... READ FULL REVIEW

Much has been made of the naturalistic approach to this greatest hits musical with actors singing live to camera, but... READ FULL REVIEW

All hail the power of an ear worm. Green-eyed Mexican crumpet Gael García Bernal puts the lovable into manipulative ad... READ FULL REVIEW

Who would have thought that a film about a president’s scandalous affair would have you begging for less of the... READ FULL REVIEW

The sun in Antibes, as captured by director Jacques Audiard, shines with a glare that almost makes you squint. The... READ FULL REVIEW

Samsara’s moments of rapture sneak up unexpectedly. At first it feels a bit like a slideshow of elaborate screensavers with... READ FULL REVIEW

Translating this great tome to screen is enough of an academic exercise without filming the whole thing within the constraints... READ FULL REVIEW

Confession: I had a poster on my bedroom wall of that deliciously tight-bunned Paul Mercurio when Strictly Ballroom came out... READ FULL REVIEW

Michelle Williams is the go-to screen darling for wistful and heartbroken. It’d be a frigid viewer indeed who didn’t sigh... READ FULL REVIEW

No doubt any marriage that has lasted 31 years is a deep vein of emotional drama, but Hope Springs fails... READ FULL REVIEW