Rocketman director tells us about bringing larger-than-life Elton John to the screen
“It was that very heightened reality that I really wanted to create”
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Brightburn is a bloody watchable superhero/horror genre mash-up
What makes Brightburn tick is a tight focus, and an embrace of the grim and gory
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New Black Mirror and everything else on Netflix in June
Did we mention Martin Scorsese’s Bob Dylan doco?!
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Netflix thriller The Perfection is imperfect but watchable batshit excess
You’re not likely to see where the escalating insanity is heading
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First NZIFF titles announced for 2019 include a couple we’ve been dying to see
Two of the five titles are on our list of the 19 films we most want to see in 2019.
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Heperi Mita on his doco about pioneering Māori filmmaking mum Merata
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen returns to cinemas.
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Film is indivisible from whānau in Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
An exploration of family alongside a celebration of creativity.
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New to Netflix, Prospect is an above-average sci-fi Western gem
A lot more to offer than just being an exercise in trope regurgitation.
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Netflix doco Knock Down the House captures rise of AOC and much more
Political doco includes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among its four subjects.
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We loved the absolute hell out of rom-com Long Shot
Rogen and Theron are funny as all hell.
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The Chills doco proves enthralling, emotional, and at times bleakly comical
Also conveys a real New Zealand-ness in both personality and place.
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Spoiler-free Avengers: Endgame review – “good luck bettering this”
Both a victory lap and unexpected nostalgia trip.
