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“Writing is like archaeology. Sometimes you find large pieces of bone, but sometimes the bones come out in fragments. The important thing is knowing how to dig.” – Duncan Sarkies After delivering one of the most highly-rated sessions at 2015’s Big Screen Symposium, screenwriter Duncan Sarkies presents a session unearthing his learnings about the writing […]

The only time we like being kept in the dark is when we’re in the cinema. Every other time, we want to know what’s coming out and where we can find them. Here’s a list of films – both modern and classic – playing this week that you may or may not know about. Broke […]

The New Zealand International Film Festival has announced its centrepiece presentation for 2016: The Rehearsal. This Kiwi narrative feature, directed by Alison Maclean and based on the debut novel by Eleanor Catton, stars James Rolleston (Boy, The Dark Horse) in the role of Stanley, a naive newcomer drawn to the city by his passion to […]

The only time we like being kept in the dark is when we’re in the cinema. Every other time, we want to know what’s coming out and where we can find them. Here’s a list of films – both modern and classic – playing this week that you may or may not know about. The […]

“Love is a beautiful thing. When you find it, the whole world tastes like Daffodil Daydream. So you gotta hold onto love… tight! And never let go.” – Deadpool We love love, and we love watching love blossom on screen. But when we think of romance in cinema, we find ourselves thinking back to former […]

We’re gifted with hot ‘n’ tasty trailers on a weekly basis from all around the world. Some of them are for blockbusters, others are for fascinating indie films. This week was no different. We did get some pretty naff trailers too, including a nearly five minute look at Independence Day: Resurgence that detailed the whole film and […]

The New Zealand International Film Festival just cannot stop announcing more goodness in their 2016 programme. This time, we’re gifted with five music movies that feature a wide range of subjects from the great Sharon Jones to the auditioning process of an Australian boy’s choir. Miss Sharon Jones! Two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple (American Dream) […]

The New Zealand International Film Festival has announced two films playing as part of Ant Timpson’s Incredibly Strange selection for 2016, and we’re too damn excited about both of them. This comes off the back of their first announcement, which announced five films including High-Rise and Midnight Special. The full NZIFF programme will be available […]

NEON’s movie programming gets a bump this month with a bunch of big titles – Ted 2, Trainwreck, Ant-Man and so on – alongside a slew of Rialto Channel picks available for streaming from June 24th. While we’re committed movieheads, it’s worth a mention that series coming to NEON in June include season 5 of […]

As June prepares to take us further into the gaping maw of winter, we’re looking forward to getting the fire cranking and settling into some quality viewing. Next month’s Netflix releases include original film The Fundamentals of Caring (pairing Paul Rudd and Craig Roberts), the fourth season of Orange is the New Black, and plenty […]

Festival de Cannes is done and dusted for another year, leaving in its wake a number of films to get giddy over as awards are handed out and the word “snub!” is chanted in unison. You can check out the exhaustive list of winners here, but we’ve gone ahead and chosen seven films – winners […]

Mia Wasikowska returns as Lewis Carroll’s Alice in this sequel to Tim Burton’s 2010 film Alice In Wonderland, in cinemas from Thursday. So what’s going on in this film then? We take you through the trailer step by step to find out. Alice Through the Looking Glass 2D times Alice Through the Looking Glass 3D […]

Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople has cemented its place in the record books overtaking his own 2010 Kiwi classic Boy to become the largest grossing local film at the New Zealand Box Office (see the all-time Top 10) The film is still playing in cinemas nationwide (find movie times near you) Already holding the […]

The Spanish Film Festival is kicking off in Auckland’s Academy Cinemas from Thursday 19th May to Sunday 5th June. Take a glance at the roster below (summarised by us) and the full schedule. Spanish Affair 2 | If one affair wasn’t enough, the charming cast returns to open the festival once again – this time […]

While you’ve hopefully been enjoying a late-blossoming summer, I’m sure many of you have still been spending plenty of time in front of Netflix. This isn’t likely to change this month, and here we provide some guidance as to what’s new on the streaming platform this month. Read on for the list of feature films […]

While the Autumn Events is still kicking around the nation, the New Zealand International Film Festival continues to treat us by announcing the first five titles of the 2016 programme. Take a gander… Heart of a Dog Musician, performance artist and all-round multimedia sensation Laurie Anderson directs this cinematic essay on love that starts with […]

Last year, Video On Demand services amplified with the arrival of Neon and Netflix. This prompted us to ask the question: Should New Zealand Choose Netflix? A year on, we’re keen to ask another question: How have things changed? Well, in some cases, not a lot. In other cases, HEAPS. (One service is even pushing […]

Flicks editor Steve Newall breaks down the most recent footage from Civil War to get a feel for what’s going on in the hero-against-hero, state-against-state, mate-against-mate Marvel epic (opening Thursday). Captain America: Civil War 2D times Captain America: Civil War 3D times

Kiwi-Italian filmmaker Paolo Rotondo has found a heap of success – both publically and critically – with his feature directorial debut Orphans and Kingdoms, which is currently playing in cinemas nationwide (find movie times near you). You can download the full 2016 programme and read the press release below… As a good Kiwi Italian, I […]

Ten New Zealand films – six features and four shorts – are being screened at a biennial showcase of New Zealand cinema in China, boasting a theatrical audience reach of over 10,000 people in 42 screenings across three major cities. The ten films, six features and four short films, have been chosen for this year’s […]

UPDATE (20 April 2016): Triumphantly, a visa has been granted for Iranian filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami to attend the Documentary Edge International Film Festival in New Zealand. Ghaemmaghami has just received notification from the New Zealand Immigration Office in London that the original decision to decline her visa application to enter New Zealand has been reviewed […]