30 Nov 2005 Director: Mike Leigh UK, France, New Zealand 2004 125 min Vera Drake is a kind and selfless woman, in the 1950’s, who is devoted to and loved by her family. Her days are spent caring for sick neighbours and her elderly mother which she does with kind words and encouragement. However there… Continue reading Vera Drake
Tag: New Zealand
Dean Spanley
16 Dec 2009 New Zealand, UK 2008 100 min Director: Toa Fraser In Edwardian England of a 1904, Henslowe Fisk and his father Horatio attend a lecture on reincarnation given by the Swami Nala Prash. There they meet Dean Spanley from the colonies. Henslowe, after coincidental encounters with Spanley, begins a series of dinners with… Continue reading Dean Spanley
Whalerider
16 Mar 2005 New Zealand, Germany 2002 101 min Director: Niki Caro Cert:PG In a small New Zealand coastal village, Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. In every generation for more than 1000 years, a male heir born to the chief succeeds to the title. 11 year old Pai is convinced that she,… Continue reading Whalerider
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
20 Sept 2017 Director: Taika Waititi New Zealand 2016 101 min Raised on hip-hop and in and out of foster homes, rebellious and defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with a new foster family; the loving Aunt Bella, cantankerous Uncle Hec and… Continue reading Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Slow West
20 Jan 2016 Director: John Maclean UK, New Zealand 2015 84 min The directorial debut of Scottish filmmaker John Maclean is a brazen and pronounced revisionist Western, pivoting around the relationship between the young lovelorn Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and grizzled bounty hunter Silas (Michael Fassbender). Travelling across a barren American frontier wasteland, the duo… Continue reading Slow West