NZ Film Festivals
Throughout the year two major Film Festivals circuit New Zealand. The years listed to the left are an amalgam of the offerings that have made it to Video or DVD from the World Cinema Showcase (a.k.a. The Canterbury Film Festival) and The International Film Festival.
Right: Scene from the extraordinary "Osama"
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
7.8/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn
Nearly two hours of dinner conversation between New York avant-garde theatre director Andre Gregory and playwright Wallace Shawn becomes a fascinating... Read more
One From the Heart (1982)
6.8/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Nastassja Kinski, Harry Dean Stanton
An extraordinarily visual film examining the bittersweet romance between Teri Garr and Frederic Forrest, with support from Nastassia Kinski and Harry... Read more
Polyester (1981)
7/10
Director: John Waters
Starring: Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, Mink Stole
Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey star in John Water's outrageous melodrama - the daily life of a typical American housewife (Divine) who, despite havi... Read more
Querelle (1982)
6.9/10
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau
The final film by Fassbinder was this searing adaptation of the controversial Jean Genet novel starring Brad Davis as a ruggedly handsome, narcissisti... Read more