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Film Festivals 2007

La Vie en Rose (2007)

7.6/10
Director: Olivier Dahan
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul...

An epic portrait of iconic French singer, Edith Piaf, rooted in a maginificent performance from Marion Cotillard who channels the legendary performer... Read more

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (2007)

7.3/10
Director: Stephen Kijak
Starring: David Bowie, Scott Walker, Radiohead , Thom Yorke, Jarvis Cocker, Brian Eno, Dam...

David Bowie produced this documentary on the music and career of one of pop's most influential yet elusive artists. The film stretches back more than... Read more

Noise (2007)

6.2/10
Director: Matt Saville
Starring: Brendan Cowell, Luke Elliot, Nicholas Bell, Katie Wall, Maia Thomas

Graham McGahan is a young cop, self-centred and afflicted with doubts and the infernal ringing of tinnitus in his ears. When a double homicide rocks... Read more

Kissy Kissy (2007)

5.2/10
Director: Elric Kane, Alexander Greenhough
Starring: Rob Jerram, Jean Copland, Tania Nolan, James Ashcroft, Daniel Northcott, Dick Wh...

While 20-something Geoff professes to be making a film, he mostly mooches around the video store where he works, trying to dodge the amorous approache... Read more

Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore (2007)

5.7/10
Director: Rick Caine, Debbie Melnyk
Starring: Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Sean Hannity, etc ...

Filmmakers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine set out to make a biography of Michael Moore, holding him in high esteem as both a documentarian and an activi... Read more

A Civilised Society (2007)

Director: Alister Barry

Kiwi filmmaker Alister Barry tells the epic story of the struggle between teachers and the radical right during the 1980s and '90s, as the free market... Read more

Syndromes and a Century (2006)

7.5/10
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Offering two separate stories or fragments set in hospitals, one rural and possibly in the past, one urban and possibly in the future. Or perhaps both... Read more

Them ( aka Ils ) (2006)

6.5/10
Director: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Starring: Adriana Mocca, Michael Cohen, Olivia Bonamy

Aka "Ils". Intense horror film in which French teacher Clementine (Olivia Bonamy) and her partner Lucas (Michael Cohen) move into a large house in the... Read more

Requiem (2006)

7/10
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
Starring: Imogen Kogge, Anna Blomeier, Sandra Huller, Burghart Klaussner

Based on the same tragic story that inspired "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," this searing psychological drama from Germany finds college freshman Michae... Read more

Climates (2006)

7.3/10
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Internationally acclaimed writer-director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's sublime follow-up to his Cannes multi-award winner 'Distant'. Beautifully drawn and meti... Read more