Director: Gerard Smyth

Starring: Peter Jackson, Gaylene Preston, Helen Bollinger, Vincent Ward, Geoff Murphy, Alu...

A portrait of Alun Bollinger (AlBol), who lives with his wife Helen (HelBol) and assorted grandchildren near Reefton, on New Zealand's remote West Coa... Read more

7.5/10

Director: Yung Chang

In China, it is simply known as 'The River'. But the Yangtze (and all of the life that surrounds it), is undergoing a truly astonishing transformation... Read more

7.6/10

Director: Alex Gibney

A perpetually shocking documentary exposing the Bush administration's use of torture when dealing with political prisoners, focusing in particular on... Read more

3.5/10

Director: Gonzalo Arijon

In October 1972, a plane carrying the Uruguayan rugby team and their entourage crashed into the Andes in one of the most sensational survival stories... Read more

7.8/10

Director: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Masayuki

The Angels have descended. These colossal extraterrestrial monsters besiege the fortress-city of Tokyo-3 and our last line of defence is the Evangelio... Read more

8/10

Director: Julian Schnabel

Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric, Max von Sydow, Niels Arestrup, Patrick Ches...

Based on the best-selling memoir of the same name, this is the remarkable true story of Jean Dominic Bauby, wealthy playboy and editor of the French '... Read more

7.9/10

Director: Tomas Alfredson

Starring: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist, Pete...

12-year-old Oskar is a bit of a social misfit and the target for all the local bullies when someone new moves in next door. He is soon besotted by the... Read more

6.7/10

Director: Gus Van Sant

Starring: Ray Monge, Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate

Writer/director Gus van Sant's debut feature, adapted from Walt Curtis' autobiographical novel. Living an isolated life in Portland, Oregon, slacker s... Read more

6.5/10

Director: Juliette Veber

The inspirational story of Peachy (that's Mr Peach, to you), an unconventional but determined-as-hell teacher in a tough South Auckland school. When... Read more

6.1/10

Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Peter Coyote, Thomas Jay Ryan

The surreal nightmare of internationally-acclaimed artist and professor Steve Kurtz began when his wife, Hope, died in her sleep of heart failure. Pol... Read more