Film Festivals 2011
Hoyts, Northlands was the Christchurch venue for this years International Film Festival, so grateful to Hoyts that Christchurch had a Film Festival at all... Most of the films shown at the 2011 festival have now found their way onto the DVD or Blu-ray format and are available for rental. To assemble your Personal Film Festival, simply scroll the candidates below for your consideration. Highlights include "Drive", the fascinating "How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr Forster", the acclaimed "Incendies" and from old maestro's Lars Von Trier comes "Melancholia" and Wim Wenders delivers with "Pina". The "Add to My Picks" function at the top right of you screen on any film page my prove useful at this time.
Potiche ( Trophy Wife ) (2010)
6.4/10
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Fabrice Luchini, Gerard Depardieu, Karin Viard, Judith Godrec...
Set in 1977 in a provincial French town, POTICHE is a witty and charming comedy starring Catherine Deneuve as Suzanne Pujol, a housebound 'trophy hous... Read more
Project Nim (2011)
7.4/10
Director: James Marsh
Could an ape be taught to communicate like a human? Meet Nim, the chimpanzee raised much like a human child as part of an ambitious 1970s scientific e... Read more
Rabbit Hole (2010)
7/10
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Nicole Kidman
Powerful adaptation of the play by David Lindsay-Abaire stars Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as a married couple whose lives are shattered when their... Read more
Reign of Assassins (2010)
6.9/10
Director: Chao-Bin Su
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Kelly Lin, Woo-sung Jung
In Ancient China, "Drizzle" is the most deadly and ruthless assassin of the Dark Stone gang. After a life of theft and murder, she seeks to atone for... Read more
Restrepo (2010)
7.5/10
Director: Tim Hetherington
Riveting and intimate, this documentary shot in a U.S. outpost in Afghanistan follows-without comment or added perspectives-the activities of a 15-man... Read more
Romantics Anonymous (2010)
6.9/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Ameris
Starring: Benoit Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carre
Love and chocolate are the predominant themes of this charming French romantic comedy in which Benoit Poelvoorde plays the owner of a small chocolate... Read more
Rubber (2010)
5.8/10
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Starring: Jack Plotnick, Wings Hauser, Stephen Spinella, Roxane Mesquida
'Rubber' is the story of Robert, an inanimate tyre that has been abandoned in the desert, and suddenly and inexplicably comes to life. As Robert roams... Read more
Senna (2010)
8.6/10
Director: Asif Kapadia
Spanning his years as a Formula One racing driver from 1984 to his untimely death a decade later, "Senna" explores the life and work of triple world c... Read more
Senna ( Blu-ray ) (2010)
8.6/10
Director: Asif Kapadia
Spanning his years as a Formula One racing driver from 1984 to his untimely death a decade later, "Senna" explores the life and work of triple world c... Read more
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Matthew Bate
In the late 1980s, two college buddies sharing a low-end San Francisco apartment began recording the incessant, booze-fueled bickering of their next-d... Read more