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.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
7.9/10
Director: David Gelb
An acclaimed documentary that focuses on 85-year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world's greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of Sukiy... Read more
LennoNYC (2010)
Director: Michael Epstein
Starring: Elton John, John Lennon, Yoko Ono
John Lennon's legend became intertwined with the mythology of New York City as soon as he and Yoko Ono moved to Manhattan in 1971. This special progra... Read more
Guilty Pleasures (2010)
7/10
Director: Julie Moggan
Documentary on the romance novels of Mills and Boon and, in particular, five people obsessed with them. "Theres a Mills & Boon romance novel sold ev... Read more
Catfish (2010)
7.1/10
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Photographer Nev Schulman didn't know exactly what he was getting into when he befriended (and soon fell for) the sister of an 8-year-old Michigan art... Read more
The Guard (2011)
7.3/10
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Fionnula Flanagan, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, D...
Working a beat on the Irish coast, Sgt. Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) experiences some culture shock when he is assigned a black American partner (Don... Read more
Who is Harry Nilsson (and Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? (2010)
7.7/10
Director: John Scheinfeld
Starring: Harry Nilsson
Once described by The Beatles as their favourite American musician, Harry Nilsson, one of the greatest singer-songwriters in pop music history, is at... Read more
Incendies (Blu-ray) (2011)
8.3/10
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Remy Girard, Melissa Desormeaux-Poulan, Lubna Azabal, Maxim Gaudette
In the highly-acclaimed suspense thriller 'Incendies', a mothers dying wish creates a painful puzzle her children are forced to solve. At the reading... Read more
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.9/10
Director: Sean Durkin
Starring: Hugh Dancy, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Brady Corbet, Elizabeth Olsen, Louisa Kr...
Elizabeth Olsen (in her feature film debut) stars as Martha, a young girl living in a dangerous cult under the oppression of a sadistic leader. She ev... Read more
Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
7.5/10
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Starring: Melvil Poupaud, Clotilde Hesme, Lea Seydoux, Adriano Luz, Maria Joao Bastos, Ric...
Raul Ruiz's masterful adaptation of the eponymous nineteenth-century Portuguese novel by Camilo Castelo Branco evokes the complex intertwined narrativ... Read more
Snowtown (2011)
6.6/10
Director: Justin Kurzel
Starring: Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway
Sixteen-year-old Jamie longs for an escape from the violence that surrounds him in Adelaides northern suburbs. His salvation arrives in the form of Jo... Read more