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.
Another Earth ( DVD, Blu-ray ) (2011)
7/10
Director: Mike Cahill
Starring: Brit Marling, William Mapother
The discovery of a planet orbiting - and very closely resembling - Earth is just the opening provocation of this unique sci-fi drama, which finds a yo... Read more
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
7.4/10
Director: Werner Herzog
From the incomparable Werner Herzog ("Encounters at the End of the World", "Grizzly Man"), "Cave Of Forgotten Dreams" provides a breathtaking cinemati... Read more
Tomboy (2011)
7.4/10
Director: Celine Sciamma
Starring: Zoe Heran, Malonn Levana
Critically acclaimed French drama about a 10-year-old girl who assumes a male identity to fit in when her family move to a small village. The film has... Read more
Meek's Cutoff (2010)
6.6/10
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Michelle Williams, Will Patton, Shirley Henderson, Paul Dano, N...
Harsh western drama, set in 1845, tells of a three-family wagon train heading west on the uncertain and desolate terrain of the Oregon Trail towards a... Read more
The Women on the 6th Floor (2010)
7.1/10
Director: Philippe Le Guay
Starring: Carmen Maura, Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke, Lola Duenas
Charming French comedy, set in early '60s Paris, tracing the effects of an unusual friendship that develops between a stodgy Parisian stockbroker and... Read more
Le Havre (2011)
7.2/10
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
Starring: Andre Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Blondin Miguel
In this warmhearted comic yarn from Aki Kaurismaki, fate throws the young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (Andre... Read more
Metropolis (Reconstructed & Restored) (1927)
8.3/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Fritz Lang's masterwork, set in a towering city of the future whose populace is divided between the idle ruling class and the dehumanized workers who... Read more
13 Assassins (2010)
7.6/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Yusuke Iseya, Takayuki Yamada, Tsuyoshi Ihara
Acclaimed cult director Takashi Miike's remake of the 1963 Japanese film delivers a bravado period action piece set at the end of Japan's feudal era.... 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
The Mill and the Cross (2011)
6.9/10
Director: Lech Majewski
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Michael York, Rutger Hauer
Mixing live actors with painted backdrops, this visually striking film from director Lech Majewski re-stages the action of "The Procession to Cavalry,... Read more