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.
Medianeras (2011)
8/10
Director: Gustavo Taretto
Starring: Ines Efron, Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Javier Drolas, Rafael Ferro, Carla Peterson, A...
A.k.a. "Sidewalls". A clever romantic comedy examining with charm how the architecture of a city conditions the lives of two of its residents, "Median... Read more
Waste Land (2010)
7.9/10
Director: Lucy Walker
This uplifting documentary follows the lives of "catadores," or pickers who live in poverty and scavenge through the world's largest garbage dump, out... Read more
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)
Director: Morgan Spurlock
Starring: Morgan Spurlock
He's not selling out, he's buying in. Boundary-pushing Oscar-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me) explores the world of product placemen... Read more
Freakonomics (2010)
6.4/10
Director: Morgan Spurlock, Alex Gibney, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Seth Gordon
'Freakonomics' is the highly anticipated film version of the phenomenally best-selling book about incentives-based thinking by Steven Levitt and Steph... Read more
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
8.1/10
Director: Jose Padilha
Starring: Maria Ribeiro, Seu Jorge, Irandhir Santos, Andre Ramiro, Wagner Moura
Exciting sequel to 2007's "Elite Squad" finds recently promoted Lt. Col. Nascimento (Wagner Moura) in charge of a special operations squad in Rio de J... Read more
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
6.6/10
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Starring: Thanapat Saisaymar
As elderly Uncle Boonmee (Thanapat Saisaymar) retreats to his deathbed for his last days of living, he enters a rhapsodic state of mind that brings fo... Read more
The Future (2010)
6.2/10
Director: Miranda July
Starring: Hamish Linklater, David Warshofsky, Miranda July
In this trippy indie feature from writer/director Miranda July ("Me and You and Everyone We Know"), thirtysomething Sophie (July) and Jason (Hamish Li... Read more
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
The Last Circus (2010)
6.6/10
Director: Alex De La Iglesia
Starring: Manuel Tallafe, Antonio de la Torre, Carlos Areces, Carolina Bang
Director Alex de la Iglesia presents this twisted tale of love and revenge set in a 1970s Spanish circus. Javier, a Sad Clown, finds work in a circus... Read more
Operation 8 (2011)
7.4/10
Director: Errol Wright, Abi King-Jones
On October 15th 2007, activists around New Zealand woke to guns in their faces. Black-clad police smashed down doors, dragging families out onto roads... Read more