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.
The Woman (2011)
6/10
Director: Lucky McKee
Starring: Pollyanna McIntosh
"The Woman" finds the cannibal clan's sole survivor (Pollyanna McIntosh) hewing out a feral existence in the Maine backwoods. She's discovered and ca... Read more
Circo (2010)
7.1/10
Director: Aaron Schock
This visually and emotionally arresting documentary follows Tino Ponce, his wife, and their four children as they run a one-ring traveling circus thro... Read more
Jig (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Sue Bourne
Hoping to make as big of a splash on the Irish dance scene as Michael Flatley did, participants in the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships prepare... Read more
Metropolis (Reconstructed & Restored) ( Blu-ray ) (1927)
8.3/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gustav Frohlich
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
Fire in Babylon (2010)
7.7/10
Director: Stevan Riley
A potent mix of music, politics and sporting prowess, Stevan Riley's exuberant documentary charts the rise of one of the most successful sporting team... Read more
TT: Closer to the Edge ( Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D ) (2011)
7.1/10
Director: Richard De Aragues
The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy is the greatest motorcycle road race in the world, the ultimate challenge for rider and machine. It has always called f... Read more
The Round Up (2011)
Director: Rose Bosch
Starring: Jean Reno, Melanie Laurent, Gad Elmaleh
Throws a powerful light on one of the most disturbing episodes in recent French history - the few weeks in July 1942 when the French police, at the di... Read more
The Gruffalo (2009)
7.5/10
Director: Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, John Hurt, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Wilkinson, James Corden, R...
The best-selling children's picture book, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, is brought to life in this beautifully animate... Read more
Waiting for Superman (2010)
7.5/10
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth") turns his lens on the complex problems of public school education in this emotional documentary f... Read more
Armadillo (2010)
7.6/10
Director: Janus Metz
Offering a unique glimpse into the international war against the Taliban, filmmaker Janus Metz's harrowing documentary follows a platoon of Danish sol... Read more