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Film Festivals 2014

20,000 Days on Earth (2014)

7.5/10
Director: Ian Forsythe, Jane Pollard
Starring: Nick Cave, Ray Winstone, Kylie Minogue, Warren Ellis, Susie Bick

An inspired collaboration between Nick Cave and British filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, this seductive portrait purports to take place over... Read more

52 Tuesdays (2013)

6.2/10
Director: Sophie Hyde
Starring: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Del Herbert-Jane

16-year-old Billies reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans for gender transition and their time together becomes... Read more

Boyhood (2014)

7.9/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater

Filmed over a 12 year period with the same cast, Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a c... Read more

Boyhood ( Blu-ray ) (2014)

7.9/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater

Filmed over a 12 year period with the same cast, Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a c... Read more

Charlie's Country (2013)

7.2/10
Director: Rolf de Heer
Starring: David Gulpilil, Peter Djiggir, Luke Ford

The great Australian Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil won the Un Certain Regard acting award at Cannes for this mesmerising performance closely reflect... Read more

Enemy (2013)

6.9/10
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Isabella Rossellini, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon

Adam Bell is a glum, disheveled history professor, who seems disinterested even in his beautiful girlfriend Mary. Watching a movie on the recommendati... Read more

Force Majeure (2014)

7.3/10
Director: Ruben Östlund
Starring: Clara Wettergren, Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Kristofer Hivju, Fanni Me...

Cannes observers were stunned that this provocative and improbably entertaining new film by Swedish director Ruben Östlund wasn't selected for competi... Read more

Frank (2014)

7/10
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Fassbender, Scoot McNairy, Domhnall Gleeson

As a cult musician permanently encased in a giant plastic head, Michael Fassbender gives an amazingly effective performance in this weirdly celebrator... Read more

God Help the Girl (2014)

6.4/10
Director: Stuart Murdoch
Starring: Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, Hannah Murray

Fans of big screen musicals can thank fans of indie popsters Belle and Sebastian for this one. They crowd-funded the debut feature of the group's sing... Read more

Hot Air: The Politics of Climate Change in New Zealand (2014)

9.1/10
Director: Alister Barry, Abi King-Jones

During the summer of 1988 temperatures soared across America causing widespread droughts. Huge forest fires raged in California. Climate change was no... Read more