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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
7.4/10
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Starring: Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron, Olympia Dukakis, Cleo Laine, Joan Sims, Bill...
Recent widow, Elizabeth (Judi Dench), begins playing her tenor sax again, remembering back to when she was in an all-girl (almost) swing band back in... Read more
The Quiet Family (1998)
7.1/10
Director: Kim Jee-Woon
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Min-sik Choi, Park In-hwan, Na Mun-heui
A South Korean black comedy horror about a family who take over the running of Mt Lodge, a hotel in the suburbs. However punters aren't lining up and... Read more
Black Angel (1946)
7/10
Director: Roy William Neill
Starring: Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford, Wallace Ford, John Ph...
An imaginative and effective noir adapted from the novel by Cornell Woolrich, with Dan Duryea as a down-hearted musician who goes on a bender after hi... Read more
Blerta: The Return Trip (2003)
6.8/10
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Bruno Lawrence, Ian Watkin, John Clarke, Ian Mune
In 1970, Bruno Lawrence formed a group of musicians, actors and aspiring filmmakers, and set out in a bus to tour the country. He called it the 'Bruno... Read more
I'm Not Harry Jenson (2009)
6.7/10
Director: James Napier Robertson
Starring: Ian Mune, Marshall Napier, Gareth Reeves, Ilona Rodgers
A stylish Kiwi noir about the perils of writer's block in the lonely New Zealand landscape. Gareth Reeves plays the world-famous crime author who retu... Read more
Rest for the Wicked (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Simon Pattison
Starring: Ian Mune, John Bach, Ken Blackburn, Tony Barry, Bruce Allpress, Irene Wood, Eliz...
In "Rest for the Wicked", Tony Barry is Murray, an ex-cop compelled to come out of retirement for one last case when he finds out his old nemesis, Fra... Read more
The Insatiable Moon (2011)
6.6/10
Director: Rosemary Riddell
Starring: Ian Mune, Rawiri Paratene, John Leigh, Sara Wiseman
When Arthur (Rawiri Paratene - 'Whale Rider'), self-proclaimed second son of God, sets out to save the world he loves, miracles can happen. He brings... Read more
Sleeping Dogs (1977)
6.6/10
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Sam Neill, Warren Oates, Ian Mune, Nevan Rowe
An ambitious political thriller starring Sam Neill and Warren Oates, set in an unnamed country undergoing police state repression and armed resistance... Read more
A Song of Good (2008)
5.7/10
Director: Gregory King
Starring: Gareth Reeves, Matthew Sunderland, Ian Mune, Danielle Cormack, Johnathon Hendry
20-something slacker Gary Cradle (Gareth Reeves) has made a pig's ear of his life so far and after a series of botched attempts to get money for drugs... Read more
Burying Brian (2008)
5.5/10
Director: Peter Burger
Starring: Shane Cortese, Jodie Dorday, Craig Hall, Rebecca Hobbs, Joshua Leys, Ruby Love,...
Four ordinary New Zealand women, closely connected by shared history and friendship, meet regularly to drink and talk. One night, the women rail again... Read more
Sleeping Dogs / Smash Palace (1977)
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Sam Neill, Ian Mune, Nevan Rowe, Warren Oates, Bruno Lawrence, Anna Jemison, Kei...
Roger Donaldson's first two feature films in a special collection. "Sleeping Dogs" (1977, 105 mins.) - As the cities of New Zealand are torn apart by... Read more