Last post in this thread. Steves review is much better than mine if you want to read what a primo film guy says
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A ★★★★ review of Father Mother Sister Brother (2025)
NZIFF 2026 #3 My partner and I are generally in agreement about most films we see, but it's fair to say we have very different tolerances. There are certain subjects she has no interest in or time for...
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September 27, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Last post in this thread. Steves review is much better than mine if you want to read what a primo film guy says
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It will go into our arthouse/indie cinemas in New Zealand thankfully but we had similar in that it was part of NZIFF in July/Aug and we have to wait for general release in November too.
September 21, 2026 at 1:30 AM
It will go into our arthouse/indie cinemas in New Zealand thankfully but we had similar in that it was part of NZIFF in July/Aug and we have to wait for general release in November too.
Did any of you see the doco "Last Man Standing" at the NZIFF? I didn't vote for Anderton during his time in politics, but in hindsight he's been proven right in certain aspects.
September 8, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Did any of you see the doco "Last Man Standing" at the NZIFF? I didn't vote for Anderton during his time in politics, but in hindsight he's been proven right in certain aspects.
Pretty cool that Jim Jarmusch's latest is on Netflix right when it's still screening at NZIFF
September 1, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Pretty cool that Jim Jarmusch's latest is on Netflix right when it's still screening at NZIFF
🎥 Film PSA (NZ):
If you don't get a chance to see it in cinema (you can still see it Friday 04 Sep @ various NZIFF locations plus in ltd other cinemas), catch, or rewatch Jim Jarmusch's familial triptych FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER on Netflix www.netflix.com/title/82064544
If you don't get a chance to see it in cinema (you can still see it Friday 04 Sep @ various NZIFF locations plus in ltd other cinemas), catch, or rewatch Jim Jarmusch's familial triptych FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER on Netflix www.netflix.com/title/82064544
August 31, 2026 at 8:52 PM
🎥 Film PSA (NZ):
If you don't get a chance to see it in cinema (you can still see it Friday 04 Sep @ various NZIFF locations plus in ltd other cinemas), catch, or rewatch Jim Jarmusch's familial triptych FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER on Netflix www.netflix.com/title/82064544
If you don't get a chance to see it in cinema (you can still see it Friday 04 Sep @ various NZIFF locations plus in ltd other cinemas), catch, or rewatch Jim Jarmusch's familial triptych FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER on Netflix www.netflix.com/title/82064544
My ★★★★ review of I Want Your Sex (2026) boxd.it/fXQKtt
A ★★★★ review of I Want Your Sex (2026)
I Want Your Sex is my fifth and final movie of the NZIFF. I was interested in the movie, mainly because it was directed by Gregg Araki, who previously made Mysterious Skin, and it also starred Olivia ...
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August 31, 2026 at 9:05 PM
My ★★★★ review of I Want Your Sex (2026) boxd.it/fXQKtt
I finally got around to writing about some of the 27 films I saw at #NZIFF 2026 - mostly the queer ones, plus a few others that resonated. aquila1nz.dreamwidth.org/44109.html
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August 30, 2026 at 6:01 AM
I finally got around to writing about some of the 27 films I saw at #NZIFF 2026 - mostly the queer ones, plus a few others that resonated. aquila1nz.dreamwidth.org/44109.html
NZIFF film festival roundup for 2026: favourites include French nature doco Whispers in the Woods, restored NZ counter-culture jamboree Nambassa Festival, Javier Bardem in The Beloved, and a brace of Sandra Hüller films: Fatherland & Rose.
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Film Festival 2026 roundup
This year I took in 11 films at the Wellington festival , nearly all of which at the Embassy. Twelve, if you count the encore week screening...
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August 30, 2026 at 5:17 AM
NZIFF film festival roundup for 2026: favourites include French nature doco Whispers in the Woods, restored NZ counter-culture jamboree Nambassa Festival, Javier Bardem in The Beloved, and a brace of Sandra Hüller films: Fatherland & Rose.
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My ★★★★½ review of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma boxd.it/fXNRuR
A ★★★★½ review of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma was my fourth movie of the NZIFF, and was one of my most anticipated films of the year. Jane Schoenbrun became a director that I started to really pay attention to...
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August 29, 2026 at 11:46 AM
My ★★★★½ review of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma boxd.it/fXNRuR
August 29, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Oh, the movie is pretty good. But the soundtrack was better. NZIFF 1991.
August 28, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Oh, the movie is pretty good. But the soundtrack was better. NZIFF 1991.
NZIFF encore
Mockbuster - Australian documentary made by a novice filmmaker about his experience directing a film for the infamous studio The Asylum. Pleasant enough look at an irregular film shoot but very much both Anthony and The Asylum selling themselves with a very clear kayfabe. 3/5
Mockbuster - Australian documentary made by a novice filmmaker about his experience directing a film for the infamous studio The Asylum. Pleasant enough look at an irregular film shoot but very much both Anthony and The Asylum selling themselves with a very clear kayfabe. 3/5
August 25, 2026 at 10:33 AM
NZIFF encore
Mockbuster - Australian documentary made by a novice filmmaker about his experience directing a film for the infamous studio The Asylum. Pleasant enough look at an irregular film shoot but very much both Anthony and The Asylum selling themselves with a very clear kayfabe. 3/5
Mockbuster - Australian documentary made by a novice filmmaker about his experience directing a film for the infamous studio The Asylum. Pleasant enough look at an irregular film shoot but very much both Anthony and The Asylum selling themselves with a very clear kayfabe. 3/5
August 22, 2026 at 5:58 AM
The only thing we managed to see at NZIFF was The Blood Countess, but that was everything I want out of a film festival - visually gorgeous, and so utterly bonkers we can only assume everyone involved in it was very very high.
August 22, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The only thing we managed to see at NZIFF was The Blood Countess, but that was everything I want out of a film festival - visually gorgeous, and so utterly bonkers we can only assume everyone involved in it was very very high.
August 22, 2026 at 8:45 AM
REVIEW: The Samurai and the Prisoner is a contemplative, compelling, engaging, and incredibly written and directed historical mystery. One of the year’s best films. #nziff the-cinema-critic.com/2026/08/23/t...
The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026) Review
Inside sealed Arioka Castle during a rebellion against Oda Nobunaga, rebel Araki Murashige and captive strategist Kuroda Kanbei engage in a tense battle of wits to solve mysterious crimes.
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August 22, 2026 at 11:53 AM
REVIEW: The Samurai and the Prisoner is a contemplative, compelling, engaging, and incredibly written and directed historical mystery. One of the year’s best films. #nziff the-cinema-critic.com/2026/08/23/t...
NZIFF film 17
Jim Queen - French animated movie about a gay influencer under threat from a virus turning him straight. Outrageous and funny with some great songs. 4/5
Jim Queen - French animated movie about a gay influencer under threat from a virus turning him straight. Outrageous and funny with some great songs. 4/5
August 22, 2026 at 4:19 AM
NZIFF film 17
Jim Queen - French animated movie about a gay influencer under threat from a virus turning him straight. Outrageous and funny with some great songs. 4/5
Jim Queen - French animated movie about a gay influencer under threat from a virus turning him straight. Outrageous and funny with some great songs. 4/5
Amusing enough, and visually pops off the screen like a better work of, well, pop art than Olivia Wilde would conjour up, #IWantYourSex is a very accessible Araki. Oddly unsexy, and without the bite of the iconic apocalypse films, or the devastation of Mysterious Skin (also in this years #nziff)
August 22, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Amusing enough, and visually pops off the screen like a better work of, well, pop art than Olivia Wilde would conjour up, #IWantYourSex is a very accessible Araki. Oddly unsexy, and without the bite of the iconic apocalypse films, or the devastation of Mysterious Skin (also in this years #nziff)
NZIFF film 20
The Blood Countess - German comedy about a vampire version of Elizabeth Bathory in 1970s Vienna. A very quirky, absurdist satire that I found very frustrating because in theory I should have loved it but I just couldn't get on its wavelength, maybe because I was too tired. 3/5
The Blood Countess - German comedy about a vampire version of Elizabeth Bathory in 1970s Vienna. A very quirky, absurdist satire that I found very frustrating because in theory I should have loved it but I just couldn't get on its wavelength, maybe because I was too tired. 3/5
August 22, 2026 at 10:53 AM
NZIFF film 20
The Blood Countess - German comedy about a vampire version of Elizabeth Bathory in 1970s Vienna. A very quirky, absurdist satire that I found very frustrating because in theory I should have loved it but I just couldn't get on its wavelength, maybe because I was too tired. 3/5
The Blood Countess - German comedy about a vampire version of Elizabeth Bathory in 1970s Vienna. A very quirky, absurdist satire that I found very frustrating because in theory I should have loved it but I just couldn't get on its wavelength, maybe because I was too tired. 3/5
NZIFF film 18
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass - Wizard of Oz reimagined as a gentle Meta-satire of Hollywood. About two thirds of the jokes land but a couple are drawn out duds. 3.5/5
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass - Wizard of Oz reimagined as a gentle Meta-satire of Hollywood. About two thirds of the jokes land but a couple are drawn out duds. 3.5/5
August 22, 2026 at 4:19 AM
NZIFF film 18
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass - Wizard of Oz reimagined as a gentle Meta-satire of Hollywood. About two thirds of the jokes land but a couple are drawn out duds. 3.5/5
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass - Wizard of Oz reimagined as a gentle Meta-satire of Hollywood. About two thirds of the jokes land but a couple are drawn out duds. 3.5/5
NZIFF film 16
The Good Boy (aka Heel) - British drama about a troubled teen abducted by a strange family. Middling psychological thriller let down by thin characterizations and a conservative ideology (that I'm pretty strongly opposed to) at it's core. 2/5
The Good Boy (aka Heel) - British drama about a troubled teen abducted by a strange family. Middling psychological thriller let down by thin characterizations and a conservative ideology (that I'm pretty strongly opposed to) at it's core. 2/5
August 22, 2026 at 4:19 AM
NZIFF film 16
The Good Boy (aka Heel) - British drama about a troubled teen abducted by a strange family. Middling psychological thriller let down by thin characterizations and a conservative ideology (that I'm pretty strongly opposed to) at it's core. 2/5
The Good Boy (aka Heel) - British drama about a troubled teen abducted by a strange family. Middling psychological thriller let down by thin characterizations and a conservative ideology (that I'm pretty strongly opposed to) at it's core. 2/5