Aquila, Powell, Dillaman, Adam, and Larsen

Guest reviewers

Reviewing the NZ International Film Festival for 2018 from Auckland and Wellington are Aquila, Jacob Powell, Doug Dillaman, Pip Adam and David Larsen

Happy As Lazzaro

12th August, 2018

NZIFF: Happy As Lazzaro, Ancient Woods, Zama, Mega Time Squad, Juliet, Naked

Including a David Attenborough documentary without David Attenborough and a Nick Hornby adaptation,

By Aquila, Powell, Dillaman, Adam, and Larsen

Guest reviewers

Ash Is The Purest White (Directed by Jia Zhangke)

8th August, 2018

NZIFF: Ash Is Purest White, Little Woods, [CENSORED]

The good, the bad, and the unexpected in our latest film festival reviews.

By Aquila, Powell, Dillaman, Adam, and Larsen

Guest reviewers

Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie in Leave No Trace

5th August, 2018

NZIFF: Leave No Trace, Merata, Donbass, Capharnaüm, Raise the Red Lantern

Is Leave No Trace, starring New Zealand's next big star, all it's cracked up to be?

By Aquila, Powell, Dillaman, Adam, and Larsen

Guest reviewers

Benedikt Erlingsson’s Woman at War.

3rd August, 2018

NZIFF: Woman At War, Blue My Mind, Angels Wear White, Minding The Gap

The ninth installment from our team film critics swarming the cinemas of Auckland and Wellington for the 2018 NZ International Film Festival.

By Aquila, Powell, Dillaman, Adam, and Larsen

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Mandy

2nd August, 2018

NZIFF: Last Child, Bisbee ‘17, Dog’s Best Friend, Mandy, Skate Kitchen

The eighth installment from our team film critics swarming the cinemas of Auckland and Wellington for the 2018 NZ International Film Festival.

By Aquila, Powell, Dillaman, Adam, and Larsen

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Burning

31st July, 2018

NZIFF: Burning, An Elephant Sitting Still, Thelma, Border, The Atlantic

The seventh installment from our team film critics swarming the cinemas of Auckland and Wellington for the 2018 NZ International Film Festival.

By Aquila, Powell, Dillaman, Adam, and Larsen

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The Green Fog

30th July, 2018

NZIFF: The Green Fog, Island of the Hungry Ghosts, Mirai, Let the Corpses Tan & more

The sixth installment from our team film critics swarming the cinemas of Auckland and Wellington for the 2018 NZ International Film Festival.

By Aquila, Powell, Dillaman, Adam, and Larsen

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The Cleaners

29th July, 2018

NZIFF: The Cleaners, The Heiresses, Searching, Liquid Sky

The fifth installment from our team film critics swarming the cinemas of Auckland and Wellington for the 2018 NZ International Film Festival.

By Aquila, Powell, Dillaman, Adam, and Larsen

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McQueen

28th July, 2018

NZIFF: McQueen, Rafiki, And Breathe Normally, Good Manners

The fourth installment from our team film critics swarming the cinemas of Auckland and Wellington for the 2018 NZ International Film Festival.

By Aquila, Powell, Dillaman, Adam, and Larsen

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You Were Never Really Here

27th July, 2018

NZIFF: You Were Never Really Here, Kusama, Transit, Yellow is Forbidden & more

Our team of critics swarm the cinemas of Auckland and Wellington for the 2018 NZ International Film Festival

By Aquila, Powell, Dillaman, Adam, and Larsen

Guest reviewers