Barefoot Cinema: The Life and Art of Cinematographer Alun Bollinger (2008)

Director: Gerard Smyth

Starring: Peter Jackson, Gaylene Preston, Helen Bollinger, Vincent Ward, Geoff Murphy, Alu...

A portrait of Alun Bollinger (AlBol), who lives with his wife Helen (HelBol) and assorted grandchildren near Reefton, on New Zealand's remote West Coa... Read more

Velvet Dreams (1998)

Director: Sima Urale

A titillating introduction to the world of velvet painting, a genre most noted for its portraits of topless 'dusky maidens' painted on black velvet. W... Read more

The Last Western Heretic (2007)

Director: Monique Oomen

Starring: Lloyd Geering

A timely and enthralling insight into the ideas and philosophies of a New Zealander described by the BBC as the last living heretic. 89-year-old Llo... Read more

Waves (2006)

Director: Li Tao

Follows brief periods in the lives of four Chinese teenagers attending high school in New Zealand, achieving a rare level of intimacy that keeps you f... Read more

Vigil / The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey / A State of Siege (1984)

Director: Vincent Ward

Starring: Bruce Lyons, Hamish McFarlane, Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr, Fiona...

A Vincent Ward double feature. 'Vigil' (1984, 86 mins) Director Vincent Ward supplies a striking visual atmosphere in this rural melodrama about life... Read more

Off the Radar: The Complete Series (2007)

Starring: Te Radar

Over the course of 13 episodes, this series follows comedian Te Radar trying to live a completely self-supporting and sustainable lifestyle (aka 'the... Read more

Here to Stay: Series Two (2007)

Starring: Paolo Rotondo, Shimpal Lelisi, Ruud Kleinpaste, Madeline Sami, Stephanie Tauevih...

New land! New life! Start afresh! Adventures in Paradise! Leave the slums! Become a New Zealander! That's what the emigration ads promised. The realit... Read more

King Kong ( Blu-ray ) (2005)

Director: Peter Jackson

Starring: Adrien Brody, Naomi Watts, Thomas Kretschmann, Jack Black, Jamie Bell, Colin Han...

Peter Jackson's astonishing special effects extravaganza is light years from the plasticine models of the 1933 original, yet the heart of the story is... Read more

Hunger for the Wild: Series 3 (2008)

Director: Peter Young

Starring: Al Brown, Steve Logan

The third series from amiable Kiwi characters Steve Logan and Al Brown sees them traverse our nation, from Ninety Mile Beach to Stewart Island, in sea... Read more

Show of Hands (2008)

Director: Anthony McCarten

Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt, Kyle Dyhrberg, Chelsie Preston Cray...

Melanie Lynskey came back to NZ to make this light-hearted romantic drama about a competition (famously held in Lower Hutt back in the '80s) where fol... Read more