Films by Collection

Staff Picks: Megan Duffy

This year I’m looking forward to being immersed in the tales of sword wielding assassins and beautiful futurist robots and then taken on an intimate journey into the life of a bohemian art collector and the history of New Zealand cinema. But what has me the most excited is the Live Cinema event in Wellington, with the hugely talented Lawrence Arabia performing an original score to the 1928 film, Lonesome, at the Paramount – spectacular!

Ex Machina

Alex Garland

This intellectually teasing, near-future drama stars Domhnall Gleeson, with Oscar Isaac as a reclusive AI genius and an eerily bewitching Alicia Vikander as the android Ava, programmed to test the boundaries of creation.

From Scotland with Love

Virginia Heath

Archival film of Scottish life is shaped into a kaleidoscopic evocation of work and recreation in the 20th century, stirringly scored with original songs by Fife musician/singer/songwriter King Creosote.

Our Little Sister

Umimachi Diary

Kore-eda Hirokazu

Three sisters in their 20s get to know their teenage half-sister in this charming family drama, beautifully accentuated with flavours and sensations of its unmistakably Japanese setting. From the director of I Wish.