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7/10 = recommended
100 picks - favorite viewing
age of innocence, the
aguirre: the wrath of god
asphalt jungle, the
ballad of narayama '83
barry lyndon
barton fink
black narcissus
blue velvet
brazil
citizen kane
cook, the thief, his wife, lover
d.o.a.
devil and daniel webster, the
devils, the
double indemnity
dreamlife of angels, the
freaks
genevieve
gilda
go-between, the
gone with the wind
gun crazy
heiress, the
hidden, the
high sierra
howards end
in a lonely place
invasion of the body sns. '56
jason and the argonauts
killing, the
king of comedy, the
la bete humaine
ladies in retirement
land of the pharaohs
last detail, the
laura
leave her to heaven
les diaboliques
little foxes, the
los olvidados
lost horizon
lost weekend, the
lusty men, the
magnificent ambersons, the
man escaped, a
the man from laramie, the
marnie
mean streets
mildred pierce
missing
mouchette
moulin rouge '52
mutiny on the bounty '35
naked prey, the
of human bondage '34
once upon a time in the west
one false move
out of the past
passenger, the
pee-wee's big adventure
peeping tom
pennies from heaven '81
pickup on south street
picnic
portrait of jennie
princess yang kwei-fei, the
prowler, the '51
pursued '47
psycho
red shoes, the
road house '48
roaring twenties, the
ruthless '48
salvador
sansho the bailiff
savage innocents, the '60
scarface '32
scarlet street
searchers, the
servant, the
short film about killing, a
smile
some came running
southerner, the
splendor in the grass
sunset blvd
taxi driver
they drive by night '40
2001: a space odyssey
vertigo
victim '61
white heat
wings of the dove, the
working girls '86
x: the man with x-ray eyes
Lists
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Spooked (2004)
disappointing paranoia thriller...
Rather than drag himself into the 21st century, film maker Geoff Murphy seems content to remain in some no-man's land of a bygone era. 'Spooked' is reminiscent of those early years in New Zealand cinema when movies were plagued by bad writing and characters that seemed to perpetuate the perception that New Zealand is full of boring half-educated blokes raised on rugby, beer and "gidday mate". Here Murphy assembles a bunch of his pals to make a tediously out-of-touch paranoia thriller and one can hardly fathom how this film expected to find an audience. Perhaps Murphy should stick to Steven Segal sequels for Hollywood, or throw in the towel. Quite easily one of the worst New Zealand movies to see the light of day.
Skin Deep (1978)
Fine New Zealand film....
This was made back when Holdens and Fords used to line the streets of New Zealand towns. Ken Blackburn - as business and community leader Bob Warner - is the film's major merit ; an insidiously naive opportunist who wheels and deals beneath a cloak of civic respectability. Trouble brews when Sandra (Deryn Cooper) arrives from the big city to take up a health massage job at the men's gym. She's been 'round the block a few times and won't take no nonsense from the local clowns, least of all Bob, who in between working bees and maintaining his Stepford wife, fancies on expanding Sandra's job description. Skin Deep is a blackly comic and insightful drama surrounding the self-serving social inadequacies of a group of men in a small town. Produced when the New Zealand film industry was in it's infancy, Skin Deep remains one of country's most memorable films.
Heart of the Stag (1984)
accomplished New Zealand film.....
New Zealand film making and its affinity for troubled personal drama tempered by wild landscape and bad weather has proved to be it's creative master stroke. The Piano, Whale Rider, Vigil, Utu evoke an indigenous gloom that identify these movies as distinctly New Zealand in character. Heart of the Stag mines similar territory to lesser effect with three good performances from farmer (Terence Cooper), farmer's daughter (Mary Regan) and farm hand (Bruno Lawrence) in a triangular tale of lust on the farm. Grim skies and hostile terrain accompany the moody pacing of Cooper's incestuous menace as Lawrence and Regan find mutual solace. An accomplished New Zealand film.
The Whole of the Moon (1997)
when good intentions are not enough......
New Zealand film maker Ian Mune tackles the medical problem of cancer and youth - a subject hardly conducive to user-friendly cinema entertainment - and welcomely manages to avoid familiar audience manipulation that might otherwise potentially drown the flick in sentiment. It's low budget and most of it centers on the growing friendship between two cancer afflicted teenagers in a hospital ward. The problem is, that the performances are so mediocre, and the script too ordinary (in that unmistakeably New Zealand fashion for no frills dialog) that the viewer struggles to engage with the characters with any convincing sense of emotional involvement. Good intentions are simply not enough to drum up audience interest in what amounts to generally tedious viewing.
For Good (2003)
an excruciating bore......
Cheap-jack psychological drama from New Zealand will test the patience of most film viewers. The script - surrounding a young woman's interaction with a jailed child killer in the form of taped interviews - is woefully amateurish and delivered with all the conviction of a high school acting class. The feeble attempt at social insight into the psyche of a killer and the impact on family victims is eroded away by poor acting, limp pacing and stunningly uncreative and inept direction. An excruciating bore that explodes in the final scenes with an utterly predictable burst of violence. Credit goes the composer of the gloomy soundtrack who offers the only inkling of talent here.
Lawman (1971)
Tedious law & order western...
Marshal lancaster rides into town to secure the arrest of a bunch of no good cowboys for murder. Tedious law & order western proceeds with a string of predictable stand-offs played out by one dimensional western characters. Winner's direction is a mess, an inept parade of camera swoops, jerky close-ups and nonsense zooms; the acting is stiff; the dialogue is a mass of gunslinging cliches; and a dreary love interest is thrown in for bad measure. Good to see robert ryan, but otherwise a stale and forgettable western entertainment.