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Jason Issacs makes an incredible trek from The White Lotus to The Salt Path

1 day ago | flicks.co.nz | Liam Maguren

Fresh off The White Lotus: Season 3, Jason Issacs takes the lead alongside Gillian Anderson in The Salt Path. As Liam Maguren writes, the two seemingly similar roles are taken in vastly different directions thanks to the greatness of Issacs. Coming to Cinemas - 15 May Jason Issacs has had a long and storied career.
Cynical, sarcastic, sentient: you’ve never met a robot like Murderbot

1 day ago | flicks.co.nz | Luke Buckmaster

In Murderbot, freedom means misery, autonomy spells doom, and our robot anti-hero hates your guts. Luke Buckmaster dives in. The words “psychologically interesting” are not generally associated with robots. Yes, there’s been some compelling ones over the years, from the philosophising Roy “tears in the rain” Batty to the bomb in Dark Star that participated in existential debate about whether or not it should explode. Bender from Futurama would be a lark to hang out with, too.
A newly liberated psyche comes to understand itself in warm, funny Murderbot

2 days ago | flicks.co.nz | Clarisse Loughrey

Clarisse Loughrey’s Show of the Week column spotlights a new show to watch or skip. This week: Murderbot captures the neurodivergent experience to a tee without it expressly being about it. It’s a fairly common autistic experience to see yourself in a fictional robot. If it’s not Data in Star Trek, it’s WALL-E, Andy in Alien: Romulus, or any droid of choice from the Star Wars franchise (my pick? Rogue One and Andor’s K-2SO). It’s a tricky situation.
The Surfer is Wake in Fright, with waves and wetsuits

6 days ago | flicks.co.nz | Luke Buckmaster

Nicolas Cage melts down in The Surfer, a surreal coastal horror that Luke Buckmaster links to the sweaty terror of Wake in Fright. Wake in Fright. Wake in Fright. Wake in Fright. For a long time, while watching The Surfer, those three words reverberated in my mind, on repeat like a broken record.
Poker Face returns with another winning hand of star-studded murders

1 week ago | flicks.co.nz | Steve Newall

Back for another season of superior murder mystery fare is Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne’s series Poker Face. Steve Newall investigates the star-studded show with a heart of gold. Once a beast gets the taste of human flesh, it will crave more, we’re told—which may feel familiar to whodunnit fans, whose appetite for entertainment depends on a steady stream of unlucky victims.
Your guide to the French Film Festival: highlights, full lineup and all the trailers

1 week ago | flicks.co.nz | Steve Newall

The French Film Festival Aotearoa makes its return to screens around Aotearoa from May 28. “Alors laissez-moi vous mettre au courant,” says Steve Newall. Celebrating its 19th year, the French Film Festival Aotearoa has grown into New Zealand’s biggest film festival. From May 28, this year’s excellent Franco-friendly lineup will make its way around the country.
Monsieur Aznavour is refreshingly different: a biopic that emphasises hard work

1 week ago | flicks.co.nz | Luke Buckmaster

Monsieur Aznavour, which depicts the life of singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour, defies biopic clichés by celebrating discipline and ambition over mythical musical destiny, writes Luke Buckmaster. We’ve seen it a zillion times: biopics about phenomenally talented musicians who are kissed by the gods, their destiny written in the stars, their fame and fortune a fait accompli. Monsieur Aznavour—a very enjoyable film about French-Armenian singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour—isn’t one of them.
French historical espionage and gastronomy get saucy in Carême

1 week ago | flicks.co.nz | Clarisse Loughrey

Clarisse Loughrey’s Show of the Week column spotlights a new show to watch or skip. This week: Carême introduces us to the world’s first celebrity chef, perfecting dishes and delicious blackmail in Napoleon-era France. Few shows state their thesis as swiftly and succinctly as Apple TV+’s Carême.
Prey slays: revisiting the savagely great Predator prequel

1 week ago | flicks.co.nz | Luke Buckmaster

Reviving the Predator franchise with primal elegance, Prey is a masterful mix of sweat, blood, myth, and muscle, writes Luke Buckmaster. Surviving a Predator movie is tough work: those gnarly aliens are excellent bounty hunters and have, I imagine, halitosis extreme enough to kill off entire ecosystems. There’s been seven films in the franchise to date, with two more arriving this year—Predator: Killer of Killers (an animated production) and Predator: Badlands.
“Will I be able to recognise my own foolishness?” Marlon Williams on his new doco

2 weeks ago | flicks.co.nz | Steve Newall

Acclaimed musician Marlon Williams’ multi-year journey making an album in Te Reo Māori is captured in new documentary Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds. Steve Newall sits down to chat with Marlon Williams and director Ursula Grace Williams. Coming to Cinemas - 1 May Aotearoa’s Marlon Williams (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāi Tai) is a performer who seems to excel at everything he tries his hand at.