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Cousins 2021
Gorgeous movie. New Zealand always manages to put so much heart and charm into their films, this story of 3 cousins and their strong connection to each other and their land was wonderful. There are multiple timelines and stories going at once but it all feels so seamless and flows so smoothly. Strong performances by all, the child actors were fantastic, a standout is Rachel House, who managed to bring quite a few laughs whenever she was on screen. The scenery was so beautiful too. A great film.
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Cousins 2021
might be the greatest nz movie ever tbh
most nz films suffer from having aspects that make them feel cheap. whether that be weak acting, boring camera work, terrible nz humour or just shitty storytelling.
everything about this was well done. an important narrative that didnt feel overdramatised or forced in any way. the acting was good, the little moments of comedy were fitting (didnt feel forced and weren't fucking dry). the production value was better than literally any other…
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Cousins 2021
Filled with beautiful sound and movement, Cousins is a small scale film that manages to slowly and quietly devastate with its large scale themes of displacement, identity and belonging. Cousins bubbles over with emotion; an understanding and empathy for three woman built as the film moves between three timelines. Directors Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace-Smith (who also stars) do a brilliant job in taking what would be perceived by the outside world as an innocuous story, and making it and its occupants matter.
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Creature 2022
Wow. This was absolutely incredible. A fascinating performance of so many different horrible strong things in the world, and Kapadia's choices in regard to focus, close ups, and to the extent that he could control it, narrative, were superb. The perfect film to get me back into ballet as an art form capable of incredible and radical style & narrative
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Creature 2022
Describing his new film Creature, Asif Kapadia calls it “pure cinema”: nothing more than performance, music and image. Powell often attempted to create a “composed” film, the best-known of which is 1948’s The Red Shoes, which features a 17-minute ballet sequence. The aim had originally been to make an entire film as a ballet, but it is near impossible to sell the idea to a producer that a cinema audience will embrace a total negation of dialogue.
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Creature 2022
In this startling collaboration with choreographer Akram Khan, Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna, Diego Maradona) brings his directorial finesse to a bleakly prescient investigation of power and nature that boldly advances the horizons of dance.
The screening on Sun 19 Feb will be followed by an in-person Q&A with director Asif Kapadia, hosted by Tina Gharavi.
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EO 2022
TLDR: The finest ass in cinema
I wasn’t expecting to experience a cinematic revelation when I saw Jerzy Skolimowski’s Eo but that’s exactly what happened. Putting aside the intimate cinematography, inventive direction, and strong overall cast, Eo offers perhaps the year’s greatest thespian performance from the unlikeliest of sources.
The tour de force given by the titular character, a donkey, not only captured my attention with an iron grip, but also took me to emotional depths and summits that I…
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