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It’s been two years since Zach Snyder’s Man of Steel hit cinemas (as well as buildings, planes, trucks, civilians, and gravel). The film gained a lot of criticism for its apathetic attitude towards the large-scale destruction witness in the climax, an ending that Snyder defends. “I was surprised because that’s the thesis of Superman for […]

Rialto Channel 48HOURS is now a teenager in its 13th year. The national filmmaking competition winners were announced at the 2015 Grand National Final hosted on Saturday evening (4TH July) in Auckland. Rialto Channel 48HOURS kicked off on MAY 1 when close to 700 teams from around New Zealand wrote, shot, edited and delivered their short […]

After one month of polling here on Flicks, the votes of 3,000 New Zealand film fans have been tallied and today we announce the epic results… SEE THE 100 GREATEST FILMS EVER MADE HERE. SEE THE 20 WORST FILMS EVER MADE HERE. We won’t spoil the fun of counting down the list, but here’s a […]

The Grand Finalists for this year’s 48Hours Furious Filmmaking competition have been announced, a heavily delayed announcement due to this year “being the most intense and tight judging in 48HOURS history!” That isn’t just a line to get you to BUY TICKETS RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW FOR THE GRAND FINAL JULY 4TH AT THE AUCKLAND […]

So it turns out that Jurassic World, the movie, proves to be the inferior Jurassic World. Yes, the year’s biggest cinema giant is easily dwarfed – by its own spin-off game. In fact its flaws become clear when broken down to bricks. Most will be familiar with the LEGO console games that have recreated the […]

The New Zealand International Film Festival today revealed 17 films that will be screening direct from Cannes in its 2015 programme, including award winners The Assassin (Best Director) and The Lobster (Jury Prize). From the Cannes Competition Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien brings The Assassin, a ravishing historical drama inspired by 9th-century Tang Dynasty fiction, and the winner of Best Director at Cannes […]

Christchurch’s movie-goers have shown their love, with Alice Cinematheque and Reading The Palms cinemas winning the People’s Choice Best Cinema awards at the official awards of the NZ motion picture industry. The New Zealand Motion Picture Industry (NZMPIC) awards take place at the end of each year’s industry conference, and are decided by public vote […]

The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) has announced ten outstanding New Zealand films to be screened at this year’s 2015 festival. Rich in documentaries, this year’s selection of New Zealand films feature eight World Premieres, a collection of artist-made shorts and an Incredibly Strange SXSW hit, all of which are sure to excite and […]

Congratulations to the six filmmakers whose short films were selected by Christine Jeffs (Rain, Sunshine Cleaning) to contend for the awards on this year’s New Zealand’s Best short film programme. For the fourth year in a row, we will be showcasing a fantastic selection of shorts from established filmmakers and up-and-coming talent alike. Attend a screening in […]

Let the film debate begin! Possible topics: When is the right time to use a star wipe? Should an ambitious stage mother let her child audition for Roman Polanski? What are the artistic merits of shooting a film in 4:3? What order do I play the Star Wars films in when I show them to […]

As the shadow of Winter begins to loom across the land, there are worse places to hide from it’s chilling embrace than the local cinema. Actually, we like watching movies all year round so the season has nothing to do with it. Let’s ignore Earth’s voyage through the cosmos then, and focus on six films […]

  The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) has announced four groovy musical titles for the 2015 programme that cover the lives and musical careers of Amy Winehouse, Mavis Staples and The Who, as well as a doco that blends archival footage with the stirring folk songs of King Creosote. Amy From the director of the brilliant Senna Asif Kapadia […]

Through April and May on Flicks, 1,650 New Zealand film fans answered over 26,000 questions about how and why they watch movies. These are our key findings on movie-watching, online piracy and ticket prices.

The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) today announces two Live Cinema Events this year for Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 heart-warming classic The Kid, preceded by his 1917 short The Immigrant will screen in Auckland and Christchurch. Auckland and Wellington will show a 1928 fairy-tale tribute to New York City only recently discovered, Lonesome from Hungarian director Paul […]

Welcome to the 48Hours playlist, a collection of short films from the Rialto Channel 48Hours filmmaking competition curated according to a particular theme. Now when I say ‘curated’, I specifically mean that I spent an absurd amount of time in the 48Hours Screening Room looking for films that are a superb showcase of the given theme – […]

Attention film fans of New Zealand! Flicks is embarking on an epic journey of revelation. Our goal is straight forward: To find the best movies of all time according to the discerning movie-watchers of this fine nation. Our methods are transparent: We coerce your participation with a bribe – the chance to win the resulting […]

Seven Kiwi film classics are coming back to New Zealand cinemas for a limited run in select theatres over the course of the remaining year. The ‘Classic Kiwi Cinema Series’ kicks off in June with the great Smash Palace, followed by Sam Neill’s documentary Cinema of Unease (July), Jane Campion’s superb An Angel at my […]