We may not know what integers are, but we know everything that’s coming to New Zealand cinemas. Here are the big, the small, the local, and the classic releases coming at you.
The Big Releases
The Accountant | Find movie times near you
Ben Affleck is Christian Wolff, a math savant working as an accountant for some of the world’s most dangerous criminal organisations in this thriller from the director of the superb Warrior.
Hacksaw Ridge | Find movie times near you
Andrew Garfield leads this World War II true story as Desmond Doss – a conscientious objector who went to war but refused to fire a bullet. Directed by Mel Gibson.
The Light Between Oceans |Find movie times near you
A lighthouse keeper (Michael Fassbender) and his wife (Alicia Vikander) living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat. From the writer-director of The Place Beyond the Pines.
The Small Releases
One Piece Film: Gold | Limited sessions across the nation
The Straw Hat Pirates are taking on Gild Tesoro, one of the richest men in the world in this new entry in the anime series from Toei Animation.
Someone to Talk to | Limited sessions in Auckland
A portrait of modern people who have forgotten how to converse. Directed by Yulin Liu, based on her father’s award-winning novel.
Paramount Music Film Festival | Now playing in Wellington
The Paramount is also playing a bunch of music-related features from Oscar-winning doco Amy to comedy classic The Blues Brothers.
Kiwi Films
Co-writer Arthur Meek plays a Kiwi academic on a mission to save the Free World by wooing Hillary Clinton in this comedy short from director Dean Hewison. (Also available on Amazon and Vimeo for the price of a cup of coffee.)
The 5th Eye | Playing this weekend in Waiheke and Motueka
Ahead of the Rialto Newmarket Q&A session on the 10th November, some remote areas of NZ will get a chance to see this angering, necessary-viewing documentary on our nation’s contribution to global surveillance.
During the New Zealand Land Wars, hundreds of peaceful Taranaki Maori were arrested by the government and imprisoned without trial in the South Island. In this documentary, their descendants travel to Dunedin in remembrance.
Classics
Dune | 8.00pm, Friday 4th November @ Event Newmarket (AK)
OK… perhaps it’s not a “classic” for the right reasons, but anyone who saw the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune could consider this extracurricular watching.
…Paramount Music Film Festival | Now playing in Wellington
Seriously. They’ve got heaps of classics playing in this fest, including This is Spinal Tap (Nov 5), Purple Rain (Nov 11), and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (Nov 4).
