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After searching for her estranged father online, a people-pleasing young woman unexpectedly forms a close bond with a grieving, childless man with the same name as her father on Facebook. Inspired by a true story.
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Terry Gilliam's visionary Orwellian fantasy, is an audacious dark comedy, filled with strange, imaginative visuals. In a retro-future world, Sam Lowry, a clerk in the ministry department, is given the task to rectify an administrative error. However, in the process, he becomes the enemy of the state.
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Magical, lyrical and deeply romantic, Niall Williams' Four Letters of Love moved readers the world over and became an international bestseller. Now a feature film starring Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne, Four Letters of Love is a life-affirming tribute to human folly, to fate, love and destiny. Nicholas and Isabel are soulmates bound by destiny, yet unaware of their fate. As ghosts, magic, and the power of true love pull them together, life itself conspires to keep them apart. A glorious, uplifting story of faith, seizing the moment, and trusting your instincts, this sweeping cinematic journey celebrates the courage to follow your heart—no matter the odds. Four Letters of Love is a life-affirming tribute to human folly, to fate, to miracles, love and destiny.
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The very first cinematic blockbuster returns to the big screen for one night only! When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.
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Produced by the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and Belmont Productions, Master of Motion celebrates the life and work of Len Lye and his longstanding relationship with Aotearoa, Taranaki and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Alongside vintage footage of the artist and interviews with experts in hi art, Master of Motion includes a wealth of recently uncovered archival materials telling the Len Lye’s story in his own voice. The new 30 minute documentary introduces audiences to the Len Lye story, showcasing his visionary work in film and sculpture, his monumental ambitions for his work beyond his own life and his legacy in the Len Lye Centre.
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The daunting, rambling estate of Knowl is no home for a young woman on her own, and certainly not for Maud (Agnes O’Casey, The Miracle Club) - just 18 years old. Freshly burdened with the sudden death of her father, and granted inheritance to his entire estate when she comes of age at 21, Maud is alone, unschooled in the ways of society, and vulnerable. The wolves begin to circle… In a bewildering turn of events, Uncle Silas (David Wilmot, The Guard) is revealed as Maud’s guardian in her father’s will. A pariah of ‘society’, he is infamous for being a callous and uncaring man. Silas is furious at being denied his ‘rightful’ inheritance, and in a world designed to constrain women, deploys society’s most underhand weapons to bend Maud to his will. As family secrets are uncovered, Maud discovers and reclaims her fledgling independence. Lies We Tell is a chilling and atmospheric gothic tour de force, featuring a star making turn from Agnes O’Casey.
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Pitchblack Playback: Tame Impala 'Currents' *Please arrive by event start time as latecomers will not be admitted and refunds will not be offered* Pitchblack Playback album listening sessions in the dark return to one of their most in-demand albums: Tame Impala's flawless, widescreen epic 'Currents'. Hear these incredible records in all their glory played loud in uncompressed 24-bit audio through every speaker of our cinema sound system for you to hear and feel every nuance. No distractions; just you and the music. 'Currents' has sold out every time they've done it in the past... "This sounds great” — Rick Rubin "It’s the way I remember experiencing music when I was a teenager, turning out the lights and just allowing myself to be carried away by the music" — Steven Wilson "A fabulous idea" — Jay Kay, Jamiroquai "I have an out-of-body experience every time I go" — Jonny, artist manager Ticket includes Pitchblack Playback eye mask for extra darkness. As recommended by The Guardian, GQ, Time Out, Metro and Newsweek. Duration: 52 minutes
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Pitchblack Playback: Joy Division 'Closer' (45th Anniversary) *Please arrive by event start time as latecomers will not be admitted and refunds will not be offered* Immerse yourself in Joy Division's brooding classic 'Closer' at Pitchblack Playback's listening session in the dark, celebrating 45 years of this incredible album.. Hear this immense record played loud in uncompressed audio on our powerful sound system. No distractions; just you and the music. This has been one of the most popular Pitchblack Playback albums of all-time, so don't sleep on tickets. "This sounds great” — Rick Rubin "A fabulous idea" — Jay Kay, Jamiroquai "The optimal way to listen to an album" — Max Richter "This might just be my favourite new thing to do" — Nihal, BBC Radio 5 Live Ticket includes Pitchblack Playback eye mask for extra darkness. As recommended by The Guardian, GQ, Time Out, Metro and Newsweek. 25% of Pitchblack Playback's profits from this event go to Hope Epilepsy, a London-based charity who support families who have children with epilepsy, Duration: 45 minutes
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Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.
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To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of this seminal coming of age drama, we bring your favourite delinquent teens back to the big screen for a special one-off screening. Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
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While covering the news desk in Cairo for a colleague over the Christmas holidays, Australian journalist Peter Greste is arrested and accused of terrorism. He has become a pawn in the middle of a deadly game full of corrupt officials and ancient rivalries. Now the subject of his own worldwide news story, with only his wits and unlikely allies keeping him alive, Greste’s very survival means staring down a brutal regime. THE CORRESPONDENT is a gripping thriller and a compelling true story about the relentless defence of the truth and triumph of the human spirit. Starring Richard Roxburgh as Peter Greste and directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog).
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Filmmaker Joshua Prendeville’s sterling documentary holds a delicate lens to the fascinating life and work of one of Aotearoa’s literary treasures, Dame Fiona Kidman.
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The Night of the Hunter—incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed—is truly a stand-alone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters, are uncovered by her terrified young children. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic—also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish and writer James Agee—is cinema’s most eccentric rendering of the battle between good and evil.
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In a bid to secure his family’s legacy, an international tycoon brings his nun-daughter into his most daring scheme yet in the latest film from legendary filmmaker Wes Anderson - THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME. Benicio del Toro stars as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Liesl, his daughter/ a nun; Michael Cera as Bjorn, their tutor. Also featuring Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffery Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend and Hope Davis.