At The Movies for Wednesday 29 August 2018
AT THE MOVIES #740 DIRECT FROM THE FESTIVAL
Simon Morris welcomes the first selections from this year’s International Film Festival, and contrasts them with the more routine fare at the multiplexes.
Zama is an Argentinian film, directed by art-house favourite Lucrecia Martel, about a minor colonial magistrate stuck in a dead-end job.
The Happytime Murders is a film noir parody set in a version of LA inhabited by humans and puppets. Directed by Jim Henson’s son Brian, and starring Melissa McCarthy.
And Leave no trace is the new film from director Debra Granik (Winter’s bone) with a star-making role for New Zealand actress Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie.
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At The Movies for 29 August 2018
7:30 PM.On At The Movies, Simon Morris welcomes the first batch of hits of the recent Internatiuonal Film Festival - from Argentina, Zama, and from the United States, Leave no trace starring Kiwi actress… Read more Audio
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Zama: movie review
7:31 PM.A 17th-century Spanish magistrate is stuck in a dead-end job in the Argentinian film Zama, directed by arthouse favourite Lucrecia Martel and based on Antonio di Benedetto's 1956 novel of the same… Read more Video, Audio
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The Happytime Murders: Just not very funny
7:32 PM.Review - A film noir parody set in a version of LA inhabited by humans and puppets, The Happytime Murders is directed by Jim Henson's son Brian, and stars Melissa McCarthy. Read more Video, Audio
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Review - Leave No Trace
7:33 PM.Leave No Trace is the new film from director Debra Granik (Winter's Bone) with a star-making role for New Zealand actress Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie. Read more Video, Audio
