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  • The Wellington Film Society, Embassy 6.15pm on Monday 18 March:
  • NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH Carol Reed | UK | 1940.
    A twisting, turning, cloak-and-dagger delight, combining comedy, romance, and thrills with the greatest of ease. Paced like an out-of-control locomotive, it takes viewers on a journey from Prague to England as Nazis pursue a Czech scientist and his daughter, who are being aided by a debonair British undercover agent. This captivating, long-overlooked adventure - which features a clever screenplay by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, best known for writing Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes - is a deftly concocted spy game that could give the Master of Suspense a run for his money. - Criterion.
  • Members only. Renewal and upgrades available at any time on line, and pick up the membership card at a screening.

  • Film Festivals to note:
  • NZIFF Wellington 31 July - 11 August: Embassy, Roxy and Light House Cuba only.
  • If you have a festival due to run in Wellington and it's not listed here, contact the Cinemaster.


    This site relies on the various cinemas having their own websites up to date to access their screening times. The paragraphs describing the films starting this week are in most cases adapted from the linked reviews.

    For comments and movie news, contact the Cinemaster at filmster@gmail.com.




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    THE CONVERT - New Zealand director Lee Tamahori brings his skills to bear in this sweeping, early 19th-century period drama about Maori conflict - ostensibly crafting a founding myth for New Zealand. It functions as a very immersive deep-dive into Maori culture in an entertaining and accessible package. The filmmaker's extensive partnership with the Maori is evident in every aspect of the production. Season proper. Also Penthouse, Roxy, Lighthouse, Queensgate, Monterey, Reading, Coastlands and Shoreline

    WICKED LITTLE LETTERS - In this enormously entertaining period romp, the chintzy propriety of a demure corner of 1920s Sussex, the seaside town of Littlehampton, is rocked by a plague of elaborately filthy poison pen letters. It is, we are told, "more true than you'd think". Whether or not there's a factual basis to the story, it's undeniably an absolute blast. Advance sreenings this weekend. Also Penthouse, Lighthouse, Queensgate, Monterey and Coastlands.

    GOODBYE JULIA - A dark, corrosive examination of morality lies at the center of Mohamed Kordofani's film, which Sudan picked as their official entry for the Oscars. This is strongly tethered to an excavation of Sudan’s identity, which is exposed as ripped apart by racist and communal divides between the north and south. Also Shoreline.

    Wellington Animation Film Festival - 15-16 March only. A two day blast brought to you by C.A.F.E, teaming up with the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the French Embassy of New Zealand. Check "Website" for details and bookings.

    ORDINARY ANGELS - This has some of the feeling of an after-school special because it's a heartwarming movie in which everybody is nice. But it's more well-made than most. It hooks the audience from the first scene and then builds in tension over the course of its almost two-hour running time. Hilary Swank stars as a woman who sets out to help an ailing girl and her family. Also Monterey, Reading and Coastlands..


    u p c o m i n g   f i l m s
    GHOSTBUSTERS:
    FROZEN EMPIRE
    Mar 21 Reading
    WICKED LITTLE LETTERS Mar 21 Penthouse
    GODZILLA X KONG Mar 28 Reading
    IO CAPITANO Mar 28 Penthouse
    THE MOUNTAIN Mar 28 Reading
    KUNG FU PANDA 4 Apr 04 Reading
    LOVE LIES BLEEDING Apr 04 Lighthouse
    MONKEY MAN Apr 04 Penthouse









     

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