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Met Opera 2022

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Met Opera 2022: Eurydice

The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, who attempts to harness the power of music to rescue his beloved Eurydice from the underworld, has inspired composers since…
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Met Opera 2022: Cinderella

The Met presents a new installment in its series of abridged opera adaptations for family audiences. Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s Cendrillon,…
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Met Opera 2022: Rigoletto

Tony Award¬–winning director Bartlett Sher offers a bold new take on Verdi’s timeless tragedy, re-setting the opera’s action to 1920s Europe, with Art Deco sets…
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Met Opera 2022: Ariadne auf Naxos

The exhilarating soprano Lise Davidsen brings one of her signature roles to the Met for the first time as the mythological Greek heroine of Strauss’s enchanting…
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Met Opera 2022: Don Carlos

For the first time in company history, the Met presents the original five-act French version of Verdi’s epic opera of doomed love among royalty, set against the…
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Met Opera 2022: Turandot

Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska stars in the title role of the legendary cold-hearted princess. Tenor Yonghoon Lee is the bold prince determined to win…
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Met Opera 2022: Lucia di Lammermoor

In recent seasons, soprano Nadine Sierra has brought down the house at the Met with virtuosic vocalism and captivating stage presence as Gilda in Rigoletto,…
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Met Opera 2022: Hamlet

When Australian composer Brett Dean’s Hamlet had its world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017, The Guardian declared, “New opera doesn’t often get to…
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Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival 2022

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An Other City

The turn of the 21st Century was a golden age in Swedish urban planning. Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm became a model around the world for how to design an…
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Grethe Meyer: The Queen of Danish Design

Grethe Meyer is one of the great figures of Danish design, but perhaps also one of the most overlooked. As an architect and designer, Meyer left us with…
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House Works + Memo Mori

Emily Richardson is an artist, filmmaker and researcher whose films explore the nature of our relationship to personal histories and the spaces we inhabit. …
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Mud Frontier: Architecture at the Borderlands

Set in the remote San Luis Valley of Colorado, this documentary follows design studio Rael San Fratello’s experimentation with 3D-printing technology and…
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Holy Frit

In this three-year race against time, Tim Carey, a talented, yet unknown L.A. artist, bluffs his way into winning the commission to create the largest…
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Symphony of the Ursus Factory

The Ursus factory once covered 170 hectares and employed 20,000 workers, producing 100 tractors a day. Now, its buildings stand derelict and empty; half have…
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Building Bastille

Building Bastille – The Improbable Story of the Paris Opera  A half a billion dollar project, a crushing architectural challenge and impossible deadline, two…
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Mau

From Mecca to MoMA, from Guatemala to Coca Cola, this documentary explores the untold story of design visionary and the absolutely charismatic Bruce Mau.…
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McCurry: The Pursuit of Color

An intimate look at the contemporary photojournalist Steve McCurry, best known for his famed photograph 'Afghan Girl'. The one thing more poignant than…
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Ailey

Alvin Ailey was a visionary artist who found salvation through dance. Told in his own words and through the creation of a dance inspired by his life, this…
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Architect of Brutal Poetry

Having produced around 400 projects over a 50-year career, the famous Brazilian architect Han Broos has influenced several generations of architects and urban…
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Inside the Uffizi

Go behind the scenes of the prominent art museum Uffizi Gallery, located in the Historic Centre of Florence. Built in 1561 by Giorgio Vasari, it is one of the…
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The Automat

A crowd-pleasing slice of nostalgia, this charming documentary offers a comprehensive history into the phenomenal franchise Horn & Hardart— the inspiration for…
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Maija Isola, Master of Colour and Form

Finnish artist Maija Isola began her long and remarkable career in 1949 as a textile designer at Printex, a home furnishings and fashion company which preceeded…
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High Maintenance - The Life and Work of Dani Karav

Full of wry wit and bursting with energy, HIGH MAINTENANCE is a warm and touching portrayal of Dani Karavan—a world-famous Israeli sculptor, who has created…
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Shelter Without Shelter

Shelter Without Shelter is the story of the great hopes and profound challenges of sheltering forced migrants across Europe and the Middle East. Filmed over two…
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Quant

One of Britain’s most renowned cultural figures, Quant was at the vanguard of the stylistic revolution of the 60s and 70s, leading the charge away from…
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French Film Festival Aotearoa

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Happy 50

In this irreverent and feel-good comedy, a group of long-time friends get together for a hilarious and eventful vacation, in which nothing will go as planned…
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A Mermaid in Paris

A crooner with a broken heart, Gaspard had sworn never to fall in love again. As for Lula, a pretty mermaid, she has only her singing to defend herself from…
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Rumba Therapy

Rumba Therapy is a feel-good comedy made by actor-turned-Director Franck Dubosc who plays Tony, a bus driver in his 50s, going through a midlife crisis. He…
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The Villa

With an all-star ensemble cast, The Villa joins the ranks of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Calendar Girls and The Intouchables, with it’s touching and…
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Another World

OFFICIAL SELECTION (IN COMPETITION) – 2021 VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The remarkable Vincent Lindon reunites with acclaimed writer/director Stéphane…
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Maigret

The legendary Gerard Depardieu brings to remarkable life one of the most beloved characters from 20th century crime fiction in MAIGRET, the masterfully directed…
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Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Seven men, all city-dwellers aged between 17 and 70, with nothing in common apart from the fact that they are all on the verge of a nervous breakdown, meet up…
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Murder Party

Sink your teeth into this juicy murder comedy! Was it Colonel Mustard in the kitchen with the candlestick? Or was it Mrs Peacock in the conservatory with the…
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Hear Me Out

Antoine, a history teacher in his early 50s, learns that he has become very hard of hearing. Unable to own up to his handicap, he resigns himself to living in…
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Farewell, Mr. Haffmann

WINNER – 2021 SARLAT FILM FESTIVAL – Audience Prize (Best Film) & Best Actress.  The legendary Daniel Auteuil gives one of his most superlative screen…
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Employee Of The Month

The hilarious smash hit French comedy written and directed by, and starring Jérôme Commandeur (Welcome to the sticks, Ma famille t’adore déjà). Vincent, a long…
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The Kitchen Brigade

Cathy is a stubborn 40-year-old sous chef. This year, she is finally about to fulfil her lifelong dream: Opening her own gastronomic restaurant. But nothing…
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La Traviata, My Brothers and I

Nour, a 14-year-old boy, is enjoying the beginning of the summer holidays in the South of France. He is the youngest of four brothers. They live together in a…
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Between Two Worlds

Marianne Winckler, a well-known author, goes to live in northern France to research her new book on the subject of job insecurity. Without revealing her true…
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The Young Lovers

The fabulous Fanny Ardant, Melvil Poupaud and Cécile de France beguile in THE YOUNG LOVERS, Carine Tardieu's eagerly anticipated follow up to Just To Be Sure, a…
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Love Song for Tough Guys

OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2021 CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL  OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2021 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL  Featuring a delicious ensemble cast led by…
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Everything Went Fine

When André, 85, has a stroke, Emmanuelle hurries to her father's bedside. Sick and half-paralyzed in his hospital bed, he asks Emmanuelle to help him end his…
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Kompromat

Based on incredible true events, Jérôme Salle’s gripping new political thriller depicts the remarkable story of a French public servant who unwittingly found…
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OSS 117: From Africa with Love

1981. Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117, is back. On a new mission, more sensitive, perilous, and torrid than ever before, he has to team up with a…
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Little Nicholas' Treasure

From writer/director Julien Rappeneau (the talent behind past Festival hits Rosalie Blum and Of Love & Lies), the charming and hilarious comedy LITTLE NICHOLAS’…
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Madeleine Collins

In this psychological thriller in the Hitchcockian tradition, Virginie Efira (Bye Bye Morons) deftly embodies the troubled personality of Madeleine Collins, a…
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Location
  • Petone
  • Cuba
  • Pauatahanui
Film
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • How to Please a Woman
  • Diana's Wedding
  • Mothering Sunday
  • The Northman
  • Operation Mincemeat
  • The Jonsson Gang
  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
  • Downton Abbey: A New Era
  • A Hero
  • The Velvet Queen
  • Escape from Mogadishu
  • Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts
  • The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • The Duke
  • Tutankhamun: The Last Exhibition
  • Andre Rieu Happy Days Are Here Again
  • The Lion King Reo Māori
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