Movies
Boy
Taika Waititi’s coming of age comedy-drama has become one of the highest grossing films ever across the Tasman. And it is just superb entertainment, a perfectly measured mix of pathos, comedy and drama sure to be a hit everywhere it screens – despite the need for subtitles for anyone not attuned to thick, back country North Island accents. 11-year-old ‘Boy’ (James Rollison) looks after his young bro Rocky (Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu) and a brood of other Maori kids and a much loved goat in an remote beachside hamlet, all the time dreaming he can dance like Michael Jackson. He also imagines his absent dad is a war hero, though when the real petty crim version does turn up (a nuanced performance from Waititi himself), a chain of events unfolds which will change his life forever. It’s all fabulously well-handled. Boy is that rarest of low budget creatures – a genuine crowd pleaser. Stick around for the Bollywood finale!
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Lavazza Italian Film Festival
Now it its eleventh year, the eagerly awaited 2010 Lavazza Italian Film Festival is off to a glittering start on September 23, with 26 fabulous films running until October 10. And to get Inner Westies in the mood for the best of Italian cinema, we have 20 double passes to a special preview of Happy Family (R18+) at Palace Norton St on Sunday Sept 12 at 10.15 am (for 10.30 am start). See the bottom of this page for how to enter!