Category Archives: New Zealand Cinema

My Favorite Nagisa Oshima Films

18 Monday Jun 2018

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1.   In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

2.   Gohatto (1999)
(a.k.a. Taboo)

3.   Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

4.   Death by Hanging (1968)

5.   The Sun’s Burial (1960)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

6.   Violence at Noon (1966)

7.   Empire of Passion (1978)

8.   Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)

9.   Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
(I saw it on and old VHS Tape)

10. Japanesse Summer: Double Suicide (1967)

11. Sing a Song of Sex (1967)

12. Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)

13. Max Mon Amour (1968)

My Favorite Peter Jackson Films

01 Tuesday May 2018

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1.   They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
(Documentary)

2.   Heavenly Creatures (1994)

3.   Forgotten Silver (1995)
(co-directed with Costa Botes)
(Mockumentary)

4.   Dead Alive (1992)
(a.k.a. Braindead)

5.   Bad Taste (1987)

6.   Meet the Feebles (1989)

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1.   The Frighteners (1996)

2a. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
2b. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
2c. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

3.   King Kong (2005)

My Favorite Jane Campion Films

13 Tuesday Mar 2018

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1.   Sweetie (1989)

2.   The Piano (1993)

3.   Top of the Lake (2013)
(Episodes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7)
(Episodes 2, 4, 5 and 6 were co-directed with Garth Davis)
(Cable Series)

4.   In the Cut (2003)

5.   An Angel at My Table (1990)

6.   Two Friends (1986)
(TV Film)

7.   Bright Star (2009)

8.   Holy Smoke! (1999)

9.   The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

10. Top of the Lake: China Girl (2017)
(Episodes 1 and 5)
(Cable Series)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)

1.   Passionless Moments (1983)

2.   Peel: An Exercise in Discipline (1982)

3.   A Girl’s Own Story (1984)