A star pick in this year's NZIFF, Maria reviews the roundly praised A Ghost Story. A story of death, human longing and time, David Lowery's (Pete's Dragon) latest feature stars CaseyAffleck as a besheeted ghost attempting to connect with his lost love (Rooney Mara).
For all you conspiracy theorists and anti-establishment wonks out there, Maria's got a film for you. From the brains of Michael Moore, Glenn Greenwald and Amy Goodman comes All Governments Lie, a documentary that looks at journalistic ethics in the age of spin and 'fake news'.
Adapted from playwright David Harrower's controversial work Blackbird, Una stars Ben Mendelsohn and Rooney Mara in a story of disturbing relationships and confronting the past.
Dr. Maria talks to us about the packet of amber soaked weirdness that is Neruda. The odd bio/noir/farce hybrid centers on fascist police chief Peluchonneau (Gael García Bernal) as he searches for fugitive communist poet Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco) in a cartoonish game of cat and mouse. The 2016 film comes widely acclaimed, but Maria... is it any good?
Spookers follows the stories of a diverse group of amateur performers who unite to terrify punters at NZ's largest scream park, situated in a former psychiatric hospital.
Clayton reviews winner of the 2017 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Picture, The Salesman. This Tehran production leverages Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman to provide illuminating insight into life in Iran.
Dr. Maria talks to us about the part biopic, part reconstruction, part pack-of-fibs that is Becoming Bond. The odd doco/bio hybrid centers on the Bond film canon's only single shot 007 player, the Australian car mechanic turned model George Lazenby. Narrated by Lazenby himself, how did Maria enjoy a film on the man Dame Diana Rigg once described as: "...obsess[ed] with himself ...utterly, unbelievably ... bloody impossible"?
Dr. Maria Walls joins Mikey to chat about Risk. A documentary which focuses on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Capturing this story, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle.