Celebrate the Original

“The New Zealand Tourist Board must have been thrilled with this lovely looking culture-fest, jam-packed as it is with stunning coastal views, glorious sunshine and rare insights into Maori culture.

“In the role of Amélie, a waitress in a Paris cafe, 23 year-old Audrey Tautou is utterly captivating. Ditto the movie. There’s magic in it.

"Set during the last week of Laura Palmer’s life, Fire Walk With Me finds Sheryl Lee giving a wrenching, largely unsung performance as the wayward homecoming queen, with her Laura going through cycles of abuse at the hands of her father Leland and the malevolent spirit possessing him known as Bob.

“Watching Baraka, a nonverbal symphony of exquisite images, you experience a feeling of intense empowerment. As one spectacular image follows another, nearly every one lucid and sharp and magnificent, you feel as if you can go anywhere and see anything.

Having won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1944 Academy Awards, it is easy to see how this film, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman is consistently considered a classic. Acting out a tortured relationship of love and virture, this pair is iconic in these roles. This 1942 tale of love and war has never ceased to enthrall.