New Zealand isn't known as a hotbed of regional film production. But this country of 4.4 million people recently found its top native filmmaker in the unlikely form of 40-year-old comedian and actor ...

New Zealand will forever be linked, cinematically, to the massive Peter Jackson epics “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit,” but the small island country is also gaining a reputation as an ...

Life in remote parts of New Zealand must forge hardy souls, judging from the characters in “Hunt for the Wilderpeople,” the gifted director Taika Waititi’s last film before heading off to Hollywood.

Violetta Katsaris a Sydney-based TV/Film Feature at Collider. She is a big fan of Feminist sci-fi/horror films and is always on the lookout for any new recommendations. She could go on for days about ...

Welcome back to another issue of Your Movie Mage, where I discuss underrated movies across genres. Last week, we discussed the low-budget and depressing “On the Count of Three.” This week, we’ll be ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hector wants to surrender but Ricky doesn’t want to do it. He wants them to go out in a blaze of ...

The year 2016 was the year of man’s cinematic exodus into the wild. Where before there was “The Revenant” and “Swiss Army Man,” now comes “Hunt for the Wilderpeople,” the sprightly coming-of-age tale ...

Family films today lack the edge of their 1980s predecessors. There never seem to be convincing danger or stakes, and the humor is too often for kids alone. But New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi ...

Thor 3’s Taika Waititi on Hunt for Wilderpeople“It’s like Laurel and Hardy in the bush: A wiry old skinny white guy and a short, fat Maori kid.” ...