We end the 2025 season on a high, with this glorious love-letter to screwball movies, which has more laughs in each of its many set pieces than most comedies do in their entire runtime. Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal are backed by a solid gold supporting cast.
This uber-quirky film is not for everyone, but for those willing to dive into the surreal world of its creator and star Julio Torres it’s a delirious and joyous experience. He stars as an inventor of surreal toys, with Tilda Swinton as the unhinged art critic who holds the key to his fate. Wu Tang Clan rapper RZA and Past Lives’ Greta Lee co-star, with Isabella Rossellini narrating.
If you’re up for offbeat, occasionally dark comedy, this story of a failed American standup returning to his Blackpool birthplace in search of inspiration just might be the funniest film you’ve never heard of. Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Oliver Reed, Leslie Caron and Richard Griffiths are all terrific, but it’s physical comedy genius Lee Evans you won't be able to take your eyes off.
A beautifully woven and uplifting tapestry of wonderful absurdist humour alongside heartache and loss, this is the fish-out-of-water story of Syrian musician Omar and three other asylum-seekers marking time on a remote Scottish island while their applications are assessed.
Based on the true story of how gay activists ended up supporting striking Welsh coal miners in 1984, it will make you laugh a lot, and likely shed a tear too. The stacked cast includes Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, and Andrew Scott.
This based-on-a-true-story Mexican drama, about an unorthodox teacher who joins a school in a dangerous, impoverished town and refuses to accept that its kids have no futures, hits all the familiar notes of the genre — and is no less powerful for doing so.
This story of a lost-soul archaeologist turned tomb-raider (Josh O’Connor) in 1980s Italy and the people around him is beguiling, poetic, funny, mournful, romantic, strange, magical and utterly distinctive.
Living alone in her London flat, 12-year-old Georgie must confront reality when her estranged father, Jason, shows up out of nowhere. Uninterested in a sudden new parental figure, she remains stubbornly resistant to his efforts. As they both adjust to their new circumstances, Georgie and Jason soon find that they still have a lot of […]
Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star as lifelong best friends and drama instructors at a rundown camp in upstate New York. When clueless tech-bro Troy arrives to run the property (into the ground), Amos and Rebecca-Diane band together with the staff and students to stage a masterpiece to keep their beloved summer camp afloat. Rated […]
In this modern, pitch-black take on the screwball comedy, Walter Matthau stars as Henry Graham, a formerly affluent playboy whose lifestyle has drained his fortune. He sets his sights on meek but wealthy botany professor Henrietta Lowell (Elaine May) to avoid climbing down the social ladder. Rated G
This beguiling new comedic romance from celebrated auteur Aki Kaurismäki follows two lost souls who meet by chance in the Helsinki night and then try, in turbulent times, to find companionship. Rated M Short film: The Road to Vagator – 2018 ∙ 12 mins ∙ Dir. by Jess Milne
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership. Rated PG
Walter, an editor of a newspaper, becomes furious when he learns that his ex-wife and ace reporter, Hildy, is marrying another man. Desperate to win her back, they work together on one final investigation. Read more
A story about connection and finding your place in the world. Set in Dunedin in 1981, 17-year-old Josh is forced to make some choices about his life and stand up for himself, his whānau and his future. Read more
