Into interesting eyewear? Own more than one scarf? Judge snack food by noise potential? Well you’re right in the demographic for the Auckland International Film Festival, which starts Thursday and boasts a classier line up than Scarface.
95BFM’s ace film guy Fabian Fanboy recommends Zombie movies [REC] and George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead, documentaries Bigger, Stronger, Faster (roids), Stranded: I’ve Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains (Rugby players eating their mates), and The King of Kong (video game nerd-off). Fabian also recommends time travel thriller Timecrimes, the original The Adventures of Robin Hood, and The Red Balloon – you know, that movie. With the Balloon.
That’s only the tip of the iceberg of course, be sure to check the full programme, which is blocking open just about ever shop door in town (bonus – it should be much easier to navigate than the website). Sick shit fans should check out the Ant Timpson-curated Incredibly Strange Film Festival, his sordid little festival within the festival.