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The Turn of the Screw (M, 88mins) Directed by Alex Galvin ***½ It’s after 11pm, but Julia’s (Greer Phillips) night is only just beginning. While the flight delay gave her more time to work on her lines, this is still the only chance she’ll have to run through the play before tomorrow’s opening night. Most of the stage crew have already gone home, as have two of the actors, but director Richard (Ralph Johnson) is still convinced this will give his leading lady a chance to get a real feel for this production of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw.

THE TURN OF THE SCREW gets its highly anticipated nationwide cinematic release on 21 January. Opening at Rialto Newmarket and The Capitol in Auckland, The Roxy in Wellington, and Alice Cinemas in Christchurch, the film will then tour the country throughout January and February. Set on a stage in modern day New Zealand, a young actress, Julia, is a last minute replacement in a theatre production of the Henry James classic THE TURN OF THE SCREW, for the lead who suddenly pulled out a day before opening. Arriving late at night, Julia must immediately go on stage and perform a dress rehearsal to...

Reviews From the 2020 Another Hole In The Head Film Festival by Peter Wong on December 15, 2020 One of the 2020 Another Hole In The Head Film Festival’s offerings shows why the slogan “All Cops Are Bastards” may be far truer than the average person may be comfortable with.  Amadeo Canonico’s “The Statement” gets at these truths by taking an oral wrecking ball to the wall separating its characters from their awareness of the audien...

The Turn of the Screw. Photo: Courtesy AHITH If we’re going to enjoy many new films in 2021, we’ll have to rely largely on countries that have COVID-19 under control to provide them. Anticipate, as a consequence, a large crop of films from Australia, China, Iceland, Mongolia, New Zealand, and (fingers crossed!) Vanuatu in the year ahead. But perhaps the Antipodean invasion has already begun! This year’s Another Hole in the Head Film Festival — running from Friday, Dec. 11 through Sunday, Dec. 27 — includes an outstanding new Kiwi production of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, ...