On Screen This Week
Films at Luxe Cinemas :
How to Make a Killing (Un Ours dans le Jura)
In this dark crime comedy, married couple Cathy (Laure Calamy) and Michel (Frank Dubosc) lead a quiet life in the picturesque Jura mountains. When a bear bursts out in front of Michel’s car, accidentally killing two criminals and revealing illicit money in the process, their life takes an unpredictable turn, especially when they decide to cover up the incident and keep the money. But their stumbling plans leads to an unexplained trail of confusion. More used to being honest than crooked, Michel and Cathy’s clumsy cover-up efforts soon start attracting attention.
With over one million admissions, How to Make a Killing is the third highest grossing French film of 2025 to date.
Michel et Cathy, un couple usé par le temps et les difficultés financières, ne se parlent plus vraiment. Jusqu’au jour où Michel, pour éviter un ours sur la route, heurte une voiture et tue les deux occupants.
Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39hsFU845Lw&t=2s
COMING SOON:
New Caledonia Film Festival
Programme & Synopsis
https://nz.newcaledonia.travel/new-caledonia-film-festival/
DVDs to Lend Out
I have approximately 120 French DVDs that anyone who is still able to view DVDs is most welcome to borrow. There are comedies and dramas, recent and older films, famous actors and less famous. All are subtitled in English.
Let me know if you don’t have, but would like, the catalogue and then make your choice.
shelley@lovefrench.nz or ph 07 578 9416. No charge.
Au petit écran – on the Small Screen
Netflix : Lots of excellent French series & films to suit all tastes.
Library Movie Streaming:
All you need is a Tauranga City library card and the internet and you will be able to access over a thousand films and documentaries via Beamafilm, or classical music, concerts, ballets ,documentaries, artist portraits and education programmes via Medici TV. All access is free.
For more info: https://library.tauranga.govt.nz/digital-library/streaming
PS: The library also has real books and, in particular, a French novel section.
TV NZ OnDemand : has a number of French movies in their Foreign Language section:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/categories/foreign-language
Maori Channel : Keep an eye out for their Sunday evening films that are usually repeated at noon on the Monday. They frequently show foreign films and often French ones.
https://www.maoriplus.co.nz/
