Lisa Harrow – MRQE

All Creatures Great and Small (TV)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

James Herriot is a vet in Yorkshire, England, during the 1940’s. He is assigned to the practice of Siegfried Farnon, whotogether with his mischievous brother Tristanalready have a successful business. James undergoes a variety of adventures during his work, which are just as often caused by the characters of the county, including the Farnon brothers, as the animals in his care.

Blue Smoke

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Blue Smoke follows a rest-home caretaker, Joe, who is mistaken by an elderly resident, Beryl, for her for her lounge-singing ex-husband. Joe plays his doppelgänger in the hopes of swindling her, until he realises shes broke and dying. When shes finally taken into palliative care, he finishes off the story of his doppelgängers departure to comfort Beryl, and sings her their song: NZ classic, Blue Smoke.

Red Knot

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Peter and Chloe, a young married couple from New York, decide on impulse to take a belated honeymoon on-board a research vessel en route to the icy wastes of Antarctica. Not long into the journey, Chloe begins to feel neglected and betrayed by Peter, who is focused on gathering information for an article he plans to publish on their return about the work of one of their fellow passengers, the whale biologist Roger Payne. After an unforgivable betrayal of trust by Peter, Chloe turns their fledgling marriage upside down by moving into her own room and staking out her independence onboard the ship. Drawing attention to the poles within each of us, the impressionistic story oscillates between the super-confined interiors of the ship and the vast open spaces of Antarctica. In the end, it’s not until Chloe and Peter are lost – perhaps literally, perhaps metaphorically – in the Antarctic ice that they discover how essential one is to the other.

Sunday

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since “Vertigo” is a middle-aged, moderately successful actress. Oliver/Matthew is either a homeless man or a famous film director or both. Madeleine hails him on the street as the latter, launching a bizarre chain of events that includes a conversation in a diner, a very unromantic sexual encounter, the arrival of Madeleine’s odd husband and unsuspecting daughter, and a child’s birthday party. The film also compassionately tracks the daily rounds of Oliver/Matthew’s fellow denizens of the homeless shelter, some of whom will be recognizable to New York audiences.

That Eye, the Sky

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Ort Flack is 12 years old and lives with his mother and his sister Tegwyn in the Australian outback. The three of them also have to take care of their old grandma and their paralyzed father. It is not easy for one mother to take care of everybody. But one day a mysterious stranger, Henry, comes to their desolate house to help them…

The Last Days of Chez Nous

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The story of sisters Vicki and Beth, when Vicki begins an affair with Beth’s intriguing French husband.

Shaker Run

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

With the accidental discovery of a lethal bio-agent at her research facility, Dr. Christine Ruben decides to double cross her own government by stealing the deadly formula to keep it out of the clutches of the military, whom she doesn’t trust. To make her rendezvous with some confederates who promise to get her out of the country, she recruits daredevil driver Judd Pierson and his partner Casey Lee, who are down on their luck and take the job without knowing what they’re getting into.

Other Halves

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A Polynesian street-kid and a much older middle-class housewife are both incarcerated in the same mental hospital – she for attempted suicide and he for habitual crime. A friendship grows between them such that she offers him a place to stay upon his release. However, difficulties arise with his continued criminal activities and dependence on her for support – then his gang moves in with them. The film is based upon Sue McCauley’s award winning autobiographical novel.

From a Far Country

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes the very special, moving qualities Karol possesses and encourages him to consider the priesthood. Although determined to study Polish literature, Karol turns to the church; he is ordained and studies in Italy, France, and Belgium. Torn by fear and repression in post-Stalin Eastern Europe, Karol becomes a poisonous thorn in the communists’ side. His deer reverence and commitment return him to Poland as Pope John Paul II.

The Final Conflict

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ.