Movies: Colin Hodson

Shifter's life is a mess. His flatmates play "horrible un-music" and drink all the milk. He can't talk to his ex without arguing. He can't get his answerphone messages. His new flat is a tip, and he's having nightmares about killer rabbits -- but it ...

Colin Hodson is an axiom of Aro Valley no-budget cinema. The male half of the "Uncomfortable Comfortable" couple, and director/star of "Shifter", now adds a third closely observed portrait to his gallery of passive aggressives....

"I wanted to take a slow, searching look at a couple in trouble – it's not punched up melodrama, just the awkward way two people try and fail to negotiate the realisation that it isn’t really working out. At the time we were working within an explici...

The Aro Valley Digital film movement is examined through interviews with the various filmmakers and extensive clips of their work....

A young man tries out for his local rugby team, but discovers that becoming part of the team involves a lot more than giving 110%....

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it isn’t the churning surf that threatens a young windsurfer who takes to the waves for the first time....