Mārama
First screened in October 2025
Director: Taratoa Stappard. Cast: Ariana Osborne, Toby Stephens, Evelyn Towersey, Umi Myers, Jordan Mooney, Erroll Shand, Mihi Te Rauhi Daniels, Turia Schmidt-Peke. Screenplay: Taratoa Stappard.
Photo © 2025 The Sweetshop
In Brief:
Gothic predictability is part of the point but also a flaw. Potent moments but structure could be tighter. End not for me.
VOR:
②
Indigenous and explicitly anticolonial horror have potentials worth expanding, but even the stronger elements here feel too familiar.
Grade:
B–
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