Hunt for the Wilderpeople: Ten Years of 'the Most New Zealand Film Ever Made'

Hunt for the Wilderpeople: Ten years of 'the most New Zealand film ever made'

The 2016 Taika Waititi film shone a light on Kiwi comedy, and the world went, "'Wow, these people are different, but they're funny'."

10 Years Later: The Best Films of 2016

Ten years later, 2016 feels like a lifetime ago in cinema terms—a strange moment with blockbusters, and the some daring indie films. Looking back, the movies from that year almost feel like artifacts from a world that’s somehow distant. It was a year when filmmakers like Damien Chazelle and Mel Gibson somehow collided into the cultural zeitgeist. Meanwhile, mainstream Hollywood found itself energized by prestige dramas, biopics, and political th…