Programme launch week marks the commencement Lumière's second annual online Telecom New Zealand International Film Festivals coverage: all forthcoming features, reviews and festival column entries can be found on The Festival Reader, which continues throughout July and August. Pre-festival reviews have begun filtering through, with Lumière's daily festival column to begin on July 13th. When in doubt, visit nzff.telecom.co.nz.

Latest Additions: TIM WONG reviews Lodge Kerrigan's unnerving new film Keane, a revisitation of mental illness first explored in 1994's Clean, Shaven; and Mutual Appreciation, indie bright light Andrew Bujalski's amusing and perfectly observed sophomore feature about post-grad drifters and stunted musical ambition.