"Elena" begins as if it will be the grim portrait of unpleasant people and grows steadily more remorseless. There's a kind of fascination in its unblinking portrait of characters who care about nothing but money. It concludes on a note that would distinguish a film noir, although many noirs end on notes of poetic justice, and there's no poetry in "Elena," and no one deserving justice.
There s even a dedicated kids section on Kanopy.
Kanopy is a streaming service, available at many public and university libraries throughout New Zealand, that allows the free streaming of six titles monthly for those who possess a library card. After scanning through the thousands of critically-acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, educational videos and award-winning classic and foreign films available on demand,
Stuff has come up with this list of six titles we believe are well worth checking out – many of them unavailable to watch elsewhere.
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Blue is the Warmest Colour, Boy and Donnie Darko are among the thousands of great movies available to stream for free on Kanopy.