Stories by Judah Finnigan

Film and TV reviewer Judah Finnigan shares his picks of 2014.

David Ayer's Fury is compelling, but never feels completely sure of itself, writes Judah Finnigan.

On paper, it seemed Toa Fraser's The Dead Lands would cap off a superlative year for NZ cinema.

Just shy of 10 years on from Sin City, the sequel has more brawls, more breasts and a bigger body count.

The NZ premiere of horror-comedy Housebound was a "filmmaker's heaven", says its director.

The Emmys have always been about PR, not celebrating achievement, but did they really have to make it so obvious this year?

Judah Finnigan battles film festival fatigue to wrap up this year's offerings.

The second week of the film festival: chopped and screwed cinema, and screenplays that "go for broke with the vulgarity".

Australia-born filmmaker Kitty Green got caught up in the "bold, beautiful, crazy" spirit of the Femen movement.

Week two of the New Zealand Film Festival pushes a sleep-deprived Judah Finnigan entirely out of his comfort zone.

52 Tuesdays follows a year in the life of a teenage girl, and her mother's gender transition. Judah Finnigan talks to director Sophie Hyde.

Judah Finnigan forgoes a full eight hours' sleep and financial stability to catch the best of the New Zealand International Film Festival.

The Internet's Own Boy tells the story of Aaron Swartz, whose court battle and death highlight the dark side of the internet.

Right now, 3d printing is seen as little more than a geeky curiosity – but it has the potential to disrupt our entire industrial infrastructure.

Ready your spreadsheets: Adam Goodall and Judah Finnigan pick their favourites of the film festival.

If finding time to make films can like 'pulling teeth', putting out a full-length feature can be its own rough form of DIY dentistry.

HBO might have a reputation for nudity and gore, but it should be commended for its honest and challenging representations of sexuality.

Despite expecting to hate it, Judah Finnigan finds a lot to like in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Judah Finnigan speaks to film-maker Steve James about Roger Ebert and documentary making.

Judah Finnigan talks to award-winning filmmaker Steve James, director of Hoop Dreams.

HBO's latest sends up start-up culture in Silicon Valley; Judah Finnigan asks if that's a worthy target.

Film bloggers Adam Goodall and Judah Finnigan are looking forward to the Cannes Film Festival. A lot.

Judah Finnigan on the series giving an amber-tinted portrait of the shattered American dream of the 1960s

The blockbusting action film for children, which also might just be the single biggest product-placement vehicle ever conceived.

Judah Finnigan on the Danish director's latest provocative feature.