Simon Morris
At The Movies for 28 July 2016
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at the 13th Star Trek movie, Star Trek beyond, and a film called Demolition, in which Jake Gyllenhaal has to break up his life to put it back together again. He… Audio
At The Movies for 21 July 2016
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at the controversial reboot of Ghostbusters - the comedy that launched a million angry tweets. There's a new version of Grandmama's favourite Anne of Green Gables… Audio
John Clarke - actor
A month of Sundays is a sweet little Australian film about a real estate agent whose life takes an unexpected turnaround after a wrong-number phone call. New Zealand's main interest in it may be the… Audio
Moon Unit Zappa
When asked to describe himself Frank Zappa usually just said "an entertainer", though that's barely scraping the surface. He was the ultimate iconoclast - attacking left and right with equal… Video, Audio
At The Movies 647
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at The BFG, based on the Roald Dahl children's favourite and directed by Steven Spielberg… and Sing Street, set in a Dublin boys school in the early Eighties. He… Audio
At The Movies - NZ International Film Festival
The unruly side-bars to the Festival proper - Animation and Incredibly Strange - are unveiled by curators Malcolm Turner and Ant Timpson. Audio
At The Movies - Sing Street review
Following the interview with director John Carney a few weeks ago, we look at Eighties school-band movie itself. Audio
At The Movies - BFG Review
Steven Spielberg's first full-on fairy tale, based on a book by Roald Dahl, and starring Spielberg favourite Mark Rylance. Audio
Variety - the classic silent movie gets a new live score
Germany after the First World War was bleak. Poverty was all around, and the only place to escape it was at the live variety shows - if you could afford it. That's the theme to the German silent… Audio
Love and Friendship
An extended interview with director Whit Stillman, about his adaptation of an unpublished - and very sexy! - novel by Jane Austen. Audio
Dough
An odd-couple comedy-drama, starring Jonathan Price (Game of Thrones) as a Jewish Baker forced to employ a young, African, Muslim kid. Audio
The Legend of Tarzan
100 years old and still going strong, this version comes from the producer and director of the Harry Potter films. Audio
At the Movies for 7 July 2016
On At The Movies, Simon Morris talks to American director Whit Stillman (The last days of disco) about his take on a never-filmed Jane Austen novella, Love and Friendship. He also looks at another… Audio
Labyrinth Of Lies
In 1958, Auschwitz remained a secret to many young Germans. This film tells how the secret was let out. Audio
Finding Dory
The sequel to 2003's Finding Nemo, this Pixar smash hit features, once again, Ellen DeGeneres as the forgetful reef fish. Audio
Warcraft
The online phenomenon, computer-game World of Warcraft is the latest to be turned into a movie. Directed by Duncan Jones (Moon). Audio
At The Movies for 30 June 2016
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at hugely successful family movie Finding Dory, and just plain huge Warcraft and Independence Day 2. And a smaller German film packs its own wallop - Labyrinth Of… Audio
At the Movies for 23 June 2016
In this web-only At The Movies – an extended version of this week’s interview with Bill Gosden, the director of the New Zealand International Film Festival. More films, more highlights and more… Audio
At the Movies for 23 June 2016
In this web-only At The Movies – an extended version of this week’s interview with Bill Gosden, the director of the New Zealand International Film Festival. More films, more highlights and more…
AudioDave Gibson
The CEO of the New Zealand Film Commission talks about a busy year, "something for everyone" - and his occasionally prickly relationship with the independent sector. Audio