Simon Morris
At the Movies: Huda's Salon
A Palestinian hairdresser blackmails her clients into spying for the Israeli Secret Service in this fraught thriller.
Video, AudioAt the Movies: Evil Dead Rise
A popular horror-comedy franchise returns with this gory new film shot in Auckland.
Video, AudioAt the Movies: Paper Spiders
Indie queen Lili Taylor and up-and-coming American-Kiwi actor Stephania LaVie Owen play mother and daughter in the American art film Paper Spiders.
Video, AudioFiona Farrell
The wave of post-Covid literature continues with a new book by one of our leading writers, Fiona Farrell. Award-winning poet, novelist and non-fiction writer, Fiona's novel Deck starts out as a modern… Audio
Scott Blanks
The New Zealand International Comedy Festival returns next month, but for the first time in four years it's a truly International one again. After Covid struck in 2020, the Festival carried on, but… Audio
At the Movies for 19 April 2023
Simon Morris looks at an assortment of films that all, one way or another, depend heavily on who wrote or produced them. They include a crime comedy, a documentary of a well-known tale of survival… Audio
Movie review - Mafia Mamma
Toni Collette and Monica Belucci pair up for a comedic tale about a suburban housewife who inherits an Italian crime family. Video, Audio
Movie review - Allelujah
Allelujah is a star-studded adaptation of Alan Bennett's play about a Yorkshire hospital in danger of being closed down by market forces. Video, Audio
Movie review - Shackleton
Australian adventurer Tim Jarvis retraces English explorer Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 1914 attempt to cross Antarctica in Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival. Video, Audio
Movie review - Mafia Mamma
Toni Collette and Monica Belucci pair up for a comedic tale about a suburban housewife who inherits an Italian crime family.
Video, AudioMovie review - Allelujah
Allelujah is a star-studded adaptation of Alan Bennett's play about a Yorkshire hospital in danger of being closed down by market forces.
Video, AudioMovie review - Shackleton
Australian adventurer Tim Jarvis retraces English explorer Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 1914 attempt to cross Antarctica in Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival.
Video, AudioFilm Panel
Two years ago, the New Zealand international film industry seemed bigger than it had ever been. Despite - or maybe even because of - a global pandemic, we hosted two of the biggest shows on Earth -… Audio
At The Movies for 12 April 2023
Simon Morris looks through all the films on offer at Easter weekend, in search of the full three to review. He finds two - a true life sports story from Benn Affleck, and a likeable French feelgood… Audio
Review: Air
Air is the story of how Nike came to rule the basketball world when the shoe company met the greatest ever player, Michael Jordan. Starring Matt Damon, Justin Bateman and Viola Davis, and directed by… Video, Audio
Review: Driving Madeleine
Driving Madeleine is a smash hit road movie through the streets of Paris. It stars veteran musical star Line Renaud and popular comedian Dany Boone (Welcome to the Sticks). Video, Audio
Review: Air
Air is the story of how Nike came to rule the basketball world when the shoe company met the greatest ever player, Michael Jordan. Starring Matt Damon, Justin Bateman and Viola Davis, and directed by…
Video, AudioReview: Driving Madeleine
Driving Madeleine is a smash hit road movie through the streets of Paris. It stars veteran musical star Line Renaud and popular comedian Dany Boone (Welcome to the Sticks).
Video, AudioStephanie Johnson
In a note at the back of Stephanie Johnson's new book - set firmly in the heart of Covid lockdown 2020 - she predicts there'll be a literary pandemic of books on the subject. But will there really… Audio
The Portable Door
The Portable Door is a fantasy thriller about a young man who joins a very strange office. It stars Sam Neill, Christoph Waltz and Rachel House. Audio
