Arts
Movie review: The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Personal History of David Copperfield is a non-traditionally cast version of the Dickens classic. Stars Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Hugh Laurie and many more. Directed by Armando…
Video, AudioAt the Movies for 22 July 2020
Simon Morris welcomes the appearance of some familiar faces this week in movies that depend on some reliable acting performances. The Personal History of David Copperfield is a non-traditionally cast… Audio
Bookmarks: Peter Field
Our Bookmarks guest today is a former classmate of Barack Obama's, an associate Professor of American History and an Abraham Lincoln enthusiast, Peter Field. Audio
Mindful Fashion campaign to save garment making industry
Mindful Fashion, a collective of businesses in the fashion scene, are launching a new campaign to save the garment manufacturing industry. Designer Kate Sylvester explains what they're doing. Audio
Celebrating composer Claire Cowan's recent successes
Auckland composer Claire Cowan is busy with NZSO story time videos, her first album and a queer ballet project. Video, Audio
Author Max Brooks on zombies, Yeti and disaster preparedness
Max Brooks has published three zombie-themed books, including the hugely successful World War Z - where a highly infectious virus breaks out in China and sweeps the globe, turning humans into… Audio
NZ-made: Rescuing carpets from landfill
The Panel speaks to Morgan Keating Marr from 'Mumma Jos' as part of its weekly segment on New Zealand-made products. Audio
NZIFF Preview: Tupaia’s Endeavour
Dan Slevin reports on another striking local documentary playing in this year’s film festival. Video
Review: Greyhound
Dan Slevin rejoices at the arrival of a big screen drama for grown-ups – even if it isn’t actually playing on the big screen. Video
Restoring through lockdown
While lockdown has been a period of downtime for some, woodworker and restorer William Cottrell has been hard at work restoring a native wood sideboard from 19th century Aotearoa. It's just as well he… Audio, Gallery
The extraordinary range of composer Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper
He's worked on ads and with symphony orchestras. He's scored movies and now game soundtracks. APRA-award winning composer, producer and musician, Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper's CV certainly makes for… Audio
Remembering the poetry of Elizabeth Brooke-Carr
Wanting to tell you everything is the title of the collection that was published on what would have been Elizabeth's 80th birthday earlier this month. She died last year. Her writing group worked on… Audio, Gallery
Deborah Challinor remembers Les Girls in King's Cross
An insight into the lives of transgender performers and exotic dancers working in Sydney's notorious Kings Cross in the 1960s is offered in the latest novel by best-selling Hamilton-based writer… Audio
Digital Ocean - new directions in virtual reality
Imagine being able to fly over a massive inky ocean at night, zooming in, through and around dancers, massive carvings and a haunting empty boats made out of black feathers - all without leaving home… Audio, Gallery
The launch of the Italian Film Festival
As film festivals - here and overseas - head into the great unknown and go digital, one at least remains proudly theatrical, the New Zealand Italian Festival. Simon Morris talks to Paolo Rotondo… Audio
Where are the Asian-Kiwi faces and voices?
Another year, another Diversity Report on gender ethnicity balance - this time from New Zealand On Air. The most glaring imbalance, once again, is among Asian creatives - on the small screen and also… Audio
Alice Procter: getting real about 'colonial loot' in museums
Alice Procter is an art historian, tour guide and museum enthusiast who thinks institutions need to be more honest about how they came to acquire their collections. She runs "Uncomfortable Art Tours"… Audio
Justin Kurzel:True History of the Kelly Gang
Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police murderer Ned Kelly is both a man and a myth. From Sir Sydney Nolan's epic paintings to Peter Carey's 2001 Booker Prize-winning novel… Audio
GURL to premiere at the NZ International Film Festival
Artist, activist and film maker Mika X's new short film GURL will debut in the festival. It's inspired by the story of Carmen Rupe, and Mika plans to add to it to make a feature length film titled The… Audio
Graeme Tuckett's movie picks
Graeme reviews The Personal History of David Copperfield and The King of Staten Island Audio