Arts

The line-up for the New Zealand International Film Festival has been revealed. Dan Slevin suggests 10 titles to look out for in this year’s festival.

Between them, the NZSO National Youth Orchestra and the New Zealand Youth Choir have clocked up 100 years of making music and training future professional musicians and singers. So they're heading out… Audio

The Museum of Old and New or MONA for short in Hobart Tasmania is the largest privately funded museum in the Southern hemisphere, and some would say both its greatest and strangest. Audio, Gallery

Bread, wine, milk and now chocolate. The Java Dance company made its name here and overseas dancing in the back of buses, followed by a menu of food themed dance works. Audio, Gallery

Despite the government's talk of a well-being budget, the makers of a new play exploring Aotearoa's inequality gap remain unconvinced that life will improve for those who're struggling financially… Audio

It's taken decades of work, patience, fundraising and planning to build the centre in the town basin. Stage one of the Cultural Centre has been open for just over a week now. It houses space for… Audio, Gallery

Creative writing courses at some tertiary institutions are under threat, and that's got writers, students and the wider literary community worried. While online courses seem popular with management… Audio

Auckland painter Martin Law has made an ambitious three decade long commitment to painting New Zealand's architecture in its landscape. The expat Brit is about to exhibit his latest in the series… Audio, Gallery

It’s the season of Matariki where we celebrate rising stars including the NZSO National Youth Orchestra and the New Zealand Youth Choir.  

And once again enjoy Neil Finn's collaboration with the… Video

Journalist Elizabeth Winkler has questioned whether Shakespeare was actually a man. She explains the reasons why some scholars hear a woman's voice behind the most famous words in the English… Audio

Finn McCahon-Jones is is the grandson of one of New Zealand's most iconic painters, Colin McCahon. He recently began researching and writing about his grandfather's time as a curator at Auckland City… Audio, Gallery

"48 hours of really tough mahi' was all it took for the Pōtiki Poi team (led by Dunedin schoolgirl Georgia Tiatia Fa'atoese Latu) to make and sell $1,000 worth of poi at this year's NZ Startup Boot… Audio

The history and culture of Scottish whisky is lovingly portrayed in this low-budget documentary, reports Dan Slevin. Video

The best bits of The Secret life of Pets 2 would work just fine as shareable clips online, says Dan Slevin. Video

Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan looks at Korean black-comic thriller Parasite, which recently took top honours at the Cannes Film Festival. She'll also look at what's on offer ahead of the NZ… Audio

Fans of French cinema – and France itself – should seek out The Ideal Palace​, reports Dan Slevin. Video

I Am Mother from Netflix is a high concept science fiction film where the execution doesn’t quite live up to its grand ideas, says Dan Slevin. Video

Today's Bookmarks guest is multi-talented poet, story-teller, author, playwright and teacher Apirana Taylor. He joined Jesse to discuss his love of all thing literary and play his favourite songs. Audio

Thousands of Danish metal fans performed the haka for Kiwi band Alien Weaponry over the weekend at the Copenhell festival. The three-piece band from Waipu, who sing in te reo, usually start their… Video, Audio