Film
Werner Herzog: reveries of the connected world
Director Werner Herzog has a new documentary screening at this year's New Zealand International Film Festival. In Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, Werner Herzog enters cyberspace to… Audio
Film review with Richard Swainson
Richard Swainson reviews "Finding Dory", and "Alice Through the Looking Glass". Audio
Star Trek's Anton Yelchin dies in freak accident
Actor Anton Yelchin, known for playing Chekov in the new Star Trek movies, has been killed in a freak car accident.
Sir Richard Taylor on concept designer Gus Hunter
Skull Island in the Peter Jackson movie King Kong was a pretty daunting location. Even more daunting was the fact that it's not real. Much of it was the work of Samoan-born concept designer at Weta… Audio, Gallery
Tearepa Kahi: the story behind Poi E
Tearepa Kahi, of Ngati Paoa and Tainui descent, is a filmmaker best known for his 2013 feature, Mt Zion. His new film, Poi E: The Story of Our Song is his new documentary and in it he tells how… Video, Audio, Gallery
Film review with Richard Swainson
Richard Swainson reviews affecting Japanese drama Our Little Sister, and romantic book adaptation Me Before You. Audio
NZ soldier's Afghanistan documentary has premiere
The army corporal who shot battles on a go-pro in Afghanstan has had the premiere of his documentary in Gore last night. Audio
Dave 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
This Giant Papier Mache Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy
Standing Room Only was hoping to chat with Sir Richard Taylor about the spectacular work of Weta Workshop's Concept Design Department. Due to unforeseen events, that story has had to be postponed. But… Video, Audio
From features to shorts
Feature film director Lee Tamahori, famed for James Bond and Once Were Warriors, has been using his long form knowledge to judge the short form, for the New Zealand International Film Festival's Short… Audio
Legendary backing singer Lisa Fischer
Hers in the voice that backed the Rolling Stones for 25 years, but Lisa Fischer has also established herself in her own right. Lisa mesmerized movie-goers in Academy Award-winning documentary Twenty… Audio
Film review with Richard Swainson
Richard Swainson reviews the new films The Man Who Knew Infinity and Bad Neighbours 2. Audio
City of Gold review
Dan Slevin reviews Laura Gabbert's documentary about Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold. Audio
Tickled: Dylan Reeve interview
Dan Slevin chats to Tickled co-director Dylan Reeve about the making of the film and what makes a documentary 'cinematic'. Audio
Tourism boom leaves no room for film
Film industry leaders say the tourism boom is preventing some film and television productions from being made in New Zealand.
Kiwi actress selected for prestigious London acting school
Keagan Carr Fransch will soon be able to count Laurence Olivier, Judi Dench and Vanessa Redgrave as her fellow alumni of London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama where she has just been… Audio
Late Edition for Wednesday 18 May 2016
A new doping crackdown refocuses the spotlight on Russian athletes. Will ten dollar tickets lure people back to movie theatres? TED head Chris Anderson on how to handle fear of public speaking. In… Audio
Sarah Cordery - Meditation on the Middle East
Sarah Cordery discusses her documentary feature, Notes to Eternity - a meditation on the Israel-Palestine conflict which focuses on the lives of three Jewish intellectuals who have written widely on… Video, Audio
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami: freeing a refugee rapper
Kim Hill talks to Iranian filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami who is presenting her feature-length documentary Sonita, about an Afghani refugee girl who wants to be a rapper, at the 11th International… Audio
The Great Maiden's Blush
Dan Slevin reviews Andrew Bosshard and Shane Loader's drama about two women stuck in a maternity ward together. Audio