Film

Opening day of the NZ International Film Festival in Auckland, Dan tell us about the films he's seen and what the themes are. Audio

The New Zealand Film Festival opens in Auckland today. Movie buffs will get to choose from 168 -films covering several different genres - with some sessions already sold out. Audio

After Robert Gordon saw footage of the 1968 series of debates between Gore Vidal and William F Buckley, he contacted his collaborator Morgan Neville to begin work on their documentary 'The Best of… Video, Audio

In front of a Wellington audience, composer Ross Harris, film-maker Louis Sutherland and poets Geoff Cochrane and Bill Manhire discuss differences and similarities in their approaches to creativity… Video, Audio

Kailey Carruthers reviews Magic Mike XXL, Terminator Genisys, and Madame Bovary. Audio

Sarah McMullan reviews Magic Mike XXL and Madame Bovary. Audio

Jim Pinckney saunters through the superlative spine tingling soundtrack to A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night Audio

Could west Auckland become home to the country's biggest film studios? Audio

The Auckland Council has this afternoon given the green light for what could become the country's biggest film studios. Audio

Kailey Carruthers reviews Pixar film Inside Out, romantic comedy Man Up, and Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys biopic Love and Mercy. Video, Audio

Land of the Long White Stain is a short film documenting the travels and performances of an Aotearoa tour by Girls Pissing on Girls Pissing, Seth Frightening, I.E. Crazy and Shab Orkestra. Zac Arnold… Video, Audio

Sarah McMullan with her previews of Terminator Genesys and Ted 2 - and a couple of kids films; Dr Proctor's Fart Powder and The Falling. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews new releases Love & Mercy (Bill Pohlad) and Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Vinterberg). Audio

Sarah McMullan has been watching Pixar's Inside Out vs Minions, Love and Mercy (Brian Wilson bio) and Far From The Madding Crowd. Audio

Simon Morris previews the New Zealand International Film Festival. Festival Director, Bill Gosden, picks out some highlights, some headline-grabbers and some personal favourites from the 150-plus… Video, Audio

The recent success at the box office of 'Mad Max: Fury Road' has not just been good for the career of actor Tom Hardy - but also for the career of his New Zealand born stunt double Jacob Tomuri. Jacob… Audio

Ross Ashcroft is a British filmmaker, renegade economist, essayist and strategist. He is the founder of the media company Motherlode, and the online platform Renegade Inc., and his 2011 feature… Audio

Sarah McMullan reviews Man up and Ghost Shark 2. Audio