Film

The Movies returns, and this week Simon Morris looks at the many Oscar hopefuls that came out over the summer holidays. Titles include Birdman, American Sniper, and The Imitation Game and Wild. Audio

Selma, The Theory of Everything, Me and my Mum. Audio

It was a genuine anthem of the times, and now the story of the 1984 song, Poi E, is being turned into a movie. Staring Maaka Pohatu as Dalvanius Prime, 'POI E: 'The Story Behind Our Song' tells of the… Audio

Moviemakers are warning their budgets are already tight, amid moves to push up the fees to film in Auckland. The council wants to bring in the same fees everywhere and in the most extreme case… Audio

Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch on chasing the illusive muse from song to screen, and their 2015 album Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance. Audio

Chris looks at three recent pieces by composers who utilise film projection in their work. Audio

Kailey Carruthers filling in for Simon Morris, talks about Wild, Foxcatcher and the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2015. Audio

New Zealand author, film director and screenwriter who co-produced and wrote the screenplay for The Theory of Everything, based on the 2007 memoir by Jane Hawking, wife of physicist Stephen Hawking. Audio

This week: 'Wild', 'Mortdecai' and 'American Sniper'. Audio

Alliance Française French Film Festival Director announces this year's lineup. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews 'Still Alice', 'Force Majeure' as well as the latest Hollywood offerings 'American Sniper', 'Birdman' and 'Into the Woods'. Audio

Freelance film-maker and documentary producer Samuel Richards became galvanised to volunteer in South Sudan and is putting his skills and knowledge to work by providing a solar-powered cinema to more… Audio

A film by Clint Eastwood is stirring up controversy over its depiction of America's invasion of Iraq. Audio

Reuters war photographer and celebrated Norwegian film director Erik Poppe talks about A Thousand Times Goodnight, winner of the Grand Prix at the 2014 Montreal film festival. Audio

Sarah McMullan reviews the films Unbroken, Still Alice & A Thousand Times Goodnight. Audio

The big budget war movie American Sniper is raking in the money and has been nominated for six Academy Awards, but what's got most movie goers talking is its use of an obviously fake plastic baby. Audio

Inherent Vice, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, A Most Violent Year, Audio

After journalist and documentary maker Laura Poitras received encrypted emails from someone with information on the US government's massive covert-surveillance programs, she and reporter Glenn… Audio

Movie reviewer Dominic Corry. Audio

New Zealanders are up for three awards in the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards. Audio