Film

This week is all about The Hunger Games Mockingjay part 1 with a quick mention of Two Nights One Days. Audio

Listening to that is the Chairperson of South Pacific Pictures, John Barnett Audio

China's top-level visit here has paid dividends for New Zealand television makers. Audio

Back to the visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping and the expansion of trade with New Zealand. Audio

Dan reviews "Skylight", "Two days, One night" and "Nightcrawler" Audio

In March next year the big brand name Netflix will become the latest player on New Zealand's television and movie streaming scene. Audio

Radio New Zealand's recording engineer Graham Kennedy on all the technology and ingenuity that goes into recording the NZSO for blockbuster movies like The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Audio

Movie blogger Kailey Carruthers fills in for Simon Morris. She reviews My Old Lady and reports on three North American film festivals. Audio

Sarah McMullan reviews the new Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline movie; "My Old Lady", and a couple of other new releases - plus her TV pick. Audio

A 10 year old Pukekohe boy is set to star in a major Hollywood film, and his casting almost happened by accident. Audio

Simon Lamb is a Wellington scientist whose award-winning documentary about climate change is to be screened on American public television. The Associate Professor of Geophysics at Victoria University… Audio

Sarah McMullan reviews the Christopher Nolan sci-fi adventure, Interstellar and the American-French drama, Serena. Audio

New Zealand's expert in all things Middle Earth, Ian Brodie, has written and illustrated The Hobbit location guidebook, which includes the Pelorus River site in Marlborough and several sites in the… Audio

Film-maker Toa Fraser is returning to the theatre, 16 years after his the breakout season of his play 'Bare'. He tells Eva about what connects 'Bare' with his newest offering: 'Pure and Deep'. Audio

Simon Morris looks at four strong dramas - Fury, starring Brad Pitt, is a World War Two story about a tank crew… Whiplash looks at the torture that goes into making a great jazz musician… John Le… Audio

Film reviewer Dan Slevin. Audio

Sarah McMullan reviews The Dead Lands and Decoding Annie Parker. Audio

Wellington film critic and cinema historian Dan Slevin looks back at 90 years of Wellington's Embassy Theatre. Audio

Simon Morris talks to Oscar-winning sound mixer Mike Hedges about the advances of sound in Lord of the Rings, District Nine, Once Were Warriors, The Orator - and of course the upcoming final film in… Audio

Playwright, screenwriter, and director of theatre and film, whose pre-European Maori action movie The Dead Lands opens this coming week, and new play, Pure and Deep, will be staged in Auckland later… Audio