Film
At The Movies for 18 September 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at two hits from the recent Film Festival - ecological thriller Night Movies and comedy drama The Skeleton Twins. And a new science fiction film - Predestination -… Audio
Robin Scholes: paying for The Patriach
New Zealand film producer, who is using equity crowdfunding to complete the budget for her latest project, The Patriach, with Lee Tamahori and Temuera Morrison. Audio
Film review with Sarah McMullan
Sarah McMullan reviews Skeleton Twins, If I Stay, Wish I Was Here, Predestination and Night Moves. Audio
Feature album - Forrest Gump - the soundtrack
The 12-times platinum soundtrack to the film Forrest Gump is about to mark its 20th annversary. To mark the occasion, the album will soon be available for the first time on vinyl. Including songs from… Audio
Jon Tolansky: The Boy and the Bus
Jon Tolansky looks at the making of the British film which features music by New Zealand composer Hollie Fullbrook. Audio
At The Movies for 11 September 2014
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at three thrillers - from England, Before I Go To Sleep, starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman… from Sweden, the cold-case police drama The Keeper Of Lost Causes…… Audio
Film reviewer, Dan Slevin
Dan Slevin reviews Night Moves and Predestination. He also mentions a one off Auckland screening of one of the local documentaries that featured at the recent NZ Film Festival. The Inheritance screens… Audio
William Kentridge: art, law and apartheid
South African artist acclaimed worldwide for his combinations of cinema, theatre, drawing, sculpture and music. Audio
Paul Roy: Filipino slum life
New Zealand filmmaker whose latest six-part observational series, The Slum, follows the lives of slum dwellers over six months in Manila's Tondo district and will screen on the Al Jazeera English… Audio
Zombie flick - Shane Sutherland
It seems we can't get enough of a good zombie film, and New Zealander's are getting together to make sure the genre reaches our local screens. Blood, guts and a lot of special effects are what's… Audio
Stefano's Team
Stefano's Team is a documentary about a football mad Italian migrant, Stefano Virgili, who's brought his favourite game to rural Northland's Kaeo and through this has had a profound impact on the… Audio
The 'Dark Horse' children's chess club is still changing lives
Noble Keelan founded Gisborne's Eastern Knights Chess Club with Genestis Potini, the subject of the critically acclaimed New Zealand film The Dark Horse starring Cliff Curtis. The Film opens in… Audio
Calls for film studio in Southland
We've been reporting this morning on a major fire at the Auckland Film Studio in Henderson, which is understood to have damaged an area being used to film the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon… Audio
Charlie's Country director, writer and producer Rolf de Heer
Director, writer and producer Rolf de Heer has been involved with the creation of many Independent Australian films. His latest production, Charlie's Country won David Gulpilil the award for Best… Audio
Dark Horse - writer/director James Napier Robertson, actor Cliff Curtis
The Dark Horse has captured the headlines at this year's New Zealand International Film Festival. The world premiere of the New Zealand drama was held at a sold-out Civic Theatre in Auckland last… Audio
Aunty and the Star People - Jean Watson and Gerard Smyth
Eighty-year-old writer, Jean Watson is an anonymous elderly woman living in a modest Wellington flat. But in southern India she is revered as the famous 'Jean Aunty'. Thirty years ago she sold her… Audio
Cleaning up at The Carwash
Any professional has to have not only the right tools for the job, but also the right space from which to work and be productive. Audio
ANZAC Theatre Celebrates First Birthday
Dargaville's Anzac Movie Theatre is celebrating one year in business, and it all started in a kumara packing shed where the fire escape was the truck delivery door rolled up. The old armchairs and… Audio
ANZAC Theatre Celebrates First Birthday
Dargaville's Anzac Movie Theatre is celebrating one year in business, and it all started in a kumara packing shed where the fire escape was the truck delivery door rolled up. The old armchairs and…
AudioTED Radio Hour: Framing the Story
Four TED speakers explore the art of storytelling - and how good stories have the power to transform our perceptions of the world. Featuring the TED Talks 1. Andrew Stanton: What Makes A Good Story… Audio