Film

American film producer and director best known for his 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams, who is bringing his new film, Life Itself, to the 2014 Documentary Edge Festival Audio

On At The Movies, Simon Morris talks to the new head of the New Zealand Film Commission, Dave Gibson. After over 40 years in the local industry, Dave has had plenty of time to formulate some strong -… Audio

Sarah reviews 'The Wind Rises' - the last film from acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki, 'Half of a Yellow Sun' - based on a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 'The Amazing Spider Man 2: Rise of Electro… Audio

The six major American film studios have filed a lawsuit against Kim Dotcom and his now shutdown filesharing site, Megaupload. The Motion Picture Association talks about the lawsuit and Mr Dotcom… Audio

Irene Gardiner shares insightful First World War  TV, film and documentary clips from NZ On Screen. Audio

Thirty years ago, investigative journalist John Pilger exposed the plight of Indigenous Australians in his landmark documentary 'The Secret Country.' He has now returned to the subject in his new… Audio

The Bay of Plenty town of Te Puke will be teeming with actors, cameras and gaffer tape for the next month as filming for a new action comedy gets underway today. The Z Nail Gang is about a community… Audio

He grew up on a farm near Taihape and always wanted to be a cowboy, not an astronaut. Then he went to boarding school in Palmerston North interested in sport and physical education. Somewhere along… Audio

Father and son duo Jed and Riley Brophy talk about theatre, podcasts, a life in acting, and keeping it in the family for their new two-man play. Jed Brophy will be familiar to fans of The Lord of the… Audio

James Cameron is a Canadian-born Hollywood film director, film producer, deep-sea explorer, screenwriter, and editor. Some of his movies include the science fiction epic 'Avatar', 'The Terminator'… Audio

Napster is arguably the company that started the digital music revolution. A new documentary Downloaded charts the rise and fall of this peer-to-peer music service, from its first strokes of code in… Video, Audio

Over the last few years William Kircher been getting up at 3am every day and spending hours in the makeup department at Stone Street Studios in Miramar getting an axe embedded in his skull. Then the… Audio

Acclaimed Australian author Tim Winton talks about writing, his love of western Australia, and his latest novel 'Eyrie' - the story of Tom Keely, who is divorced, unemployed and living in a seedy flat… Audio

Braindead and Lord of the Rings screenwriter Stephen Sinclair muses on what makes a good story and Intimacies, his latest play about how modern technology is warping our relationships. Audio

Tearepa Kahi wrote and directed the Kiwi film Mt Zion, which stars Stan Walker and Temuera Morrison and mixes a love of whanau, spud-picking, and Bob Marley. Ahead of the film's release on DVD… Audio

On At The Movies, Simon Morris goes to the latest Disney live action remake of a well-known animated hit, The Jungle Book. He also reviews an independent New Zealand film, Orphans And Empires, and a… Audio

Andy Watson, Jeff Sluka, Josh Neilson, Paul Curwen and Stefan Engeseth talk to Sonia Sly about courting fear, an industry that capitalises on our love of being scared stiff, and why we buy into… Audio

Waikato University is a stone's throw from Hobbiton, making it the natural home of an international online research project into what people really think about the first of Sir Peter Jackson's Hobbit… Audio

More than 10 years on the pulp culture festival circuit with long time Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit actor, Jed Brophy. How does he deal with fervent fans - that's if they recognise him from The… Audio

Curator of 'Len Lye: Kaleidoscope', a major show of Len Lye's sculptures and films at the City Gallery Wellington. Audio