Film

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

His career began at a small Auckland animation company. He created the opening titles for TV3's launch, and one of his commercials won the Fair Go award for the worst TV ad of the year. Today, like… Audio

We speak to pioneering movie and TV producer John Barnett. There could hardly be a single New Zealander who hasn't enjoyed one of the many Kiwi culture-defining projects he's been involved with. These… Audio

US entertainment attorney Jonathan Handel looks back on the attempt to unionise NZ actors on The Hobbit and how it became a national crisis. Jonathan Handel is an entertainment attorney and Hollywood… Audio

Sir Peter's Jackson's latest film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, will premiere in Wellington tomorrow - the first in Warner Brother's $660 million production of JRR Tolkien's fantasy novel. The… Audio

Lord of the Rings and Spartacus star Craig Parker talks about fantasy, nudity and fox-fur. Audio

Simon Morris talks to Western fan, New Zealand director Lee Tamahori about the rise and fall of the cowboy film - from The Great Train Robbery to High Noon, Shane, The Searchers and the Wild Bunch. Audio

Author Corey Olsen is an Assistant Professor of English at Washington College in Maryland. His new book reveals secrets and insights into 'The Hobbit', which he hopes everyone will fall in love with… Audio

When 'The Hobbit' makes its journey into theatres in December, Peter Jackson doesn't want it to just look like Middle Earth, he wants it to sound like Middle Earth too. 'The Hobbit - An Unexpected… Audio

New Zealand born filmmaker whose documentary 'Dead When I Got Here' tells the story of an asylum in Mexico that's run by its patients and how he covered a story of hope in one of the world's harshest… Audio

Bret McKenzie talks about his time with movie-making team Rob and Duncan Sarkies, ballet-dancing and cricket. Audio