Movies
Review: Marvel summons a B team, and gets back to basics
In recent outings there has barely been room for a plot, as endless characters entered and exited.
Review - Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua (Two Worlds)
Marlon Williams: Nga Ao E Rua (Two Worlds) is a documentary about the Kiwi alt-country star and his journey to make his first album entirely in te reo. Spoiler alert: that album went on to top the New… Audio
Review - Thunderbolts*
Thunderbolts* are the B-Team you summon when Marvel superstars The Avengers are unavailable. Ironically, or not, it's proving a big hit after a few Marvel misfires. Starring Florence Pugh… Audio
Homework
Simon Morris has one of those weeks where you need to do your own research. Looking up the minor villains that make up Thunderbolts*…. Brushing up his knowledge of Kiwi household name Marlon… Audio
Review - The Accountant 2
The Accountant 2 sees the return of Ben Affleck as the eccentric, former criminal accountant who sets out to avenge the murder of his best friend. Also stars Jon Bernthal (The Amateur) and Cynthia… Audio
Trump’s Hollywood tariff threat is already unravelling
Analysis: As we've come to expect with Trump 2.0, it's not clear whether the president is serious, Allison Morrow writes.
Changes coming for how content is classified
New Zealand's Chief Censor, Caroline Flora, says the self-rating system is working well, and that rating content is more important than ever. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic reviews some selections from the Italian Film Festival touring New Zealand from now until January, Japanese action-thriller Bullet Train Explosion (2025) streaming on… Audio
'A rich world': Marlon Williams brings healing te reo Māori journey to cinemas
Marlon Williams has sung in te reo Māori his whole life, but never felt confident enough to write a full album in the language - until something shifted with his first waiata, Aua Atu Rā.
What the film Conclave gets right (and wrong) about electing a new pope
Smear campaigns, politicking, gossip and blackmail: Conclave had it all.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins us for some Anzac weekend viewing suggestions. Audio
Review: 'Sinners' is a genius fusion of period drama on race with vampire horror and music
The Black Panther director's latest film is such a fresh take on standard genre tropes that you feel like you are watching something brand new.
Review - Warfare
Civil War director Alex Garland collaborates with that film's military advisor - and real-life Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza on the story of a platoon of Navy SEALS having a bad day in Ramadi. Audio
Review - Sinners
Ryan Coogler writes and directs a Southern Gothic horror film featuring gangsters, vampires and the Klan, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
The horror - the horror
Dan Slevin reviews three new films in local cinemas: In Sinners, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler tells a Southern Gothic horror story withMichael B. Jordan playing identical twins; in Warfare… Audio
Review - Small Things Like These
Dan Slevin reviews an adaptation of Claire Keegan's 2021 novella about an Irish family man prompted to confront his community about the secrets that they have been keeping (starring Oscar-winner… Audio
One of the most realistic depictions of modern war on film
For once, the marketing hype is real: Warfare, the latest A24 thriller, is one of the most realistic depictions of modern military combat committed to screen.
"In Glorious Smell-O-Vision": the remergence of scented cinema
Screening Sunday April 27 in Poneke Wellington is FW Murnau's classic 1922 spooky silent film Nosferatu: A symphony of Horror, with a few sensory twists. Not only will it be accompanied by a live… Audio
Update on Cyclone Tam with Far North mayor Moko Tepania
We get the latest on the impact of ex-cyclone Tam as it batters the upper North Island. Audio
Review - The Correspondent
The Correspondent tells the true story of Australian journalist Peter Greste, covering a military coup in Egypt for Al Jazeera. His arrest on trumped-up charges became a worldwide scandal. Directed by… Audio
