Movies
Academy Award winner Alan Arkin dies at 89
Alan Arkin, a versatile and prolific American actor who thrived in both comic and dramatic roles and won an Oscar for playing a heroin-using grandfather in the 2006 film Little Miss Sunshine, has died…
Screentime: Indiana Jones 5, Class of '09, Inky Pinky Ponky
Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to talk about the latest - and likely last - installment of the Indiana Jones franchise: Dial of Destiny (in cinemas). She'll also talk about new Disney… Audio
At The Movies - The 2023 NZ International Film Festival
Over 100 of the most engaging, perplexing, confronting and comforting movies of the year are coming to Aotearoa for this year's NZ International Film Festival. General Manager Sally Woodfield talks… Audio
Richard Benge - WWII footage
A collection of wartime footage capturing military life in New Zealand during World War II has been made available to the public for the first time. It was shot between 1942 and 1943 by Academy… Audio
How to live your best life at the New Zealand International Film Festival
Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival kicks off next month starting with Auckland and continuing throughout the country into September, Nik Dirga has some tips on how to live your best… Video
Film Review with Dom Corry
Today Dom reviews Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, No Hard Feelings and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. Audio
Review: My Sailor My Love
My sailor my love sees James Cosmo (Game of Thrones) as an unlikely romantic lead in an Irish tear jerker about love finding two people late in life. Audio
At The Movies for 21 June 2023
Simon Morris looks at three contrasting stories - from a comic-book time traveller and a grumpy retired sailor finding love late in life to an author shocked to discover what her husband actually… Audio
Review: You Hurt My Feelings
You Hurt My Feelings asks what do people want to hear: the truth or a comforting white lie? Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said, The Last Duel), it stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)… Video, Audio
Review: The Flash
The Flash sees a super-hero go back in time to save his mother, and runs into the usual time-travel, alternate realities problem. Starring Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk About Kevin) and both Michael… Video, Audio
Review: The Tank
Dan Slevin reviews a Kiwi-made horror film about a young family who inherits an old house only to discover it's already occupied... by an amphibious creature who doesn't take kindly to their arrival.
…Review: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Dan Slevin recommends this understated and moving British tale, which stars Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton. Video, Audio
Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Dan Slevin reviews the long awaited sequel to the animated smash hit superhero film from 2018. Video, Audio
At the Movies for 14 June 2023
On At the Movies, Dan Slevin reviews three current releases that feature characters leaving home and the mixed feelings that brings: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the long awaited sequel to… Audio
Bookmarks with Sarah Trotman
Sarah Trotman ONZM is the chief executive of Business Mentors New Zealand, a role she's recently returned to following the impact COVID had on businesses. Audio
'Hair' star Treat Williams dies in motorcycle accident
Actor Treat Williams, who starred in the film musical Hair and the US television series Everwood, has died in a road accident aged 71.
Television Critic: Linda Burgess
Today Linda talks to Anna about Deadloch on Amazon Prime and Somebody Somewhere on Neon. Audio
Film Review with Graeme Tuckett
This week Graeme talks to Jesse about The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Tank and some of the highlights from the DOC-EDGE festival. Audio
No country for old film buffs - Why streaming has banished classic cinema
Vertigo? 2001? Citizen Kane? Forget about it. In the age of streaming, NZ film fans still have to hunt down the classic films that would have once been readily available in your local video shop.