Movies
Shrek becomes latest film to get a te reo Māori makeover
It is the first time a DreamWorks animation is being adapted into the language. The re-imagined version will be released in 2025.
It Ends With Us ends with drama
The film has been a box office hit, despite - or maybe thanks to - the off-screen feud.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
The name's Slevin, Dan Slevin. Nights' resident screen critic is here to talk about British Spy Dramas. Audio
Is the cowboy getting back in the saddle? Why western-genre movies are on the rise
Andrew Patrick Nelson is an historian of American cinema and culture. He's also the chief curator of the Museum of the West in Arizona. Audio
Review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - director Tim Burton returns to his 1988 hit comedy about the afterlife. But does it still pack the same punch? Stars old hands Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder and Michael… Audio
Review: Thelma
Thelma is the year's least-likely action hero on a mission to get back the money she lost to scammers. Starring 90-plus veteran June Squibb (Nebraska) she's out long past her bed-time, and she's not… Audio
Review: Maurice and I
Maurice and I tells the surprisingly moving story of two of the most successful architects in New Zealand - Sir Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney - their life, their times, and their struggle to save… Audio
At The Movies: Targets
Simon Morris looks at three specifically targeted films - a sequel to Tim Burton's cult classic Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a popular documentary from a recent architecture film festival, Maurice and I… Audio
Remembering actor James Earl Jones
Nights film critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to discuss the career of revered actor James Earl Jones, who has died at the age of 93. Audio
What to know before seeing the long-awaited Beetlejuice sequel
Decades after cult film Beetlejuice exploded onto our screens, the 'Juice' is loose once again with the sequel: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
At The Movies - How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is a tiny independent from Thailand that's punching considerably above its weight. It's being sold entirely on its ability to make audiences cry! Audio
At The Movies - Eileen
Eileen is a Netflix noir, starring New Zealand actress Thomasin McKenzie (Last night in Soho) and Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables.) as co-workers in a juvenile prison whose relationship… Audio
Poverty Row
Simon Morris looks at three smaller films that attempt to do more with less - Midas Man, a biopic of the Beatles' manager, a Thai tear-jerker called How to make millions before Grandma dies and a dark… Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Mark Leishman to discuss Midas Man (2024) in cinemas, prestige television classic Mad Men, and family stop-motion animation pick The Boxtrolls (2014). Audio
Favourite dads on film to watch for Father's Day
Robert De Niro as undercover CIA interrogator and prospective father-in-law and Tom Hanks as a single father in Sleepless in Seattle make the list. Video
At The Movies - Blink Twice
Blink twice is the directorial debut of actor Zoë Kravitz (The Batman) that sees a tech billionaire (Channing Tatum) invite his celebrity friends to an island getaway where all is not what it seems… Audio
At The Movies - We Were Dangerous
New Zealand film We were dangerous is set during the famous "moral panic" of 1954, when a new invention - the "teenager" - seemed to terrorize the powers that be! Three rebel girls decide to get out… Audio
At The Movies - The Sitting Duck
The sitting duck is the real-life story of a French trade union dispute that turns nasty. Was the whistleblower really attacked at her home, or did she make it up to publicise her cause? Starring… Audio
At The Movies - Breaking The Rules
Simon Morris suggests that when it comes to breaking the film-making rules, it's best to pick your battles. This week The sitting duck is a real life French miscarriage of justice, Blink twice is a… Audio
