Movies
Ann Shin: Seeking A.rtificial I.mmortality
If you were able to create an immortal version of yourself, would you? Is artificial intelligence the answer to achieving immortality? Ann Shin is a multi-award winning director, whose latest… Audio
Review - Cruella
The villainous fashion designer from the Disney favourite 101 Dalmatians gets her own film - Cruella, starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson. Directed by Craig Gillespie (I Tonya). Video, Audio
Review - Cruella
The villainous fashion designer from the Disney favourite 101 Dalmatians gets her own film - Cruella, starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson. Directed by Craig Gillespie (I Tonya).
Video, AudioReview - Minamata
Minamata is the true story of a campaign by a Life Magazine photographer against a Japanese toxic-waste scandal in the Seventies. Starring Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy and opera singer Katherine Jenkins. Video, Audio
Review - Minamata
Minamata is the true story of a campaign by a Life Magazine photographer against a Japanese toxic-waste scandal in the Seventies. Starring Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy and opera singer Katherine Jenkins.
Video, AudioReview - Poppy
Poppy is a New Zealand feel-good film about a young car mechanic with Down syndrome who's determined not to let her disability slow her down. Directed by Linda Niccol (Second hand wedding) and… Video, Audio
Review - Poppy
Poppy is a New Zealand feel-good film about a young car mechanic with Down syndrome who's determined not to let her disability slow her down. Directed by Linda Niccol (Second hand wedding) and…
Video, AudioAt The Movies for 2 June 2021
Simon Morris talks about the importance of charm in a film - you can’t find an audience if there’s no-one they like in your film. And he finds three films that all depend on their likeable central… Audio
A Glitch in the Matrix: Are we living in a digital simulation?
Director Rodney Ascher's debut 'Room 237' offered up some wild theories about interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's visionary masterpiece 'The Shining.' His latest documentary, 'A Glitch in the… Audio
Film Review with Ali Ventura
Today Ali tells us all about A Quiet Place, part 2 and MINAMATA starring Johnny Depp and Bill Nighy. Audio
French Film Festival director Fergus Grady
French Film Festival director Fergus Grady picks some of the highlights of this year's programme. These include Antoinette in the Cevennes, the biopic De Gaulle and the thriller Only the animals. Audio
Review - A Quiet Place Part II
A Quiet Place Part II returns to the alien invasion hit, featuring blind monsters with very sharp hearing. Written and directed by John Kasinski and starring Emily Blunt, with Cillian Murphy. Video, Audio
Review - A Quiet Place Part II
A Quiet Place Part II returns to the alien invasion hit, featuring blind monsters with very sharp hearing. Written and directed by John Kasinski and starring Emily Blunt, with Cillian Murphy.
Video, AudioReview - No Man's Land
No Man's Land is yet another attempt to bring back the Western, as trouble on the Texas border leads to a ride to redemption.Featuring Andie McDowell and Frank Grillo, written by star Jake Allyn, and… Video, Audio
Review - No Man's Land
No Man's Land is yet another attempt to bring back the Western, as trouble on the Texas border leads to a ride to redemption.Featuring Andie McDowell and Frank Grillo, written by star Jake Allyn, and…
Video, AudioAt The Movies for 26 May 2021
Simon Morris welcomes the French Film Festival Aotearoa after a two year break. It couldn't come at a better time, with a batch of formulaic fare currently in the cinemas. Audio
The Sea Decides
Long human-powered journeys and human ambition verses the forces of nature is explored in new documentary The Sea Decides. Grant Rawlinson rowed and cycled 12,000 kms from Singapore to New Zealand. In… Audio, Gallery
Film Review with Graeme Tuckett
Movie reviewer Graeme Tuckett talks to Jesse about Son of the South, The Artist's Wife and The Wairarapa Film Festival on from May 26 to 29. Audio
Homespun adventures: Looking for the positives in life
Australian Beau Miles spent years adventuring around the globe including kayaking 2,000 km around the southern tip of Africa and running 650 km through the Australian Alps, making films about them. Video, Audio
Are DVDs going to become valuable collectables?
Still got any DVDs collecting dust on the shelf? Well, maybe keep hold of them just in case as they may soon be a collector's item. Writer, actor and DVD watcher Jonny Potts talks to Jesse about… Audio