Movies

‘Haumi e, hui e, SHREKIE’: Grassroots launch proves Shrek a game changer for Indigenous nations.

More than 100 films and digital works from 86 indigenous nations will be screening at the Māoriland Film Festival on the Kāpiti Coast.

Cartoonist and co-writer Tom Scott looks back on the making of one of Aotearoa's most successful films of the 1980s.

Veteran director Mike Leigh returns with his most confronting character yet.

Has any movie managed to alienate everyone like Disney’s remake of a classic children's fairytale?

Netflix spent $500m on this film, yet couldn't afford a decent wig.

Filmmaker Allan George (Ngāti Kahungunu) shares a deeply personal story with animated short Mirumiru.

The veteran English filmmaker tells Culture 101 that the world continues to offer up great stories to tell.

Despite plenty of thespian firepower, William Tell misses the mark, writes Simon Morris.

Watching movies at home on the sofa might be easy, but it's no match for watching them on the big screen, film buffs say.

The film has a stripper as the lead character. Those in the adult entertainment and sex work industries point out what the film did and didn't do well.

The 97th annual Academy Awards is here - check out who took the big awards.

Men seemed to rival women in red carpet fashion with many adventurous outfits that went far beyond the tuxedo.

Underneath all the warm fuzzies and grand gestures, romantic comedies can hide a dark truth about unrealistic expectations.

Prime Minister premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last week and the reviews are mixed.

The romantic chemistry between Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield as a young couple threatened by serious illness is off the charts.

Timothée Chalamet shines in his portrayal of the protean Bob Dylan in director James Mangold's A Complete Unknown.

Tinā takes viewers on an emotional ride through the life of Mareta Percival, played by Anapela Polataivao.

From primal screams and mystery men to Kiwi music and cows, we take a look back at some of the late auteur's weirdest happenings.

The animated film Flow is destined to be a classic that audiences will return to year after year, writes Dan Slevin.

When 130 cardinals gather in Rome to elect a new pope, intrigue and politics aren't very far behind, writes Dan Slevin.

Queer, Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara, and Superman - the flicks we can't wait to see in 2025.

Paddington's latest adventure doesn't quite hit the same mark that the unequivocal masterpiece Paddington 2 did, but it still tugs at the heartstrings, Dan Slevin writes.