Simon Morris
Groundswell - the rise of avant garde art in the '70s
New Zealand famously had its Swinging Sixties in the Seventies, and nowhere did the revolution start happening more than in the visual art scene, and a new exhibition is about to pay tribute to those… Audio, Gallery
The Business of Dance - Shona McCullagh
"He's had an indelible imprint on the cellular structure for generations of New Zealand dancers, so there's huge grief but also huge gratitude." So says Shona McCullagh, artistic director and business… Audio, Gallery
Costuming with Bertolucci - James Acheson
This week saw the passing of one of the giants of European film-making - Bernardo Bertolucci. His films included some of the greatest of the late 20th Century - 1900, Last Tango in Paris, The… Audio, Gallery
The Future of Television - a panel
You used to almost have to wait for permission to get your Big Television Project made, reliant as you were on the TV Channels giving you a prime-time slot. But now there are increasing number of… Audio, Gallery
Review - The Nutcracker and the 4 Realms
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms seems to follow the Disney Christmas formula, though the story of the ballet isn't as well-known as some fairy-tales. Stars Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Keira… Audio
'Widows': Brilliant, unpredictable, endlessly compelling
Review - This is the first movie in years you can talk about in the same breath as Chinatown, Heat or The Godfather, with unlikely director Steve McQueen proving the mark of a great director is… Video, Audio
Review - Shoplifters - Web
Japanese drama Shoplifters won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It tells the story of a family living under the radar in Tokyo. Directed by Koreeda Hirokazu. Audio
At The Movies for 28 November 2018
On At The Movies, Simon Morris welcomes two films from two top film-makers - from Japan, Koreeda Hirokazu with Shoplifters and from the UK, Steve McQueen's Widows. And in time for Christmas, Disney… Audio
New gallery models: Sumer and Dirt
What does the future of the art gallery and the work of the art dealer look like? New gallerists are trying out new models in New Zealand, and they're not all based in Auckland. The last ten years has… Audio, Gallery
'Old Man & the Gun': Redford brings heart to his swan-song
The old man and the gun is Robert Redford's swan-song, playing a real life elderly bank robber. Co-stars Sissy Spacek and Casey Affleck. Video, Audio
Movie review - Suspiria
Suspiria is a controversial remake of a cult horror film of the Seventies. Stars Dakota Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz and several helpings of Tilda Swinton. Directed by Luca Guadagnino (Call me by your… Audio
Grindelwald: Too many fantastic beasts, not enough character
The Crimes of Grindelwald continues to follow Newt Scamander in J K Rowling's Wizarding World series. Stars Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp and Jude Law as a young Professor Dumbledore. Video, Audio
At the Movies for 21 November 2018
Simon Morris is interested in cinema releases in the age of Netflix. Currently out is the latest J K Rowling film Fantastic Beasts 2, and a horror classic remake, Suspiria. And Robert Redford calls it… Audio
Codename Intelligentsia - Russell Campbell on Ivor Montagu
The early film industry was like no other, and it attracted more than its fair share of, shall we say, 'outsiders'. America went in for hucksters and con-men. England preferred eccentrics and… Audio, Gallery
Fatboy Slim and David Bryne musical in Auckland
Here Lies Love written by art-rock superstar David Byrne and dance-music king Fatboy Slim gets its Australiasian premiere with Auckland's Silo Theatre. A musical about Imelda Marcos starring plenty of… Audio
The Writing Life - Tessa Duder and Deborah Shepard
A pioneering generation of writers raised after the Second World War have founded the rich diverse literary landscape that we have today. A dozen of them are the subject of a new book telling their… Audio
Unconventional Architecture - Simon Devitt and Tony Watkins
Most architectural photography presents the building as a showroom, a beautiful object, but one of our leading architectural photographers Simon Devitt has created a series of photographs that portray… Audio, Gallery
10 Ways to F**k Up Your Female Characters - Fiona Samuel
Film and television writers Fiona Samuel and Kathyrn Burnett have been at the Spada conference this week sharing their secrets on writing female characters. Fiona lets Simon Morris in some common… Audio
Literary translator - Peter Constantin
In the arcane world of literary translation, Peter Constantine is something of a superstar. He's translated the works of Frenchmen - Rousseau and Voltaire - Russians - Tolstoy and Gogol - not to… Audio
Te Ao Maori in a Te Ao Pakeha Media - Hone Kouka
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This week the Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt hosted Connection: an Arts Communications Hui, gathering together arts marketers, communicators and PR people with artists and… Audio