Simon Morris
Movie review - Beyond the known world
New Zealand-Indian co-production Beyond the known world finds itself searching for more than a lost teenager. Starring David Denham and Sia Trokenheim. Audio
Movie review - Going in Style
Going in style is a creaky story based on that old favourite - elderly bankrobbers. Starring Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin. Audio
At The Movies
On At The Movies, Simon Morris checks out yet another film about elderly bank-robbers, the thriller Beyond the Known World - a New Zealand-Indian co-production and French Film Festival favourite, From… Video, Audio
Movie Review - Denial
Denial is based on the true story of the law-suit brought by notorious Holocaust denier, David Irving. Starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson and Timothy Spall as Irving. Audio
Movie Review - Personal Shopper
Cannes Film Festival award-winner Personal shopper is a Hitchcockian thriller with an occult twist. Starring Kristen Stewart. Audio
Movie Review - Their Finest
Their Finest takes place in the real-life setting of the wartime film industry of Great Britain. Starring Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy, and directed by Lone (An education) Scherfig. Audio
At The Movies
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews two films with a World War Two connection and one of the winners at last year's Cannes Film Festival. Video, Audio
John Clarke's daughter Lorin talks about her Dad's life
Lorin joins Matinee Idle's Easter Monday show a week after her Dad's passing to talk about life with John Clarke Audio
Review - Film Fest Autumn Events Review
Glance at the programme of the New Zealand International Film Festival's annual Autumn Events - featuring new prints of classics like Manhattan and Woodstock, and the new Terrence Malick film Voyage… Audio
Review - The Salesman Review
Iranian Oscar-winner The Salesman watches the strains on the marriage of two actors appearing in the famous American play Death of a Salesman. Audio
Review - Lego Batman Review
The Lego Batman Movie blends two well-known brands, following up the wildly popular Lego Movie. Audio
At The Movies
Simon Morris reviews the Oscar-winning Iranian film The Salesman, and the wildly popular Lego Batman Movie. He also previews the New Zealand Film Festival's Autumn Events - a collection of classic… Video, Audio
'I look back on my life and see it as a sketch'
Artist Simon Kerr has just launched his sixth exhibition at Wellington's Pilocki Patterson Gallery. The works are striking - handwriting and colourful scrawls, like the love-child of Banksy and Colin… Audio, Gallery
Ghost in the Shell
A Hollywood - and Wellywood - version of the Japanese cult manga series Ghost in the Shell. Starring Scarlett Johansson and Juliette Binoche. Video, Audio
CHiPS
Chips was a popular TV series in the 1970s - how does it shape up in the ironic 2010s? Video, Audio
At The Movies for 5 April 2017
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews two rebooted projects - a new comedy based on 70s TV favourite Chips, and the controversial western version of Japanese cult series Ghost in the Shell. And… Video, Audio
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast is the latest Disney animated favourite to get the live-action treatment. Starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens and Kevin Kline. Video, Audio
AudioCulture: Ike Metekingi & the Maori Show Bands
AudioCulture's Chris Bourke's helps a Kiwi pop pioneer get his moment in the spotlight. Ike Metekingi is as much a New Zealand trail-blazer as Inia Te Wiata, Split Enz and Lorde, but most of us have… Video, Audio
Movie review - Never Repeats Podcast
And a new web-site Never Repeats sets out to watch every New Zealand film - good and bad. Simon talks to hosts Hayden Frost and L J Ritchie. Video, Audio
Movie review - Aquarius
Brazilian award-winner Aquarius sees ageing Sonia Braga determined to hang onto the beachfront apartment she was brought up in. Video, Audio