Arts
Questioning the movie subsidies to international giants
Why do we pay mega-subsidies to international movie giants to come to New Zealand to film? Is it really worth it? Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip looks at how writing intersects with art. She talks about Dwelling in the Margins,edited by Katie Kerr Gloria, 'Hooked Up to Monadic Device' from the 15 April 2021 Pantograph Punch written… Audio
Giuliani among Razzie winners for year's worst movie performances
Ex-New York mayor Rudy Giuliani's part in a Borat sequel is among the year's worst film efforts, Razzie voters have decided.
Kate's Klassics: Sydney Bridge Upside Down
Poet and writer Kate Camp returns to discuss another classic work of literature. This week, Sydney Bridge Upside Down. Written by David Ballantyne and published in 1968, it's been described as the… Audio
The unintended role of alternative music festivals
Alternative festivals have unwittingly become a platform for conspiracy theorists and medical misinformation. Journalist Anke Richter has been looking into the issue. Audio
Love and Monsters a familiar formula
Love and Monsters - in a dystopian future, can Joel fight off giant bugs and toads to find true love? Stars Dylan O'Brien (The Maze Runner). Video, Audio
Tom and Jerry - the Movie
Tom and Jerry: The Movie - can a popular cartoon duo of the past win over audiences today? Directed by Tim Story (Fantastic Four) and starring Chloe Grace Moretz (Shadow in the Cloud). Video, Audio
The White Tiger offers no easy answers
Simon Morris reviews The White Tiger, a film that looks at the post-colonial power shift in India and doesn't offer any easy answers to viewers. Video, Audio
At the Movies 21 April 2021 - Climbing out of Debt
Simon Morris checks out the success-rate of recent, bigger movies when it comes to encouraging world audiences back to cinemas. And he looks at the latest would-be crowd pleaser, as well as two more… Audio
Australian musician John Butler
Australian musician John Butler who will be performing in two New Zealand concerts next month, the first at the Isaac Theatre Royal on May 15, and the second at The Powerstation in Auckland on May 16.
…How to Write a Foreword
Today's how to write looks at what should be included in a foreword in a book. Author Catherine Robertson joins Jesse to talk about what a foreword is, who should write one and how to. Audio
Cultural Ambassador - Dance
Our Cultural Ambassador from the world of contemporary dance, director and choreographer Malia Johnston joins us once again. Tonight we catch her during the "pack-in" at the Repertory House in… Video, Audio
Television Critic: Perlina Lau and Sam Brooks
Perlina Lau has been looking at the Allen V Farrow documentary. Sam Brooks has been watching 'Popstars'. Audio
Court theatre fifty years of ushering
The Court Theatre in Christchurch has an important milestone coming up this week, it's celebrating 50 years since it first opened. Gay Peek has been a volunteer usher for each one of those years. Audio
Ugly Duckling helps change the NZ male ballet narrative
The Royal New Zealand Ballet are about to open a free show for kids and families - at Te Papa in the school holidays - The Ugly Duckling. It plays April 19 and 20. What makes this performance… Audio
A long-needed diary rescue project
Do you have a diary hidden away somewhere at risk of being chucked out or just deteriorating due to lack of attention? Dr Vivienne Plumb is a devotee of diaries. She's also a poet, fiction writer… Audio
New poetry from author and slam artist - Courtney Sina Meredith
Burst Kisses on the Actual Wind is the latest collection of poems by author, playwright and slam artist Courtney Sina Meredith. Courtney's first poetry book Brown Girls in Bright Red Lipstick came out… Audio
Alys Longley links up with artists around the world
Dr Alys Longley from the University of Auckland has become an expert in collaborating with artists around the world in these pandemic disrupted times. The Associate Professor of Dance Studies in the… Audio, Gallery
New flags commemorate the people and horses of World War One
On ANZAC Day, flags will fly around the Wairarapa to commemorate both the soldiers and the horses who made up the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade serving in the first World War. Creating the flags… Audio, Gallery
Transmission
More than 20 hours of interviews recorded during and since the New Zealand-wide lockdown in March last year, have been distilled into a stage show called Transmission. The key figures for creators… Audio, Gallery
