Arts

Dan Slevin says the elevation Charles Burnett’s film to the top 50 shows how the cinema canon is changing. Video

She's dressed a future Queen and a Prime Minister and now top end fashion designer Emilia Wickstead is onboard to create Air New Zealand's next uniform. The kiwi who is based in the UK was chosen from… Video, Audio

Karin Bettley tells Culture 101 about how her love of creative life in the coastal town of Raglan.  Audio

An annual Spooky Disco means Halloween proves the busiest day of the year for a community and arts centre established on the green and surrounding buildings of a former bowling club in the Eastern… Audio

In the handsome just released book Don Binney Flight Path Gregory O’Brien tracks the avian-like swoops in the career of the late Tāmaki Makaurau painter, teacher and ornithologist (1940–2012).     Audio

He’s best known for fronting rock band Shihad, but musician Jon Toogood says playing acoustic solo shows is now where he feels most “human”. Audio

Hailed as one of NZ's first internationally successful playwrights, Robert Lord divided his life between provincial New Zealand and the hedonism of life as a gay man in New York in the 1970s and 80s… Audio

With a brave new film in cinemas, Jennifer Connelly is on the radar once again. Dan Slevin looks at a Blu-ray box set celebrating her four-decade career. Video

Dr John Gillies has had a life long love of Skippers Canyon, and his new book showcases his paintings of the iconic gorge in Otago. He was born in 1945, and discovered his love of art at St Andrew's… Audio

Judges Tina Makereti and Harry Ricketts reveal their top five short stories from the hundreds entered in this year's competition. Audio

On today’s show, Tim Provise talks about all his different jobs - from hosting to being ‘The Pie Guy’, Coast Arcade opens up about the changes in their band lineup, and we get passionate about Bird of… Audio

Life is good for British Malaysian stand up comedian Phil Wang. We talk to Phil Wang ahead of his show in Auckland, Wang In There, Baby!. Audio

For Bookmarks today we have an award winning artist who has been helping youth in West Auckland for 10 years through art. She's the person behind the eel footbridge in Piha, and the recipient of a… Audio

For her second book, Zookeeper Danni Rae's gone very small, in fact tiny! Danni talks to Jesse about Harry the Hermit Crab. Audio

“Hilarious, shocking and profound” is how Vogue describes new film Bad Behaviour, which opens in New Zealand this week. Video, Audio

Halloween was last night, you may have had some kids in costumes knocking at your door, maybe some people doing donuts down your culdesac. In serendipitous timing, Halloween coincided with the first… Audio

If your plan is to stay home for Halloween, choosing Shudder will give you all the frights you need, says Dan Slevin. Video