Film
Film review with Richard Swainson
Richard Swainson reviews the new films The Man Who Knew Infinity and Bad Neighbours 2. Audio
City of Gold review
Dan Slevin reviews Laura Gabbert's documentary about Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold. Audio
Tickled: Dylan Reeve interview
Dan Slevin chats to Tickled co-director Dylan Reeve about the making of the film and what makes a documentary 'cinematic'. Audio
Tourism boom leaves no room for film
Film industry leaders say the tourism boom is preventing some film and television productions from being made in New Zealand.
Kiwi actress selected for prestigious London acting school
Keagan Carr Fransch will soon be able to count Laurence Olivier, Judi Dench and Vanessa Redgrave as her fellow alumni of London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama where she has just been… Audio
Late Edition for Wednesday 18 May 2016
A new doping crackdown refocuses the spotlight on Russian athletes. Will ten dollar tickets lure people back to movie theatres? TED head Chris Anderson on how to handle fear of public speaking. In… Audio
Sarah Cordery - Meditation on the Middle East
Sarah Cordery discusses her documentary feature, Notes to Eternity - a meditation on the Israel-Palestine conflict which focuses on the lives of three Jewish intellectuals who have written widely on… Video, Audio
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami: freeing a refugee rapper
Kim Hill talks to Iranian filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami who is presenting her feature-length documentary Sonita, about an Afghani refugee girl who wants to be a rapper, at the 11th International… Audio
The Great Maiden's Blush
Dan Slevin reviews Andrew Bosshard and Shane Loader's drama about two women stuck in a maternity ward together. Audio
Female Critics with Diana Drumm
Dan Slevin interviews US freelance film writer Diana Drumm about why it is getting harder for women to make a living writing about film - and what we can do about it. Audio
Captain America Civil War
Dan Slevin reviews the 13th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series, starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr. and Scarlett Johansson. Audio
At the Movies for 12 May 2016
Dan Slevin (filling in for Simon Morris) reviews Captain America: Civil War - the 13th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series and Wellington labour of love The Great Maiden's Blush. He also… Audio
RN 4/11: DocEdge Special Edition
While Dan moves house and the Ranch is all in boxes, we have a special interim edition of the podcast - the full interview with DocEdge co-director Dan Shanan that was recorded last week for At the… Audio
Carthew Neal: making Tickled and Wilderpeople
Kim Hill talks to the producer of the feature film Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and new documentary, Tickled. Audio
Andrea Bosshard and Shane Loader on 'The Great Maiden's Blush'
Filmmakers Andrea Bosshard and Shane Loader discuss their film The Great Maiden's Blush, which had its world premiere in Wellington on 2 May. Video, Audio
Documentaries have the power to unite
What does it mean to live in the moment? Be Here Now: The Andy Whitfield story kicks off the launch of the Documentary Edge Festival this coming month, taking a look at the journey of an actor… Audio
Film Review with Dr Richard Swainson
Dr Richard Swainson reviews The Jungle Book and Mavis! Audio
The Jungle Book
Simon reviews the remake of the animated hit of the 1960s, The Jungle Book, featuring the voices of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley and Scarlett Johanssen. Audio
Masterpieces - Gaylene Preston
Filmmaker, Gaylene Preston, picks her favourite New Zealand film. Audio
Feature interview - Danielle Feinberg
When Dory and Marlin search the vast Ocean to find Nemo, or Princess Merida goes in search of her own destiny in the Oscar winning movie Brave there's a touch of magic, math and computer science at… Audio
