Movies

Mandy is a revival of the old "video nasties" of the Eighties. It stars Nicolas Cage and Andrea Riseborough (Death of Stalin). Video, Audio

Hunter Killer is an old-fashioned submarine thriller featuring a very unlikely take on modern US-Russian relations. Starring Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman. Video, Audio

Sugar highs on all Hallows Eve. Maybe Mexicans have it right with their Day of the Dead. Audio

New Zealand's only independent rug repairer Anna Williams has found herself the subject of a documentary that also involves an Iranian tribe and the British broadcaster and naturalist, Sir David… Audio, Gallery

Whoever picked the five stars of the Kiwi documentary She Shears deserves some kind of award, says Simon Morris. The film is an appealing look at some highly competitive female shearers. Video, Audio

The Seagull is a new adaptation of the Anton Chekhov play that emphasizes the theme of celebrity culture. If you want to see versatility and talent – and one of the finest actors around – check it… Video, Audio

King of Thieves is a senior heist movie based on a real-life story and starring Sir Michael Caine, Sir Tom Courtenay and Jim Broadbent. Video, Audio

Simon Morris returns in time to review pensioner-heist movie King of Thieves, a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's famous play The Seagull, and a New Zealand documentary with a title that tells it all… Audio

Doug Dillaman and Sarah Watt consider Halloween, Westwood and the latest take on A Star is Born. Video, Audio

British-Kiwi filmmaker Bart Layton's film American Animals opens in cinemas on October 25. It's based on the true story of a 2004 heist by four college students - who plotted to steal rare books from… Audio

A Nobel Prize-winning professor is being honoured by the University of Missouri with a special designated space for him in a bike rack on campus. It'll be a standard bike rack but there'll be a sign… Audio

A short film about two Ōtaki gravediggers has its premiere at the imagineNATIVE Film Festival in Toronto next week. The Grave Digger of Kapu is a companion piece to Libby Hakaraia's award-winning 2012… Video, Audio

Writing a book is simply something a sitcom actress must do, according to actor and comedian Ellie Kemper. She is the star of the Netflix series, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and a fan favourite of… Video, Audio

The Human Element is a new film which explores climate change and its effect on the four classical elements of fire, air, water and land, produced by Kiwi-American filmmaker Olivia Ahnemann Audio