Movies

A movie about Teina Pora who was wrongly convicted and jailed for the 1992 murder of Auckland woman Susan Burdett will air on TV this weekend. Our regular Panelist Jonathan Krebs was one of the… Audio

From Beijing with no English, to working as WETA's Art Director's and China Business Development Manager, Sam Gao is taking Wellywood to China - and a sneak preview into China's first major science… Video, Audio, Gallery

The New Zealand Herald has revealed that subsidising movies made in New Zealand has skyrocketed in spite of little agreement about whether it pays off. Showcasing New Zealand is one of the goals too… Video, Audio

Dan Slevin has a first look at the programme for this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival. Video

Are the millions of tax-payer dollars spent on enticing big overseas movie productions to New Zealand worth the cost?  Audio

Paul Casserly reviews the Mexican boarder thriller Sicario: Day of the Soldado and documentary series, The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling which is on Soho. Audio

Sicario: Day of the Soldado puts the Benicio del Toro character firmly in the foreground this time. Also starring Josh Brolin and Catherine Keener. Video, Audio

Emily Welch is one of New Zealand's first and most successful female shearers - holding a world record - and is one of the main focuses of She Shears, an upcoming NZ female shearer documentary.  Audio

Conrad Anker has been described as America's best all-round alpinist. He's a rock climber, ice climber and big peak mountain climber, having summited Everest numerous times - without oxygen, and a… Video, Audio

An organiser of a Quidditch tournament in the US thinks movie company Warner Bros has been taken over by the Harry Potter villain Voldemorte. The company is cracking down on fan festivals. The… Audio

Benaiah and Thomas Dunn clinched second place at the International Youth Silent Film Festival finals in Oregon this month for The Chase –​ a homage to the slapstick comedies of the early 20^th century.

C'est la vie is the work of writer-directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, who made the delightful The Intouchables and Samba, though it's nothing like either of them, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio