Movies

It sounds like a standard Hollywood blockbuster -  car chase, explosions, a raging fire, the heroic fire brigade working to save the city - but the twist is the city and its inhabitants are made of… Video, Audio

Theatre and screen director, Simon Bennett had the task of bringing the oral Stories of Ruapekapeka to life. His reconstructions of life during the wars form an important part of the documentary… Audio

Geostorm solves the climate change problem, only to have it revived by someone who wants to "weaponize the weather"! Stars Gerard Butler, Abbie Cornish and Jim Sturgess. Audio

Maudie tells the story of real-life "outsider" artist Maude Lewis, and her complicated surprising relationship with husband Everett. Stars award-winners Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke. Audio

Waru invites eight women directors - mostly at the start of their careers - to contribute a ten-minute scene, shot in one take, to an 80 minute feature. Produced by Kerry Warkia and Kiel McNaughton… Audio

On At The Movies, two New Zealand films that went with their gut rather than a formula - Waru and No Ordinary Sheila  - and two very different North American films - Canadian indie Maudie and climate… Video, Audio

French-German film Frantz takes an 80-year-old classic film and swaps the plot around. Directed by Francois (Potiche) Ozon. Video, Audio

The Mountain Between Us blends two ideas - the "couple in peril" and the "wilderness survival". Stars Kate Winslett and Idris Elba. Video, Audio

Happy Death Day is daylight robbery of one of the best loved - and best known - comedy plots there is. And it works far better than it ought to! Stars Jessica Rothe, directed by Christopher (Scouts… Video, Audio

Simon Morris goes to three films with very few expectations built in - comedy-horror Happy Death Day, couple in peril The Mountain Between Us and French-German wartime drama Frantz. Video, Audio

A new Thomas the Tank Engine movie has raised a few questions. The panelists discuss whether diversity and inclusion invites criticism. Audio

Dan Slevin says two shows from HBO prove television is tackling the biggest themes in very interesting ways.

Jackson Katz is an educator, author, filmmaker and cultural theorist. He is co-founder of Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP), one of the longest-running and most widely influential gender violence… Audio

Chelsea Cohen, sometimes credited as Chelsea Winstanley, is a film producer of Ngati Ranginui descent. Her short films Meathead and Night Shift were both selected for the Cannes Film Festival… Audio

Another Mother's Son is a story set in the one part of Britain occupied by the Nazis during World War Two - the Channel Islands. Stars Jenny Seagrove. Video, Audio