"Has anyone seen my Lorazepam?" Parker Posey’s Southern-drawled plea has thrust an anti-anxiety drug into the spotlight in the latest season of Mike White's dark comedy.

Here’s just some of the conjecture to dive into as we reluctantly prepare to check out of the White Lotus resort and spa in Thailand.

A film about how cats and humans coexist at a Japanese shrine is enchanting international audiences.

This week, the Ministry of Education released a proposed list of suggested texts for New Zealand school students.

In a career spanning decades, Val Kilmer took on supporting and leading roles spanning from Batman to Doc Holliday.

A room full of kids were totally immersed in the fantasy world of A Minecraft Movie at the NZ premiere, and that's got to tell you something.

All four films about the members of The Beatles are set to be released concurrently in a "binge-able theatrical experience".

Is Snow White truly as awful as everyone says? It doesn’t seem possible.

Dianne Taylor - who actor Robyn Malcom describes as the “voice” of After the Party - reflects on the Kiwi drama’s international appeal.

‘Haumi e, hui e, SHREKIE’: Grassroots launch proves Shrek a game changer for Indigenous nations.

The Kiwi actor was in a Liverpool cafe when she found out the drama series was in the running for a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) award for Best International Show.

More than 100 films and digital works from 86 indigenous nations will be screening at the Māoriland Film Festival on the Kāpiti Coast.

Good American Family is inspired by the harrowing but real story of Natalia Grace, who lives with a rare form of dwarfism. Here's the complicated true story.

Hamdan Ballal was attacked by armed settlers in West Bank and handed to Israeli military, witnesses say.

Could a teenage boy be so influenced by the likes of misogynist Andrew Tate that he's driven to murder his young classmate?

Known as 'The White Lotus effect', tourism spikes in the glorious locations that Mike White's addictively awful characters take us.

With the finale of season two airing this weekend, actress Dichen Lachman discussed how parts of the sci-fi thriller mirror real life.

Netflix streaming came to New Zealand 10 years ago this month and how we watch television has never quite been the same.

Cartoonist and co-writer Tom Scott looks back on the making of one of Aotearoa's most successful films of the 1980s.

Veteran director Mike Leigh returns with his most confronting character yet.

Has any movie managed to alienate everyone like Disney’s remake of a classic children's fairytale?

Netflix spent $500m on this film, yet couldn't afford a decent wig.

Filmmaker Allan George (Ngāti Kahungunu) shares a deeply personal story with animated short Mirumiru.

The veteran English filmmaker tells Culture 101 that the world continues to offer up great stories to tell.

Spit sees low-life criminal John Spitieri from 2003's Gettin’ Square return after 20 years.

The director of 2019 hit Parasite is back with a sci-fi flick in which a lowly worker is regularly killed doing dangerous jobs, only to be revived to die another day.

Despite plenty of thespian firepower, William Tell misses the mark, writes Simon Morris.

Watching movies at home on the sofa might be easy, but it's no match for watching them on the big screen, film buffs say.

Hilaria Baldwin was caught in a cultural appropriation scandal. Alec was involved in an accidental on-set shooting. Some reputation rehab was in order - can this peppy reality show possibly be it?

Nickel Boys was overlooked at the Oscars, but RaMell Ross' adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead is a triumph, writes Simon Morris.

The 97th annual Academy Awards is here - check out who took the big awards.

Ari Kerssens grew up watching queer makeup artists on YouTube and enrolled in a makeup course towards the end of school. It all changed when he lost most of his sight at age 19.

For over 50 years, Spike Milligan's deliciously pernicious witch Badjelly has been hugely popular in New Zealand.

Underneath all the warm fuzzies and grand gestures, romantic comedies can hide a dark truth about unrealistic expectations.

The popular empire-building game Civilization - beloved by Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk - has a new edition out soon.

The three surviving members of cult rock band Led Zeppelin have been famously media-shy since their bandmate John Bonham died in 1980. In Becoming Led Zeppelin, we hear all four of them reflecting on the band's origins.

Jarring explanations of the obvious aside, local audiences will find much to enjoy about the 83-year-old actor's new show Miriam Margolyes in New Zealand.

The Golden Globe-nominated film Babygirl is yet another example of an erotic sub-genre that we're told rarely gets made. But is that still true?

Prime Minister premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last week and the reviews are mixed.

The romantic chemistry between Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield as a young couple threatened by serious illness is off the charts.

Timothée Chalamet shines in his portrayal of the protean Bob Dylan in director James Mangold's A Complete Unknown.

Review - The film Tinā takes you on an emotional ride through the life of Mareta Percival, played by Anapela Polataivao, writes Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai.

About 200 games are set to come out in 2025 - many long-awaited big budget sequels. So, hold on to your wallets and get ready to expand those hard drives.

From primal screams and mystery men to Kiwi music and cows, we take a look back at some of the late auteur's weirdest happenings.

The animated film Flow is destined to be a classic that audiences will return to year after year, writes Dan Slevin.

Some promising new telly shows (The Studio, It) and some returning favourites (White Lotus, Black Mirror).

Robert Eggers' remake of Nosferatu is a little bloodless.

When 130 cardinals gather in Rome to elect a new pope, intrigue and politics aren't very far behind, writes Dan Slevin.

Queer, Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara, and Superman - the flicks we can't wait to see in 2025.

Paddington's latest adventure doesn't quite hit the same mark that the unequivocal masterpiece Paddington 2 did, but it still tugs at the heartstrings, Dan Slevin writes.

Dan Slevin looks back at the cinematic year and picks his 10 top films - and not a horror flick among them.

From reality TV to sci-fi, here are the shows that stood out for reviewer Karl Puschmann.

It's supposed to be a Spider-Man universe movie involving a quest for vengeance, but Samuel Rillstone says this bland and boring story has nothing to recommend it.

New Zealand-born actress Anna Sawai, Kiwi actor Antony Starr and the What We Do in the Shadows spinoff will face some tough competition.

From a twisted take on Freaky Friday to a deeply satisfying 'eat the rich' fable, here are some Halloween movies that might give you a jolt but won't keep you up at night.

With a not-guilty verdict still reverberating around the country, at least one film crew is working on a documentary. Is that a good thing?