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Review - Poppy
Poppy is a New Zealand feel-good film about a young car mechanic with Down syndrome who's determined not to let her disability slow her down. Directed by Linda Niccol (Second hand wedding) and… Video, Audio
At The Movies for 2 June 2021
Simon Morris talks about the importance of charm in a film - you can’t find an audience if there’s no-one they like in your film. And he finds three films that all depend on their likeable central… Audio
A Glitch in the Matrix: Are we living in a digital simulation?
Director Rodney Ascher's debut 'Room 237' offered up some wild theories about interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's visionary masterpiece 'The Shining.' His latest documentary, 'A Glitch in the… Audio
Film Review with Ali Ventura
Today Ali tells us all about A Quiet Place, part 2 and MINAMATA starring Johnny Depp and Bill Nighy. Audio
French Film Festival director Fergus Grady
French Film Festival director Fergus Grady picks some of the highlights of this year's programme. These include Antoinette in the Cevennes, the biopic De Gaulle and the thriller Only the animals. Audio
Review - A Quiet Place Part II
A Quiet Place Part II returns to the alien invasion hit, featuring blind monsters with very sharp hearing. Written and directed by John Kasinski and starring Emily Blunt, with Cillian Murphy. Video, Audio
Review - No Man's Land
No Man's Land is yet another attempt to bring back the Western, as trouble on the Texas border leads to a ride to redemption.Featuring Andie McDowell and Frank Grillo, written by star Jake Allyn, and… Video, Audio
At The Movies for 26 May 2021
Simon Morris welcomes the French Film Festival Aotearoa after a two year break. It couldn't come at a better time, with a batch of formulaic fare currently in the cinemas. Audio
The Sea Decides
Long human-powered journeys and human ambition verses the forces of nature is explored in new documentary The Sea Decides. Grant Rawlinson rowed and cycled 12,000 kms from Singapore to New Zealand. In… Audio, Gallery
Film Review with Graeme Tuckett
Movie reviewer Graeme Tuckett talks to Jesse about Son of the South, The Artist's Wife and The Wairarapa Film Festival on from May 26 to 29. Audio
Homespun adventures: Looking for the positives in life
Australian Beau Miles spent years adventuring around the globe including kayaking 2,000 km around the southern tip of Africa and running 650 km through the Australian Alps, making films about them. Video, Audio
Are DVDs going to become valuable collectables?
Still got any DVDs collecting dust on the shelf? Well, maybe keep hold of them just in case as they may soon be a collector's item. Writer, actor and DVD watcher Jonny Potts talks to Jesse about… Audio
KKK to civil rights activist: Bob Zellner on 'Son of the South'
Bob Zellner has spent his life dedicated to fighting for the rights of African Americans. But he wasn't born to it. His father and grandfather were members of the Ku Klux Klan, based in Alabama in… Audio, Gallery
Film Writers compete to get on a Black List
The movie business, famously, is a lottery. Quality alone has never been a guarantee a film would get the green light. Hence Hollywood's famous Black List - drawing movie producers' attention to the… Audio
New TV series showcases ancient Pacific tales in the modern day
New Zealand's first Pacific drama series has been created that is written, directed, produced and crewed entirely by the Moana people.
Ella Purnell: The Army of the Dead
The Army of the Dead, a film by Zack Snyder, was released in Aoteaora this week. English actor Ella Purnell has a lead role in the film, she talks to Jesse about making the movie. Audio
Materials: Fact of Fiction - The Force
Geoffrey Weal, PhD student at the University of Otago in the lab of MacDiarmid researcher Anna Garden gives us his scientific take on The Force From Star Wars. Audio
Teine Sā: The Ancient Ones, Stowaway, SIS the Show
11:45 Teine Sā: The Ancient Ones, Stowaway, SIS the Show and Brutal Lives
Film and TV reviewer Laumata Lauano joins Kathryn to look at a new show airing on Prime tonight, Teine Sā: The Ancient Ones… Audio
Review - Locked Down
Locked Down - the first post-Covid romcom. Paxton and Linda (Chiwetel Ejiafor and Anne Hathaway) are locked in a flat together, despite being technically separated. Can a disastrous Zoom call, a… Video, Audio
Review - Son of the South
Son of the South is the true story of Bob Zellner, born into a Ku Klux Klan family and who became one of the first white volunteers for the civil rights movement in Sixties Alabama. Produced by Spike… Audio
