Movies

Finally getting a release after years on the shelf thanks to the Harvey Weinstein scandals, The Current War has been handed back to the director (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon) and is now released in a… Audio

Dan Slevin reviews this pan-European drama that tells the story of a mild-mannered Welsh journalist who stumbled across one of the greatest crimes of the 20th Century - the Soviet Famine in Ukraine in… Audio

Low budget studio Blumhouse teams up with horror auteur Leigh Whannell and star Elisabeth Moss to reboot the famous Universal Studios property (reviewed by Dan Slevin). Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and he reviews Leigh Whannell's The Invisible Man, the drama Mr. Jones and Benedict Cumberbatch in The Current War. Audio

You know that summer is over when the film society programme starts up again. Dan Slevin reports on this year’s offers from Auckland and Wellington.

Advocates for trigger warnings have made strong claims about their benefits, but Dr Christian Jarrett has studied a wealth of research and doesn't think we are able to brace ourselves emotionally when… Audio

Film and TV reviewer James Croot looks at the movie Dark Waters, based on a decades-long legal battle between lawyer Rob Bilott, who Nine to Noon interviewed late last year, and DuPont Chemicals… Audio

The Lighthouse is a unique-looking drama that plays like an old folk-tale of two men driven mad in a lighthouse off the coast of New England. Stars the Oscar-nominated Willem Dafoe and Robert… Video, Audio

Working Woman is an Israeli film that offers unexpected angles to the old story of sexual harassment in the workplace. Directed by Michal Aviad. Video, Audio

The Professor and the Madman tells the story of the unlikely pair who helped create the Oxford English Dictionary. Starring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn. Video, Audio

Dan Slevin relished the time he spent with these two old geezers who are the subject of The Two Popes. Video

When you think of the skills of movie stunt performers, you usually think of breathtaking leaps and spectacular fight scenes. But Ashlee Fidow is also required to free-dive, to abseil, to fall off… Audio

Author Samanth Subramanian has been taking part in quizzes all of his life -- from schools to pubs to TV shows to the 'Geek Bowl' and the World Quizzing Championship. He offers an insight into the… Audio

Dan Slevin wonders whether Jojo Rabbit holds up second time around. Video

The Incredibly Strange Film Festival's Ant Timpson talks about his first film as a director. Come to Daddy stars Elijah Wood and Madeleine Sami. Audio

Emma is a new production of the Jane Austen favourite, written by award-winning New Zealand novelist Eleanor Catton. Featuring Bill Nighy and Miranda Hart. Audio

Richard Jewell is the true story of a man falsely accused of terrorism. Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Sam Rockwell, Jon Hamm and Kathy Bates. Audio