Film

Simon Morris looks at Mahana, director Lee Tamahori's first New Zealand film in 20 year, 13 Hours: The secret soldiers of Benghazi, an unusually small-scale movie from blockbuster director Michael… Audio

Sébastien Donnadieu, the director of the Alliance Française French Film Festival discusses the annual event which is on around the country at the moment. Audio

When it comes to movies, Temuera Morrison is still one of our biggest stars - Once Were Warriors, The River Queen, Mount Zion - and now his latest, Mahana, directed by his old mate Lee Tamahori. Irene… Audio

Getting a film made is hard enough when you're an established director, but when you are starting out it can feel like one obstacle after another. Unless you have help. FilmUp is a mentoring… Audio

Oscar-winner Son of Saul is directed by Hungarian film-maker László Nemes. It takes an uncompromising look at a Nazi concentration camp. Audio

Gods of Egypt is a mostly Australian production, directed by Alex Proyas, and starring Nikolaj Koster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) and Gerard Butler (300). Audio

The Lady in the Van features the dream team of writer Alan Bennett and star Dame Maggie Smith. Audio

Simon Morris looks back at the troubled Oscars, attacked from all quarters for its lack of diversity. But are the haters missing the point? Audio

Simon Morris looks back at the troubled Oscars, attacked from all quarters for its lack of diversity. But are the haters missing the point? He also looks at three undeniably diverse films. The Lady in… Audio

More than 80 percent of films made before 1929 have been lost - damaged beyond repair, thrown out or reused. In an effort to save what remains, film maker Martin Scorsese set up the Film Foundation in… Audio

The New Zealand-Samoan comedy-drama Three Wise Cousins has been doing astonishingly well, first in Auckland and then in Wellington and Palmerston North. In some cinemas it's even out-grossing the new… Audio

Emad Burnat is the director of the Oscar-nominated 5 Broken Cameras, a 2011 documentary that tells the story of the efforts of the people of Bil'in - a Palestinian village in the West Bank - to resist… Audio

Jane Paul is the Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision's community programme co-ordinator for the Reel Life in Rural New Zealand Woolshed Tour. Audio

Simon Morris goes to the reboot of TV classic Dad's Army, to Will Smith's real-life drama Concussion, and to the delightful independent Samoan comedy-drama, Three Wise Cousins. He also talks to… Audio

Dr Richard Swainson, has seen 'Carol' and 'Deadpool'. Audio

Our film reviewer, Dr Richard Swainson, has been to see Steve Jobs and The Danish Girl. Audio

Dr Richard Swainson reviews Room and Spotlight. Audio