Film
Rare glimpse of original Christchurch Town Hall Designs
Now the Christchurch Town Hall rebuild is officially happening, a rare opportunity has come up to see the original plans from 1968.The Warren & Mahoney drawings are kept in the MacMillan Brown… Audio
Jemaine Clement - Romantic Lead
Jemaine Clement's new movie People, Places, Things is showing now at cinemas around New Zealand. Audio
At the Movies - 609
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews Straight Outta Compton, the hit biopic about gangsta-rap pioneers NWA. He also goes to the first Transporter film without Jason Statham, The Transporter… Audio
Straight Outta Compton - Film review
Simon Morris reviews the hit film about hiphop legends, NWA - Straight Outta Compton - featuring Ice Cube's son playing his rapper father. Audio
The Transporter Refuelled - Film review
Simon Morris reviews The Transporter Refuelled, a reboot of the franchise with Game of Throne's Ed Skrein replacing Jason Statham. Audio
A Walk in the Woods - Film review
Simon Morris reviews the film version of the Bill Bryson best-seller, A Walk In The Woods, starring Robert Redford, Nick Nolte and Emma Thompson. Audio
First woman to climb Mount Cook to be immortalised on film
The big story this year is the increasing visibility of women-focused movies. Not just hit films like Trainwreck, Pitch Perfect, Fifty Shades of Grey and Ricki and the Flash but women-driven… Audio, Gallery
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl - film review
Simon Morris reviews Sundance smash hit Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, which is rather more than a sum of the parts of the title. Video, Audio
Ricki and the Flash - film review
Simon Morris reviews Ricki and the Flash, starring Meryl Streep as a failed rocker, written by Juno's Diablo Cody - and co-starring Rick Springfield. Video, Audio
Last Cab to Darwin - film review
Simon Morris reviews Australian film Last Cab to Darwin, starring The Castle's Michael Caton as the cab-driver determined to die with dignity. Video, Audio
At The Movies: Last Cab To Darwin, Ricki and the Flash, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Simon Morris takes a box of tissues to three tear-jerkers - Australian right-to-die drama Last Cab To Darwin... Ricki and the Flash, starring Meryl Streep as the fading rocker... and the… Audio
The Science of Suspense
What makes a good horror movie - and how to intensify suspense for even scarier films with Keith Bound, University of Nottingham doctoral researcher in Digital Design & Media. Audio
Feature Album - Electric Ladyland
Actor/writer/director Josh Thomson chooses Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix. Josh has recently been announced in the lead role for feature film Chief Gary. Audio
Pietra Brettkelly: saving Afghanistan's films
Award-winning New Zealand film director and producer whose latest documentary, A Flickering Truth, is about the saving of Afghanistan's films. Audio
Sonic World of Cinema - Woodenhead
Andrew Clifford talks with Wellington composer Marc Chesterman about his score to the 2003 "grimm musical fairy tale" Woodenhead directed by Florian Habicht Audio
Sonic World of Cinema - Consent The Louise Nicholas Story
Ryan Smith selects some tracks from Grayson Gilmour's soundtrack to the New Zealand drama Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story. Gilmour's soundtrack is a nominee for the 2015 APRA Best Original Music in… Audio
Movie Review - Alexander Bisley
Reviewing 'Ricki and the Flash' and 'Banksy does New York'. Audio
She's Funny That Way - film review
Simon Morris reviews Peter Bogdanovich's attempt to revive the old Forties "screwball comedy" in She's Funny That Way, starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston. Video, Audio
Vacation - film review
Simon Morris reviews a belated sequel to the 1980s gross-out comedy, National Lampoon's Vacation, featuring Ed Helms, Christina Applegate and star of the first film, Chevy Chase. Video, Audio
Southpaw - film review
Simon Morris reviews boxing drama Southpaw, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, and Forrest Whitaker. Video, Audio