Movies
Review - The Accountant 2
The Accountant 2 sees the return of Ben Affleck as the eccentric, former criminal accountant who sets out to avenge the murder of his best friend. Also stars Jon Bernthal (The Amateur) and Cynthia… Audio
Trump’s Hollywood tariff threat is already unravelling
Analysis: As we've come to expect with Trump 2.0, it's not clear whether the president is serious, Allison Morrow writes.
Changes coming for how content is classified
New Zealand's Chief Censor, Caroline Flora, says the self-rating system is working well, and that rating content is more important than ever. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic reviews some selections from the Italian Film Festival touring New Zealand from now until January, Japanese action-thriller Bullet Train Explosion (2025) streaming on… Audio
'A rich world': Marlon Williams brings healing te reo Māori journey to cinemas
Marlon Williams has sung in te reo Māori his whole life, but never felt confident enough to write a full album in the language - until something shifted with his first waiata, Aua Atu Rā.
What the film Conclave gets right (and wrong) about electing a new pope
Smear campaigns, politicking, gossip and blackmail: Conclave had it all.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins us for some Anzac weekend viewing suggestions. Audio
Review: 'Sinners' is a genius fusion of period drama on race with vampire horror and music
The Black Panther director's latest film is such a fresh take on standard genre tropes that you feel like you are watching something brand new.
Review - Warfare
Civil War director Alex Garland collaborates with that film's military advisor - and real-life Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza on the story of a platoon of Navy SEALS having a bad day in Ramadi. Audio
Review - Sinners
Ryan Coogler writes and directs a Southern Gothic horror film featuring gangsters, vampires and the Klan, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
The horror - the horror
Dan Slevin reviews three new films in local cinemas: In Sinners, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler tells a Southern Gothic horror story withMichael B. Jordan playing identical twins; in Warfare… Audio
Review - Small Things Like These
Dan Slevin reviews an adaptation of Claire Keegan's 2021 novella about an Irish family man prompted to confront his community about the secrets that they have been keeping (starring Oscar-winner… Audio
One of the most realistic depictions of modern war on film
For once, the marketing hype is real: Warfare, the latest A24 thriller, is one of the most realistic depictions of modern military combat committed to screen.
"In Glorious Smell-O-Vision": the remergence of scented cinema
Screening Sunday April 27 in Poneke Wellington is FW Murnau's classic 1922 spooky silent film Nosferatu: A symphony of Horror, with a few sensory twists. Not only will it be accompanied by a live… Audio
Update on Cyclone Tam with Far North mayor Moko Tepania
We get the latest on the impact of ex-cyclone Tam as it batters the upper North Island. Audio
Review - The Correspondent
The Correspondent tells the true story of Australian journalist Peter Greste, covering a military coup in Egypt for Al Jazeera. His arrest on trumped-up charges became a worldwide scandal. Directed by… Audio
Review - The Penguin Lessons
The Penguin Lessons is based on an unlikely true story of an English teacher in Argentina who finds himself stuck with a penguin at the height of a military coup. Written by Jeff Pope (Philomena) it… Audio
Comfort Zones
Simon Morris occasionally finds himself out of his comfort zone - but not this week. Three films right up his alley - a true story of a journalist arrested for doing his job, The Correspondent… a… Audio
Review - The Amateur
The Amateur sees a back-room boffin in the CIA turn himself into an avenging killer when terrorists kill his wife. Starring Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), it's… Audio
Ciarán Hinds: Story rather than role choice matters most
At 72, actor Ciarán Hinds is far from slowing down. Since his portrayal as the grandfather in Kenneth Branagh's 2021 Oscar-winning movie Belfast he's worked on five more films and six TV series.
