Obituary: Val Kilmer, actor
For some he was difficult to work with, for others he was a dedicated craftsman, but actor Val Kilmer was a performer everyone in Hollywood had an opinion on.
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Ready for the apocalypse
Ready for the apocalypse
Actor Nick Frost is ready for the end of days, he tells Tim Lewis.
Iranian film wins Palme d'Or at Cannes
Iranian film wins Palme d'Or at Cannes
A revenge thriller by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, barred from filmmaking for 15 years by the government in Tehran, has won the Palme d'Or top prize at Cannes.
Cruise goes impossibly deep to decode AI
Cruise goes impossibly deep to decode AI
As the stunts get bigger and better, the framing gets duller and more convoluted.
Cruise goes impossibly deep to decode AI
Cruise goes impossibly deep to decode AI
As the stunts get bigger and better, the framing gets duller and more convoluted.
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Film body praises rebate funding
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Film body praises rebate funding
Film Otago Southland chairman Kyle Murdoch says a $577m funding boost to NZ's film and TV sector will ensure the country remains competitive on the world stage.
Splatter that splits the sides
Splatter that splits the sides
Despite the very silly title, Clown in a Cornfield has the feel of a Texas Chainsaw slasher paired with the slapstick sentiment of Terrifier’s ridiculously costumed clowns who, without fail, wear size 100, squeaky clown shoes at every killing.
Lies and immortality
Lies and immortality
The sentimental retrospective of a late-career auteur exploring his legacy.
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Planned film studio could have ‘massive flow-on effect’
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Planned film studio could have ‘massive flow-on effect’
A proposed $200m Queenstown film studio flagged for fast-track approval could have a "massive flow-on effect" for the region, making it easier to attract projects to the South, an industry leader says.
Stars out to dispel tariff gloom at Cannes
Stars out to dispel tariff gloom at Cannes
Movie legends from Tom Cruise to Denzel Washington are in Cannes this week for the 78th incarnation of its film festival, as the industry tries to shake off worries over dwindling audiences and threatened tariffs.
The search for Orson Welles' lost masterpiece
The search for Orson Welles' lost masterpiece
Josh Grossberg, a New York-based documentarian and journalist, has been on exhaustive search to find the “Holy Grail of cinema.”
Obituary: Genevieve Page, actress
Obituary: Genevieve Page, actress
French actress Genevieve Page was a star of stage and screen who accumulated many credits in English-language films as well as in French cinema.
Carving out a space
Carving out a space
Lily Gladstone’s new movie gives people a reason to laugh, writes Moira Macdonald.
Monochrome take on American life
Monochrome take on American life
Alonso Ruizpalacios’ new movie defies the times, featuring undocumented aliens and abortion, Ryan Gilbey writes.
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Trump's film tariffs would be ‘devastating’ for local industry
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Trump's film tariffs would be ‘devastating’ for local industry
A Dunedin-born film-maker says it would be "absolutely devastating" to the country’s film industry if Donald Trump gets his way.
Third theatre coming as business booms
Third theatre coming as business booms
Business is booming and a third theatre is being developed at Oamaru’s Riviera Cinema.
NZ movie industry anxious over Trump's 100% tariff threat
NZ movie industry anxious over Trump's 100% tariff threat
The New Zealand film industry is anxiously awaiting more details of Donald Trump's plan to slap 100 percent tariffs on movies made outside the United States.
The Suicide Squad, but with heart
The Suicide Squad, but with heart
Why do "women" love Florence Pugh?
Obituary: P.H. Moriarty, actor
Obituary: P.H. Moriarty, actor
Boxer and docker turned actor, P.H. (Paul) Moriarty always said the camera was good to him.
Lessons to be learned from scene-stealing penguin
Lessons to be learned from scene-stealing penguin
Tom McKinlay reviews a simultaneously charming and timely film.