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Queenstown
July 17
Film festival flicks funds back to community
A film festival organiser is ‘‘proud’’ to be sharing proceeds from ticket sales and an auction to give back to the community.
Queenstown
July 17
Netflix to shoot new drama 'Queenstown' in resort
An eight-episode drama set amid Queenstown’s beauty and opulence will explore themes of “power, class and family”, Netflix has announced.
Entertainment
July 17
Stardust for a comic starman
Duncan Jones’ latest movie adapts a British comic discovered when his dad, David Bowie, was gigging around the world, David Barnett writes.
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Entertainment
July 15
Fruits of her labour
Rebecca Fox talks to New Zealand actress Morgana O’Reilly about her new film based on her one-woman stage show Stories About My Body.
Entertainment
July 13
From Spielberg to Kidman: Tributes flow for Sir Sam
Actors, directors and world leaders have reacted to the death of New Zealand's Sam Neill.
Entertainment
July 10
The epic work of fame
Himesh Patel is about to star in The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster, and has a lead role in a high-profile reboot of The X-Files.
Entertainment
June 26
Hood’s legend through another lens
Growing up, his idea of Robin Hood wasn’t a fox.
News
June 11
Watch: Brad Pitt in the Otago wilderness in new trailer
Otago and Fiordland’s stunning and remote landscapes are about to hit the silver screen again — this time as a stand-in for the Alaskan wilderness.
Entertainment
May 15
Festivities of turmoil
Returning to Cannes, Pedro Almodóvar steels himself to weather the inevitable acclaim, Glenn Whipp writes.
Dunedin
May 13
Blips of Otago glimpsed in trailer for Netflix blockbuster
It's a blink and you'll miss it situation, but Otago sneaks into the just-released teaser trailer for East of Eden.
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Entertainment
April 24
Reliving a legend
It was a privilege to play a part in a new film remembering the courage and valour of Haane Manahi, actor Vinnie Bennett tells Tom McKinlay.
Fashion
April 23
Fun, fashion and changing times
The Devil Wears Prada 2 brings back the flash and fashion of the original film, but also offers insight into a transformed media landscape, its stars and makers say.
World
April 20
'Bully, liar': Rebel Wilson slammed in defamation fight
Australian actor Rebel Wilson took out defamation insurance before she posted a series of allegedly slanderous social media posts about the star of her directorial debut, a court has been told.
Entertainment
April 10
Obituary: Catherine O’Hara, actress
Canadian actress Catherine O’Hara was a gifted comedienne who starred as Macaulay Culkin’s harried mother in two Home Alone movies.
National
April 8
Jacinda Ardern documentary nominated for two Emmys
A documentary about former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been nominated for two Emmy awards.
Entertainment
April 4
Stars join forces to buy Auckland film and TV studio
Actors Cliff Curtis and Jason Momoa, along with director Taika Waititi, have acquired Auckland-based film studio Studio West in a bid to bring more jobs and Polynesian-led storytelling to the country.
World
March 30
Russell Brand sex trial delayed
British actor and comedian Russell Brand's trial on seven charges of rape and sexual assault relating to six women will take place in October, a judge says.
Entertainment
March 20
The revolution will not win an Oscar
One Battle After Another doesn't get the resistance in Trump's America, writes Gustavo Arellano.
Entertainment
March 20
A peak into the past
Steven Knight’s most famous creation, Tommy Shelby, is back, this time in a feature-length story.
World
March 19
Val Kilmer to appear posthumously through AI in film
Actor Val Kilmer will posthumously appear in what a production company says is a first-ever performance enabled by generative AI for an upcoming film.
World
March 16
Hollywood honours the unconventional
Darkly comic thriller One Battle After Another won best picture at the Academy Awards, leading a haul of six trophies on a night when Hollywood’s top honours went to unconventional fare.
Entertainment
February 27
Hard reality or donkeys
This year’s Oscar-nominated documentary shorts pack a wallop, Michael Ordona writes.
Entertainment
February 22
Damp squib reaches no heights
Your opinion on the latest adaptation of Wuthering Heights will depend on how willing you are to accept Emerald Fennell drenching the material in her sensual fantasies.
Entertainment
February 20
Obituary: Udo Kier, actor
German actor Udo Kier’s icy gaze and strange, scene-stealing screen presence made him a favourite of film-makers including Andy Warhol, Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier.
Entertainment
February 20
Shaking up the script
Director couple Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold are on a mission to counter box office franchise churn with eccentric, low-budget projects.
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