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Dead Ahead: A Māori ghost story
Just a normal family living in a whare in the country – with ghosts.
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All in the execution: How Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light finally made it to screen
Director Peter Kosminsky on the tragedy of writer Hilary Mantel’s death.
Breaking the cycle: Three women on NZ’s prison system
Two-part doco follows women making the transition from prison to the outside world.
Nicolas Cage unleashed, again, for intoxicating performance in The Surfer
Hollywood star takes on Aussie waxheads in bonkers thriller.
Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by Mavis Staples, David Byrne and more
Listen to the best of this week's new releases - selected by the Listener team.
Corps de bullet: Wick-flick spin-off “Ballerina” steps up to the barre
Ana de Armas proves a real nutcracker as dancing assassin.
The new old thing: Two musicians make a return to the spotlight
Music from a pair of 60-somethings proves as vital as ever.
Hart to Hart: The latest actors to play one of Roger Hall’s great characters compare notes
Sir Roger Hall's latest Dickie Hart play opens in Auckland & Christchurch.
French Film Festival Aotearoa encompasses love, friendship and family
Three films from this year's French film festival reviewed.
Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by Bret McKenzie, Kirsten Morrell, Pickle Darling and more
Listen to the best of this week's new releases - selected by the Listener team.
Why Bono movie “Surrender” may leave fans defeated
Concert film rearranges U2 songs, and furniture.
Doctor! Doctor!: Shorty’s Michael Galvin plays 80s pop star on Brokenwood season debut
Veteran soap star’s love of era’s music inspires episode by Tim Balme.
Music: New album sees Fly My Pretties conjuring with the elements
Plus new music from Jenny Mitchell and Michael Llewellyn.
More mega than Metallica: Why Edinburgh Tattoo will be NZ’s biggest show of the summer
A look at what goes into the 75-year-old Scottish event.
Acid test: Why we used Lotto lady as guinea pig in psychedelic therapy trial
Sonia Gray fronts documentary on possible mental health benefits of hallucinogens.
Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme is stylish, silly — and sweet
Kate Winslet’s daughter stars as a pouty nun in Wes Anderson’s quirky caper.
NZ Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by Balu Brigada, Lorde, UMO and more
Listen to the best of this week's new releases - selected by the Listener team.
Irish sporting underdog story Tarrac sculls through the cliches
One might argue there’s a place for movies that are so bad they’re good.
The Listener’s June viewing guide updated: New seasons of The Bear, The Gilded Age, Wolf Hall, and a final Squid Games
The shows you don't want to miss this month.
Succession creator Jesse Armstrong pivots to scathing satire of today’s tech titans
Succession scribe puts rocket up tech-bro billionaires.
Music: New albums from expat polymath Arjuna Oakes and Auckland’s Bub
Full debut from a multi-talented artist plus a Sami sister hits her stride.
True-life drama: Young woman finds better dad on internet
A surprisingly upbeat tale of a woman’s search for her estranged dad.
Physician reveal thyself: New Middlemore series puts trainee doctors under microscope
A series on Middlemore’s junior doctors examines how their careers define their lives.
Fossils refuelled: The return of Walking with Dinosaurs
After lying dormant for a quarter of a century, Walking with Dinosaurs gets dug up again.
NZ Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by Georgia Lines, Fazerdaze, Deva Mahal, Estère and more
Listen to the best of this week's new releases - selected by the Listener team.
The new Mission: Impossible – messy, weird and eventually, fun
Tom Cruise’s barnstorming saves “Final Reckoning” from self-mythologising tedium.
Music: Suzanne Vega flies high again with reflective new album
Suzanne Vega blends wit and wisdom on Flying With Angels.
Bubbah brings silliness to serious life questions in new TV series Don’t
Ahead of move to Samoa, Bubbah reflects on the TV show which has left her a changed woman.
National pride and prejudice: The French film celebrating Jane Austen … and Love, Actually
French Film Festival romcom stars iconic Parisian bookshop where director once worked.
La Cocina best served in-cinema for glimpse into exciting, exhausting NY restaurant life
Fast-order special captures the flavour of restaurant life.