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Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by Queens of the Stone Age, U2, and more
New and intriguing tracks selected by writers at the NZ Listener magazine.
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Queen of Parts: An audience with Imelda Staunton
The acting dame on her latest film, her time on The Crown, and the joy of musicals.
Greg Dixon: Why I’ll never forget my 15 minutes with Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton's most un-American trait made her one of the greatest entertainers ever.
Arthouse horror Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is brilliantly bizarre
A smart yet strange slasher movie explores sexuality.
Superb performances in & Sons enhance book-based script
Brit star Bill Nighy shines as washed-up bestselling author and drunk.
Eccentric Englishmen continue to confound with new music
Neither Robyn Hitchcock or The Durutti Column is letting anything slow them down.
Meet the newest made-for-tv family in local series inspired by real-life big, blended whānau
New TV series This is Home is a family affair both on screen and behind the cameras.
Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by Fontaines D.C., Beck, Balu Brigada, Tom Lark, and more
New and intriguing tracks selected by Listener magazine writers.
Full volume: Jon Toogood looks back on Shihad in rollicking rock memoir
Defunct band's frontman assesses the damage of 37 years giving it his all, in new book.
Dinosaur flick The End of Oak Street lacks bite
Attempts to emulate Spielberg get chewed up and spat out.
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron is admirable first campaign for two-part biopic
Part one of two movies celebrating France’s great wartime leader is out now.
Grammy winner and cultural lightning rod Phoebe Bridgers stares down her recent past
Albums from Phoebe Bridgers, and Roy Montgomery & Martha Skye Murphy reviewed.
Even a James Bond contender can’t save this passion-free romcom
Calum Turner is tipped to be Bond, but he doesn't shake or stir in this flaccid fantasy.
Shades of grey? Parents watching locally made doco on sex in the 21st century likely to be alarmed
Consent – the bedrock of healthy sexual relationships – isn’t always the issue here.
Tackling a legend: Behind the scenes of the Jonah Lomu doco that transcends sport
The makers of the new Jonah Lomu film on putting the rugby star's complex life on screen.
Tony serves up a convincing portrait of a celebrity chef like no other
The start of the Anthony Bourdain legend has now become a film.
Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by So So Modern, Tiger Lotiss, Estère, Jess B and more
A playlist of new and intriguing tracks picked by Listener writers.
Why is buying concert tickets so complicated?
Buying tickets is now a fragmented, gamified and frequently broken experience.
Shaboozey heads to the Old West and Shania Twain tackles home truths
Graham Reid reviews new albums from Shaboozey and Shania Twain.
Unbearable social climbers come unstuck in period satire Savage House
Gorgeous production design can't save black comedy with lofty aims.
Swapping notes: Mel Parsons & Reb Fountain on their careers, the music industry and what drives them
The Listener arranges a chat between them for the release of their respective 7th albums.
Spider-Man returns in an entertaining slice of cosy kick-ass
Brand New Day picks up a few years after Peter Parker was erased from everyone's memory.
Guy Montgomery returns and he smells just fine
After three seasons in Oz, his Spelling Bee is back on NZ screens before he takes it to UK
Double Act: Hannah Marshall and David de Lautour’s simultaneous screen takeover
The acting couple open up about launching two major TV shows at the same time.
Charli xcx is bored and uninspired but Kirsten Morrell shines
Graham Reid reviews the latest from the British superstar, and a fellow Kiwi.
Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by Anthonie Tonnon, Gareth Thomas, Lance Savali with Rita Ora, and more
New and intriguing tracks picked by the writers at the NZ Listener magazine.
Kiri and Lou creator Harry Sinclair takes his beloved characters to the big screen
The big-screen extension of the kids’ animated series is part of the NZIFF.
NZ-filmed kids' fantasy ‘I, Object’ falls flat on its face
Movie by expatriate director feels beamed in from the 1980s.
August Viewing Guide Updated: The new My Brilliant Career, DC superhero series Lanterns, Tom Hanks’ World War II series
What's new on network tv and streaming platforms this month and where to find it.
How H is for Hawk became a great falcon film, according to its author and director
Movie of bestselling memoir stars Claire Foy as writer Helen Macdonald.