Vallkyrie: With support act Rugged and Wylde Dome Room, November 9 (8pm), $10 at door.
Lawrence Arabia: Dome Room, November 10 (8pm, Presales undertheradar $15 (plus booking fee) Doors sales $20
Isla Grant in concert: War Memorial Theatre, November 12 (7.30pm).
Michael Houstoun: Tiromoana, November 15. Only 70 tickets, $35 for adults and $10 for students. Call 868 6443 for bookings.
The Nutcracker: Nadine Antoinette School of Dance, War Memorial Theatre, Saturday November 18 (1.30pm and 6pm).
At the flicksODEON MULTIPLEX
Jigsaw: Eighth instalment in the Saw franchise picks up more than a decade after the Jigsaw killer’s death during the police investigation of a new series of murders fitting his modus operandi.
Bad Moms 2: Three overworked, under-appreciated mothers rebel against the expectations of Christmas, while having to play host to their own mothers. Stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Peter Gallagher and Susan Sarandon.
Thor: Ragnarok (3D, 2D): Thor, imprisoned without his hammer, must get to Asgard to save his people. Stars Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston and Cate Blanchett.
Geostorm: Earth’s climate control satellites malfunction and a satellite designer (Gerard Butler) tries to avert disaster.
Home Again: Romantic comedy in which Reese Witherspoon plays a newly separated mother who allows three young filmmakers to stay with her family.
No Ordinary Sheila: Story of Sheila Natusch, daughter of a ranger and an artist, who grew up on Stewart Island, and wrote and illustrated numerous New Zealand nature books.
Waru: Eight Maori women each direct a 10-minute segment around the tangi of a child, dead by the hand of a caregiver.
The Son of Bigfoot: A teenager seeking his long-lost father finds that Dad is Bigfoot, who went into hiding to keep himself and his family safe from scientific experiments.
The Mountain Between Us: Idris Elba and Kate Winslet star as light-plane crash survivors who embark on a perilous journey to safety.
Blade Runner 2049: A new blade runner, Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a secret that could cause chaos, and seeks out former blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford).
DOME CINEMA
Where There is Life: Producer and director Gwen Isaac shot this documentary over the four years following Margaret Lee’s diagnosis with motor neuron disease. Margaret’s care falls on her husband Stephen, who also has to earn a living and take care of Imogen, the couple’s daughter, aged 10 at the time of Margaret’s diagnosis. Followed by a Q&A session with Isaac, who describes the film as “the ultimate grown-up love story”. One-off screening.
Another Mother’s Son: Jenny Seagrove stars as Louisa Gould, a woman on Jersey in the Channel Islands during World War 2. She takes in an escaped Russian prisoner of war and hides him from the occupying German forces. Based on a true story.
I Am Not Your Negro: Black American writer James Baldwin started to write a personal account of the lives and assassination of three of his close friends — Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. When Baldwin died in 1987, eight years after he mooted the project, he had completed only 30 pages of the manuscript. Raoul Peck envisioned the book Baldwin never finished and made a film on race in America.
Waru: Eight Maori women each direct a 10-minute segment around the tangi of a child, dead by the hand of a caregiver.
No Ordinary Sheila: Story of Sheila Natusch, daughter of a ranger and an artist, who grew up on Stewart Island, and wrote and illustrated numerous New Zealand nature books.
VISUAL ARTS
Reflections - Rhythm & Vines 15th Anniversary Exhibition Paul Nache Gallery
Exhibitions
Tairawhiti Museum: Te Ha Art awards and exhibition. Mo Te Emepaea - artworks based on Maori Pioneer Battalion serviceman Tawhai Tamepo’s WW1 war diaries and war in general, contemporary tattoo designs - Sarah Kane-Matete’s solo show in collaboration with Levin-based photographer Renee-Leala Tiumalu-fa le.
Zest Cafe: Photographs by Shayryn Dunn
COMING UP
Nanogirl Live: Spark NZ and Auckland University present a live science spectacular. War Memorial Theatre, Tuesday November 21 (5pm and 7pm).
Something on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald.co.nz, or call 869-0630.
