EntertainmentTV Preview: WentworthNick Grant relives a childhood trauma as he samples a reincarnated 1980s.08 Jun 08:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: The HuntEven though he consistently puts out great work in European films, Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen is still best known to English-speaking audiences as the blood-weeping bad guy in 2006's <i>Casino Royale</i>.08 Jun 06:30 PM
EntertainmentClassical review: A chance to hear the cream of the creamInevitably, the buzz around town this week has been the Michael Hill Violin Competition. With last weekend's Queenstown eliminations over, and all performances still available online, the contestants and adjudicators have come north.07 Jun 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Fast & Furious 6After upping the ante considerably with 2011's <i>Fast Five</i>, everybody's favourite street racers return for another big-budget mixture of fast cars and furious action.01 Jun 09:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: ShoppingKiwi directors Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland hail from the fine tradition of making acclaimed short films before moving on to the coveted first feature.01 Jun 07:30 PM
EntertainmentTV Preview: The NeighborsSarah Lang finds the latest TV sci-fi offering sadly lacking.01 Jun 06:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: The Last SentenceAs the Nazi machine gathers steam in Germany, Swedish newspaper editor Torgny Segerstedt (Jesper Christensen) writes rhetorical invectives denouncing Nazism.01 Jun 05:30 PM
EntertainmentClassical review: Philharmonia's stairway to heavenThe pathway to James Ehnes' superlative Elgar Violin Concerto was a beguiling one.31 May 05:47 AM
EntertainmentTheatre review: The Mau and The Visitor, Mangere Arts CentreSamoan Language Week runs until Samoan Independence Day on June 1, so the season of this bilingual play set about Mau - the non-violent Samoan independence movement - is timed very nicely.30 May 05:55 AM
EntertainmentTheatre review: Titus, Q TheatreIt is never difficult to find contemporary events that point to the relevance of <i>Titus Andronicus</i>, but Shakespeare's reflections on the extremes of human cruelty are given particular poignancy by the recent murder of a young soldier on a London str30 May 05:47 AM
EntertainmentGripped by Robb's animal magicWhen Ursula Robb, New Zealand dancer turned global star, takes the stage in her stunning solo <i>Faune</i> the everyday world stops.27 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentClassical review: NZSO fails to match last effortThe New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Friday concert took its title from Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending and its quarter-hour of pastoral rapture was a sober entree.26 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: PolicemanAn Israeli drama directed by Nadav Lapid, <i>Policeman</i> is a peculiar beast that unfurls in fits and starts, yet never fulfils its dramatic potential.25 May 08:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: The Hangover Part IIIAfter a commercially successful but critically derided <i>Part II</i>, <i>The Hangover</i> gang returns to try to make things right for the finale marketed as "The End".25 May 07:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: The Reluctant FundamentalistBased on the excellent eponymous novel, this political thriller is set in 2011 as anti-government protests and police brutality flare in Lahore.25 May 06:00 PM
EntertainmentClassical review: Town hall organ brought to lifeEvery two years, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra presents a concert of half-a-dozen workshopped compositions in a specific genre.24 May 05:30 PM
