EntertainmentAriana Grande gets dangerously catchy on new albumAriana Grande's new album, Dangerous Women, is a step up with its gritty, R&B sound with a dance-pop twist.02 Jun 05:40 PM
EntertainmentReview: Film 'meticulous and ravishing'The Japanese master of domestic drama, and heir to the tradition of the great Yasujiro Ozu turns in another of his beguilingly simple family stories.02 Jun 12:30 AM
EntertainmentBritish MC puts grime on the comeback trailIt's a rare artist who can wrap up the past, present and future in one unique package. But that's exactly what Skepta manages to do.01 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentPacific Heights keep listeners in the darkIt's not an album without hope and there's plenty of softness and warmth to be found in the fragility and sadness.01 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionCalum HendersonThe Block will take 45 hours of your lifeThe Block is back, but is committing to four nights a week like starting a lengthy prison sentence?31 May 05:18 PM
EntertainmentRussian soul shines in choral jewelRachmaninov's Vespers holds a special place in the composer's output, far removed from the popular concertos that reflect his international career as a concert pianist.30 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentQuartet deliver earth and verve with sweet FinnishEnso String Quartet still has the freshness and attack that spurred one critic to rationalise the group's smouldering power as half honey and half molten lava.29 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: Timely staging of Evita hits all the right notesWith America's heartland falling under the spell of an unlikely saviour, a local revival of Evita couldn't be better timed.29 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentDoes Nice Guys live up to the hype?Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling's 70s crime comedy suggests a Tarantino revival of Jake and the Fatman.29 May 03:00 AM
EntertainmentMovie review: TickledTake a bonkers ride into a bizarre and astonishing world of fringe fetish.28 May 10:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Ibert, Orchestral WorksNeeme Jarvi and his Orchestre de la Suisse Romande have been immersing themselves in French music lately, with noteworthy albums of Massenet, Chabrier and Offenbach.27 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentThe man who ate his way around Los AngelesThey don't build monuments to critics but this doco about a celebrated L.A. food writer is something to savour.26 May 08:30 PM
OpinionKarl PuschmannKarl Puschmann: Bipolar sitcom hits like a dayglow wrecking ballCOMMENT: Who knew bipolar disorder was so damn funny? Not me. But then I'm not a doctor. I can barely diagnose a suitable parking space ...26 May 08:15 PM
EntertainmentOld soldiers on the long marchIt's nww surprise these albums by Bob Dylan (who turned 75 yesterday) and Eric Clapton (71) don't have much, if anything, to do with rock.26 May 07:00 PM
EntertainmentCurious hybrid group banish the bluesEmerging in the 1980s, the Blue Man Group is a curious hybrid of neo-Dadaist happenings blended with acid-house video-lighting effects26 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: Disney film 'visually stunning' but 'fails to woo'Like its predecessor, it's a visually stunning and imaginative film, but fails to woo emotionally.26 May 10:30 AM
EntertainmentTickled a 'fascinating detective story'David Farrier climbed into a story you would never buy if it was fiction.26 May 05:30 AM
OpinionCalum HendersonCalum Henderson: Academic avalanche makes smart viewingCOMMENT: Doco Why Am I? unravels vast findings from Dunedin study following 1000 babies born in 1972.25 May 11:00 AM
OpinionDuncan GreiveTV3's Special Report an 'incoherent mess'COMMENT: Veteran film-maker Bryan Bruce delivered one of NZ's worst hours of television last night, as he took a ''rambling, incoherent" look at NZ's school system.25 May 07:30 AM
EntertainmentReview: Details but little dramaThis is more of an illustrated lecture than a play; our presenters are purportedly two members of the first successful Everest expedition, but we don't really get to know them properly.22 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentPianist leads NZSO right across the scaleExperiencing Stephen Hough's magisterial Brahms Second Piano Concerto brought back a conversation in which the Englishman talked of the power that came from the work's sense of emotional containment.22 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Where to Invade NextIn contrast to his usual doom-and-gloom, Michael Moore takes a more optimistic path.22 May 12:00 AM
OpinionRebecca Barry HillRebecca Barry Hill: A catchy new showA familiar voice sang on the opening scene's soundtrack of The Catch, (Wednesdays, 7pm, TVNZ OnDemand).21 May 12:01 AM
OpinionConcert review: The Block PartyThe problem with The Block Party is while the acts were excellent, everything else was plagued with problems.20 May 11:20 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Elgar & Walton, Cello ConcertosBack in 2004, when he was visiting this country, Steven Isserlis told me categorically that Elgar and Walton had written two of the finest cello concertos of the 20th century.20 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentTV's most gripping race at 0.5km/hUntil last year 'competitive forklift driving' sounded like a TV idea Alan Partridge would have pitched to the BBC's Chief Commissioning Editor along with 'inner-city sumo' and 'monkey tennis'.20 May 06:30 AM
EntertainmentReview: James Blake's glorious new albumJames Blake's new album is a spellbinding mixture of glorious vocals and spare electronica, which somehow manages to play in the dark side of life while also remaining light and free20 May 02:00 AM
EntertainmentReview: Portrait of a hijack heroineIt's no spoiler to say that the title character of this powerfully affecting true-life drama dies at the end.20 May 12:30 AM
EntertainmentReview: Powerful personal and political reinventionAnohni here fully embraces her femininity and leaps straight into brittle and often dazzlingly appropriate electronica.19 May 06:30 PM
EntertainmentDoom review: Exhilarating, repetitiveThe crux of the game is shooting demons and running out of ammo. Constantly.19 May 06:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: Apocalypse? Not now...Much of it is awfully familiar, this isn't quite as inventive a period piece as the franchise was in previous decades.18 May 11:00 PM
OpinionDuncan GreiveDuncan Greive: Why the best local TV shows are buried in dead zonesR&R and Back Benches are seriously entertaining - but you need commitment to catch them, writes Duncan Greive.18 May 08:00 AM
