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Album review: Neil Young, Storytone

Neil Young only occasionally reveals his private life, but in July he filed for divorce from his wife of 36 years, Pegi, and is now with actress Daryl Hannah.

Movie review: Jimmy's Hall

Director Ken Loach, now 78, announced during the making of this modest but moving historical drama that it would be his last film, though there have been later suggestions of a change of heart.

Movie review: Skylight

Time has taken tragically little toll on David Hare's 1995 play. The pungent one-liners amuse, but the real sting is that references to inequality and the erosion of social conscience have become more pointed.

Album review: Slipknot, .5: The Gray Chapter

In Slipknot's sick world, death isn't an ending - it's a reason to celebrate. It's been six years since the Iowa act's last album, something the band blames on the loss of two key members: bassist Paul Gray.

Album review: The Eastern, The Territory

Adam Mcgrath has one of those voices that sums up the struggles of the everyman in one line. Gentle, husky, weary, righteous.

Album review: TV on the Radio, Seeds

With their awkward song structures, sludgy production and multilayered harmonies, TV on the Radio have always been the oddest barflies at Brooklyn's alt-rock bar.

Game preview: Far Cry 4 is breaking bad

The biggest star of Far Cry 4 might not be the game's hero, but its villain. Chris Schulz investigates.

Theatre review: Famour Flora, The White House

An historical excursion into the salacious underbelly of Auckland's nightlife finds a suitably lascivious venue in the central hall of the White House

Classical review: Auckland Choral, Town Hall

Auckland Choral's Waves upon Waves certainly benefited from one of the most imaginative programme covers of the season.

Concert review: Yes, ASB Theatre

Classical review: NZSO, Auckland Town Hall

Listening to the NZSO playing Tchaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto under Michael Stern, with soloist Eldar Nebolsin, had the feeling of a privileged preview.

Theatre review: One Day Moko, Q Theatre

This enjoyable, artful jumble, One Day Moko, starts with a fun stand-up comedy set from a lively homeless guy, Moko, who banters with the audience.

Classic CD review: Michael Houstoun: Beethoven, Complete Piano Sonatas

Movie review: Finding Vivian Maier

In 2007, while compiling a history of a Chicago neighbourhood, John Maloof bought at auction a box of locally shot photographic negatives.

Classical review: Soloist, conductor excel in ingenious pairing

There may have been some discussion in the boardroom when Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra contemplated pairing Prokofiev with Bruckner in the one programme.

Comedy review: Bill Bailey

It wasn't too bad, all things considered.

Movie review: Serena

Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier's Depression-era drama, based on the book by Ron Rash, is a bleak and rather ponderous exploration of a marriage set in the stunning forests of North Carolina in 1929.

Movie review: Interstellar

British director Christopher Nolan has never been afraid of complex narratives or a vision for how to bring them to life on the big screen.