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

Sydney Dance Company's seminal and celebrated work begins with a simple representation of its title. A couple sit to one side (2), a solitary figure stands to the other (One) and the rest of the company (the Others) take centre stage.

Singstar was one of the original party games. The first version, released in 2004, achieved mainstream success worldwide and was played at parties everywhere.

The troubles that this Napier-based instrumental three-piece endured recently meant a gap of eight years between albums.

In 1997, director Eduardo Sanchez and his University of Central Florida classmate Dan Myrick wrote, directed and edited one of the most profitable films ever made, The Blair Witch Project.

Now in his mid-70s, prolific playwright Israel Horovitz shows little sign of slowing down, directing his first film My Old Lady, an adaptation of one of his own plays.

Remember those lovable goofballs from 1995's Big Me video? Go hunt them down on YouTube - there's so much to enjoy: Dave Grohl rocking pigtails, Pat Smear's cheesy grin, and the rest of the Foo Fighters wearing matching tracksuits.

Brooke Fraser’s new album is as satisfying for the listener as for Fraser herself.

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.

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

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

It wasn't too bad, all things considered.

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.

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.

TV3 has announced plans for a local version of reality dating show The Bachelor. Is that a good idea? Rose Matafeo and Karl Puschmann agree to disagree ...

Forget Jewels - Killer Mike and El-P have struck gold. The rap duo know it too - their bold rhymes and aggressive attitude gives their second album together as Run the Jewels a thrillingly kinetic kick.

Skylanders, or Disney Infinity? It's the debate set to cause parents nightmares leading up to Christmas.

IF Adele and Jack White had a child, who was friends with Sam Smith and then joined the Black Keys, Hozier would be the result.

In reimagining Jesus and the Apostles as a rock band, director Oliver Driver delivers a hot mess; it's sometimes excellent, writes Janet McAllister.

The title gives a good indication of what to expect from this. Hector and the Search for Happiness is the story of Hector (Pegg) leaving his sheltered life as a well-to-do psychiatrist to travel the world in search of the meaning of happiness.

The "decoding" refers to the work done at UC Berkeley by renowned geneticist Mary-Claire King, whose accomplishments included developing genomic sequencing to identify the stolen children in Argentina's "dirty war".

If you're a Foo Fighters fan, there are many good reasons to be very, very excited right about now.

NZTrio play their final concert for the year at Q Theatre in Auckland on Sunday, and the opportunity of a Wellington preview proved irresistible.

The Dead Lands might start in a graveyard, and it sure creates quite a body count along the way. But among all that death it also feels more like the birth of something.

You've seen this story before - a curmudgeon reluctantly takes a lost kid under his wing and reveals he's not such a bad guy after all. But with Bill Murray playing the curmudgeon it's a story worth watching again.