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Why Viggo Mortensen's back in the saddle

You wait for another Viggo Mortensen arthouse Western to come along and what do you know? Two show up at once.

Schumer's 'poor taste' Star Wars shoot

Amy Schumer's Star Wars GQ spread has been blasted as "inappropriate".

Clockwork Orange actor Aubrey Morris dies

British character actor Aubrey Morris who is best known for his role as Mr Deltoid in A Clockwork Orange has died aged 89.

Sir Ben's return to Indian fare

Paul Walker's brother scores major film role

Paul Walker's brother Cody Walker has landed his first major film role.

Film Festival ethnic dinner ideas

Dinner and a movie is the best way to spend a wintery evening during the film festval, writes Dionne Christian.

Ant-Man: Big fun in a small package

Our reviewer Russell Baillie discovers there's big fun to be found in Ant-Man's small-scale thrills.

McAdams: Too hot to handle

Rachelstarring in one of the year’s biggest TV shows, True Detective, and a new box office hit alongside Jake Gyllenhaal

Aykroyd's Ghostbusters cameo revealed

Dan Aykroyd will appear briefly as a taxi driver in the new Ghostbusters revamp, according to multiple reports.

Wild Tales: Revenge both sweet and sour

Revenge, served at various temperatures, is the unifying theme of this Oscar-nominated Argentinian compendium of six blackly comic short films making a welcome return from last year's festival.

The smartest robot movie you'll see this year

The writer and director of the brilliant AI film, Ex Machina, talks to Michael O'Sullivan.

Is this the weirdest film at the festival?

The festival's opening night film stars some familiar faces but it's remarkably original writes Helen Barlow.

Kiwi horror Deathgasm brings the blood

Jason Lei Howden's blood-soaked horror movie Deathgasm will make its NZ debut at the festival. The first time director chats to Chris Schulz about filming gore on the fly.

Kiwi docos to catch at the NZIFF

Peter Calder examines the local docos delving deep into Maori stories.

Kiwi classic Topless Women to get live reboot

The cast has been announced for a live script read of a late 90s Kiwi classic that captures Gen-X Auckland.

Model gives breakthrough performance in Paper Towns

Following last year's The Fault In Our Stars comes Paper Towns, the second (and probably not the last) adaptation of a John Green novel.

12 Questions: Tamati Kruger

We were a bit worried about that being a distraction. But she was discreet to the point where sometimes we forgot that she was there.

The Blue Room: True colours

Amalric, best known as the villain in the Bond flick Quantum of Solace and most acclaimed for his extraordinary eyes-only performance in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.