EntertainmentMovie review: FoxcatcherThere are times in this brilliantly acted and understated psychological drama when it seems very little happens at all, but when the lights go up you're left reeling by the culmination of events that have quietly unfolded.28 Jan 04:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: WildFed up with a lack of stimulating female leads in Hollywood, Reese Witherspoon formed a production company and started making her own work. She's created herself a doozy (and a deserved Oscar nomination) playing Cheryl Strayed in Wild.28 Jan 04:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Lupe Fiasco, Tetsuo & YouthIn his early days, Lupe Fiasco was billed as a mini-Kanye, full to the brim with self-aware raps and smart social commentaries, with an ego to match.28 Jan 04:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Land Ho!Unassuming and amiable, this road-trip buddy comedy, which played in the festival last year, belongs squarely in the sub-genre of very-low-budget American indies with untrained actors and improvised dialogue that has been dubbed mumblecore.28 Jan 04:00 PM
EntertainmentSteve Carrell talks new movie FoxcatcherFoxcatcher's director Bennett Miller tells Tim Robey what drove the unusual choice of actors in his film of wrestling and murder.24 Jan 09:00 PM
OpinionTV review: TogethernessDelightful show about marriage that's funny without trying too hard.24 Jan 12:00 AM
EntertainmentWhat he does in the shadows: Raymond CroweThe international magician dubbed The Unusualist is returning to New Zealand with his own box of tricks.23 Jan 09:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Still AliceThe recent movies that have looked at the impact of dementia - Away From Her, The Savages, Aurora Borealis, A Song For Martin, Lovely, Still - have tended to focus on the effect on those left behind as the light dies.23 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentTour news: Waterboys, DarudeThe veteran folk-rock outfit The Waterboys is the latest band to make a jump across the ditch from the Byron Bay Blues Festival.22 Jan 06:30 PM
EntertainmentLaneway: Ratking - hip hop heirsThey're one of 2014's hottest new rap acts, and they'll be heating up Laneway by performing inside a silo. Chris Schulz talks to New York rap trio Ratking.22 Jan 02:30 AM
EntertainmentWitches are the new zombiesMove over vampires. Get out of the way zombies. Scram werewolves. There are witches among us.22 Jan 02:00 AM
EntertainmentLaneway: Welcome to the JungleLydia Jenkin talks to Josh Lloyd-Watson, founder of one of the hottest bands of 2014.22 Jan 01:30 AM
EntertainmentLaneway: Banks' divine interventionOn the back of debut album Goddess, US singer-songwriter Banks will bring her smokey, gravelly tones to Laneway, writes Lydia Jenkin.22 Jan 12:30 AM
EntertainmentSay hello to a 'slower, wiser' MansonWhat's a shock rocker to do when he can no longer shock, or rock?22 Jan 12:20 AM
EntertainmentLaneway: Royal Blood's royal racketThey're the loudest act on Laneway's bill, but rowdy rockers Royal Blood are just two people. The hyped British act talks to Chris Schulz.21 Jan 11:30 PM
EntertainmentLaneway: Little Dragon brings Swede music to NZTwo decades on, high school friends Little Dragon are still living their dreams.21 Jan 10:30 PM
EntertainmentJolie's Unbroken a 'well-crafted film'Two movies in and Angelina Jolie the director seems to have already developed a speciality. Her debut In the Land of Blood and Honey was about a Bosnian prisoner of war.21 Jan 10:20 PM
EntertainmentLaneway: Connan Mockasin's surreal seductionThe enigmatic Connan Mockasin's strange but sexy sounds will draw you in to his weird world. He talks to Lydia Jenkin.21 Jan 09:30 PM
EntertainmentLocal doco looks into murderous pastThe year in local television docos gets off to a grim start with the three-part The Trouble With Murder.21 Jan 09:20 PM
OpinionThe Clash: The Lego Movie was robbedHow many Oscar nominations did The Lego Movie get? One, for Best Original Song. That's a joke. Academy Awards voters, sort this mess out, writes Chris Schulz.21 Jan 08:35 PM
EntertainmentJemaine Clement returns to SundanceThe influential Sundance Film Festival opens in the US tomorrow (New Zealand time) with a sizeable Kiwi contingent in attendance and international movies made here featuring in its competitions.21 Jan 07:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: A Thousand Times GoodnightA patient watchfulness and an often exquisite visual sensibility distinguish the first film outside his native Norway by writer director Poppe.21 Jan 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Force MajeureA searching examination of middle-class complacency and gender roles in an age of us-or-them individualism, this assured Swedish drama is the kind of film that's hard to watch and harder still to tear your eyes away from.21 Jan 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMark Ronson's Uptown Special 'freakin' joyous'Mark Ronson is a peculiarly modern musician, whose talents in twiddling knobs and selecting the perfect collaborators are just as important as his magpie-like ability to pick out half-buried musical jewels from the past.21 Jan 04:00 PM
EntertainmentFall Out Boy's miraculous career rebootWhen it comes to career resurrections, Fall Out Boy's recent resurgence is nothing short of miraculous.21 Jan 04:00 PM
EntertainmentReese Witherspoon: Woman on a missionReese Witherspoon is back in awards contention having put the perky romcoms behind her -- and reinvented herself as a Hollywood mogul, writes Kate Bussmann.17 Jan 02:00 AM
EntertainmentBroadchurch: Clues in the musicAs original scores make their mark in TV drama, the composer of the music for Broadchurch tells Adam Sherwin what makes a great soundtrack.17 Jan 01:00 AM
EntertainmentThe most elastic woman in NZGraham Reid meets a young woman with a flexible attitude to her work.16 Jan 11:00 PM
EntertainmentEddie Redmayne's 'verbal diarrhoea'Eddie Redmayne speaks in commas. The response to a question will start, be amended by a clarification, never an aside, and then another.15 Jan 11:00 PM
OpinionSiobhan Keogh: Most anticipated games of 2015Games-wise, 2014 was something of disappointment. Aside from a few successes there wasn't much for gamers to really sink their teeth into.15 Jan 09:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: BirdmanGiven the backstory of the main character in this film, it's hard to avoid thinking of <i>Icarus</i>, who, became the epitome of ambition thwarted by hubris.15 Jan 02:00 AM
