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
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
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
EntertainmentAlbum review: Ghostface Killah, 36 SeasonsIf you're into Wu-Tang trivia, here's an interesting fact: Ghostface Killah has released nearly twice as many albums solo as he has as part of the Clan.15 Jan 01:30 AM
