OpinionConcert Review: DJ Shadow, PowerstationHe could have turned up and played some records - or whatever they scratch and mash-up tunes on these days. 27 Jul 11:30 PM
OpinionWatching Brief: Hey, Morgan: I hated your moviePeter Calder gets personal towards Morgan Spurlock, after Morgan Spurlock got personal towards Peter Calder.27 Jul 08:15 PM
EntertainmentSuper Size Me director - live chat replayMorgan Spurlock, the director of <i>Super Size Me</i> took your questions in a live chat today. Read what he had to say.27 Jul 12:42 AM
EntertainmentDJ Shadow to keep audience guessing DJ Shadow promises new numbers and old favourites when he performs at The Powerstation on Wednesday.25 Jul 02:00 AM
OpinionWatching Brief: The drummer speaksIt looks like we're in for some serious filmgoing weather for the next few days. We can count ourselves lucky that the snow won't keep Aucklanders away from the movies.24 Jul 08:30 PM
OpinionWaching Brief: Brother's KeeperIf there is any justice, the Sky City Theatre will be bulging at the seams for today's screening - the only one outside normal working hours - of Annie Goldson exquisitely restrained documentary <i>Brother Number One</i>.23 Jul 08:45 PM
EntertainmentWatching Brief: The Morris versionWhat better way to celebrate the (perhaps mortal) wounding of the Murdoch monster and his son (does James really have a statue of Darth Vader in his office?) than by watching a documentary film called <i>Tabloid</i>.22 Jul 09:30 PM
OpinionWatching Brief: Tragedy and comedyMajor blunder, verging on catastrophe. I have missed out on tickets to the 3D post-festival screenings of Werner Herzog's <i>Cave of Forgotten Dreams</i>.21 Jul 08:45 PM
EntertainmentCut Off Your Hands just can't stop the musicDisillusioned by their British label experience, Cut Off Your Hands have now returned with a new album and a brand new attitude. Jacqueline Smith reports.21 Jul 02:00 AM
OpinionWatching Brief: Fast forwardA bloodstained guy bursts through a door into a hallway so violently that he bounces off the wall on the other side. Two guys are after him and it's all on, hell for leather, until traffic on a busy road gets involved (I'll say no more).20 Jul 08:45 PM
EntertainmentAdele and PJ Harvey joint favourites for Mercury Music PrizeAdele and P J Harvey lead a strong roll call of female artists on this year's Mercury Prize shortlist, which aims to recognise originality and individuality in contemporary British music.20 Jul 12:00 AM
OpinionWatching Brief: 'Life' goes onThe Civic was packed for the second and final screening of the new Terence Malick film <i>The Tree of Life</i> yesterday afternoon.19 Jul 09:00 PM
OpinionTV Review: Shortland StreetOh come on. Who really has a stag do the night before their wedding? Hugh Sundae reviews last night's feature length episode.18 Jul 08:30 AM
OpinionWatching Brief: Russian fudgeThe bane of the film reviewer's life is the preview in the middle of the film festival. Having already programmed three dozen or so festival movies in 17 days, I'm not very keen on having to go to the movies elsewhere.17 Jul 08:15 PM
OpinionWatching Brief: Sunday fest bestIt's a big day today, with 26 Festival films screening across Auckland.16 Jul 09:58 PM
EntertainmentWatching Brief: Florian owns the CivicPeter Calder blogs daily on the New Zealand International Film Festival in Auckland.14 Jul 09:00 PM
EntertainmentAPRA release 'Silver Scroll' longlistTwenty of the best local songs written in the last year are a step closer to a Silver Scroll award, with the release of the APRA Silver Scroll longlist this morning.13 Jul 09:00 PM
EntertainmentFarewell to the Harry Potter wiz kidsIt's the end of the line for the Hogwart's Express and the beginning of a new chapter for Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, the stars of 'Harry Potter.'13 Jul 06:30 PM
New ZealandGiant Kiwi icons may soon adorn NYKiwi icons such as Billy T James and Sir Edmund Hillary could soon grace the facades of Manhattan high-rises....12 Jul 05:30 PM
EntertainmentJoel Tobeck's act of faithWith a new role on hit US show 'Sons of Anarchy', Kiwi actor Joel Tobeck is riding high. He tells Alan Perrott why his aim is to make it for those he's loved and lost.11 Jul 02:00 AM
EntertainmentShort Film: ManurewaManurewa is a re-imagining of the 2008 armed hold-up in which liquor-store owner Navtej Singh was murdered, written and directed by Sam Peacocke. 08 Jul 02:00 AM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Mulholland, Eugene Told Me You Were DeadHe's a bit of a mysterious one, that Jolyon Mulholland, whose back-lit spiral-haired silhouette evokes a certain album cover by the Rolling Stones.06 Jul 07:00 PM
Entertainment48 Hours Grand National Final 2011Highlights and results from the Grand National Final of the V48 Hours Furious Filmmaking Competition.06 Jul 04:45 AM
New ZealandStudent radio station sale slammedMusicians and media have hit out at plans to sell student radio station Radio One as an attack on the cultural heart of Dunedin.04 Jul 04:59 AM
EntertainmentMovie Review: LemmyIf a nuclear war wipes out civilisation, then all that will remain are the cockroaches and Lemmy, proclaims a Motorhead fan at the beginning of this film. 01 Jul 07:00 PM
OpinionForward Thinking: V48 Hours - the final 13And so to the most important film event of the week and - to the very many involved - the year.29 Jun 06:30 PM
EntertainmentCoco Solid: My kind of rewindRapper Coco Solid is back with a new album, and she's releasing it on the humble cassette tape.29 Jun 05:30 PM
EntertainmentShort Film: Choice Nightnzherald.co.nz is very pleased to present 'Choice Night', thanks to NZ On Screen and the New Zealand Film Commission.28 Jun 01:00 AM
EntertainmentHead Like a Hole put past woes behind themWellington's Head Like a Hole have put past woes behind them and made their best album yet, writes Scott Kara.22 Jun 06:30 PM
Entertainment48 hour film comp finals announcedAll the regional winners from this year's V48 Hours Furious Filmmaking competition have been revealed.18 Jun 12:45 AM
EntertainmentTiny Ruins' upside of lonelinessShe wallowed in her self-pity and it produced some excellent tunes. Jacqueline Smith talks to singer songwriter Hollie Fullbrook, aka Tiny Ruins.15 Jun 07:00 PM
EntertainmentTop Muddle: Those who can't do, view<i>TimeOut</i> writer Jacqueline Smith blogs on season three of New Zealand's Next Top Model.10 Jun 08:30 AM
EntertainmentWorld champion dance crew out of cash to defend titleReQuest, the New Zealand hip hop dance crew who took on the world and won, are struggling to find the funds to defend their title.10 Jun 01:00 AM
EntertainmentCan we not be the next big thing?The speed with which band can gain a following online is having unexpected side effect, writes Gillian Orr.09 Jun 11:25 PM
