Auckland Film & TV News

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NZIFF Has Made a Foray into Cannes

NZIFF will screen seventeen films from the prestigious festival - including the winners of the Best Director, Jury Prize and Best Actor categories.

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The Ten Best Boutique Cinemas in Auckland

The following list includes mainstream, light art-house and hardcore art-house cinema.

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News
Your Winter Film Guide

The Hollywood blockbuster formula meets hard-to-tackle issues like mental health and the role of women.

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Watch Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in the First Macbeth Trailer

Australian director Justin Kurzel's highly anticipated follow-up to Snowtown.

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News
See Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away as an 8-Bit Video Game

Hayao Miyazaki's beloved film, as an adorable platform adventure.

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News
Here is a Movie Theatre Truck That Delivers to Your Doorstep

The pure potential of an actual, literal, motion picture.

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Latest Guides

Guide
Must-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far

Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024 standout shows that you need to see.
News
Eleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month

Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
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Eleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March

Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
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Hop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend

Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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Nine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately

'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them them all now.
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Say Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game

Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.
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Predicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2024 Academy Awards

Will 'Oppenheimer' sweep the Oscars? What else will win? What should but won't? Here are our predictions.
News
Here's Where You Can Watch 32 of 2024's Oscar-Nominated Movies in New Zealand Right Now

From 'Barbenheimer' and twists on 'Frankenstein' to animated 'Spider-Man' antics and devastating documentaries, here's where to watch 2024's Oscar contenders.
News
Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in February

Spend your couch time watching the new 'Mr & Mrs Smith', one of this year's Oscar Best Picture nominees and a stellar new space thriller.
News
Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in January

Spend your couch time watching an Oscar-nominated true tale, the 'Boy Swallows Universe' TV series and the stunning return of 'True Detective'.

Guide
Your Guide to the Documentary Edge Film Festival 2015

The Documentary Edge Film Festival brings us a full schedule jam-packed with fascinating films.

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Watch the First Trailer for New Parks and Rec-Style Muppets Show

Muppets in mockumentary format. Would watch.

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Wes Anderson Designed a Cafe That Looks Like One of His Movie Sets

You'd better believe it's kitschy as blazes.

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This Trailer for Studio Ghibli's Final Film Has Already Broken Our Hearts

Catch a glimpse of When Marnie Was There, Ghibli's last feature.

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News
Win One of Ten Double Passes to David Bowie Is

A journey through the creative headspace of David Bowie.

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News
Win Tickets to See It Follows

We encourage you to use protection at this movie.

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Latest Places

Restaurant
This That

57 Lorne St , Auckland City

A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.
Bar
Scarlett Slimms & Lucky

476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland

Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.
Bar
Cassette Nine

Vulcan Lane, Auckland

Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.
Restaurant
Miss Clawdy

12 Jellicoe Street, Auckland

There is a sassy new lady in town ready to serve you some good ol' fashioned soul food. Introducing Miss Clawdy, the newest feather in Wynyard Quarter's culinary cap.

News
The STD Ghost, Pubertal Werewolves and the History of Sex in Horror Movies

Worth your time: the new movie whose protagonist is haunted by an anthropomorphised STD.

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News
Han Solo Shows Up in the New Star Wars Trailer

Laugh it up, fuzzballs.

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Arrested Development Is Locked in for 17 New Episodes

Come on.

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News
Great Kitten Could Be the World's First Cat Cinema

Cat cafes are heading to a whole new level.

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News
The X-Files Returns to TV After 13 Years

The truth is still out there.

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News
Tim Burton to Direct Live Action Dumbo Remake

Dancing pink elephants and creepy circuses — classic Burton.

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Latest Events

Event
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Thursday, May 23 - Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Enlisting Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth on a prequel to 'Fury Road', George Miller has made another 'Mad Max' franchise marvel.
Event
IF

Thursday, May 16 - Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Instead of aliens in 'A Quiet Place' and its sequel, John Krasinski ponders a world where imaginary friends are real in this warmly whimsical family-friendly fantasy.
Event
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Thursday, May 9 - Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

More than half a century after the first film, Hollywood's paws are still on this sci-fi franchise — and this is a thoughtful and engaging new instalment.
Event
Boy Kills World

Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Bill Skarsgård makes a mesmerising action star in this cartoonishly OTT revenge flick that's produced by iconic 'Evil Dead' filmmaker Sam Raimi.
Event
Back to Black

Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Amy Winehouse was anything but formulaic, but the same can't be said about this by-the-numbers biopic about the British singer.
Event
Lovers and Castaways

Wednesday, March 6 - Sunday, June 9, 2024
The Pah Homestead, Auckland

This exhibition allows visitors to experience 1980s Aotearoa through the eyes of some of New Zealand's most treasured artists.

News
Text Like Drake Thanks to This Helpful New App

Keep your favourite Drake lyrics on hand.

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Oscar-Winning Documentary Citizenfour Was Streaming Online Free — But Not Legally

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The Oscar-nominated documentary about the Brazillian photographer who found humanity in the harshest of conditions.

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Poor Ellar Coltrane thought he was out of the water.

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Nothing spices up the Oscars like a relentless, unforgiving drinking game.

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The concept behind the low budget film will be getting a bit of a Hollywood polish.

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We've got a whole lot of brand new must-sees for 2015.

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You gonna jump or jerk off?

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Help Kickstart What We Do In The Shadows In The US of A

Help them take their fangtastic horror mockumentary stateside.

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This Year's Oscar Nominations Caused Quite the Backlash

Budapest vs Birdman; the battle of the quirk.

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The 35th Annual Razzie Nominations Announced

The Razzies have a few surprises up their sleeve this year — including forgiveness.

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Twelve Films to Get Excited About in 2015

A Lebowski-esque Pynchon adaptation, a sequel 30 years in the making and the Tarantino film that nearly got nixed - they've all made an impression long before they're released.

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"I put the pills in the people."

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The most talked about movie that we almost didn't get to see.

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The Ten Best Movies Hardly Anyone Saw in 2014

They were box office flops in 2014. Give them some VOD love in 2015.

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Kanye West Fan Has Made a Feature-Length Reconstructed Guerrilla Concert Video

Not sure if we should be impressed or creeped out.

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Nightcrawler's Dan Gilroy on Turning Jake Gyllenhaal into a Coyote

And interns, the debut director thinks you'll relate.

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'A Film About Coffee': Stream Brandon Loper's Expertly Brewed Documentary

Hardcore baristas and coffee fiends, get over here.

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What Do You Do With Yourself After Surviving The Human Centipede?

We chat to actress Ashley C. Williams about life after the madness of Tom Six.

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