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NewsInterview: Virginia Frankovich on Feminism and Her Silo Theatre Directorial Debut
Building unity amongst her cast, why Birch's play should matter to us all and whether we should still use the 'F' word.
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NewsAlliance Française French Film Festival Reveals 2017 Lineup
With 36 formidable films on offer, from the Audrey Tatou-starring Jacques Cousteau biopic to Venice Film Festival highlight Planetarium.
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NewsInterview: M. Night Shyamalan on His New Film Split, Plot Twists and Taking Risks
His latest film features James McAvoy fielding 23 different personalities.
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NewsThe Team Behind Serial and This American Life Is Releasing a Brand New True Crime Podcast
S-Town will investigate a true story set in rural Alabama.
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NewsEat, Drink and Cry at the Third Annual Cinema Peroni
Treat all the senses at this al fresco cinema experience.
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NewsBasking in the Beauty of Moonlight with Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Barry Jenkins
He chats to us about representing alternate characters, male vulnerability and black consciousness in a feature film.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May
Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson and an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller.
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GuideMust-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's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in April
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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NewsEleven 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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NewsHop 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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NewsNine 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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NewsSay 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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NewsPredicting 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.
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NewsHere'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.
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NewsTen Films From Sundance 2017 We're Hoping Make it to New Zealand Cinemas
Ghost stories, dance docos and rags-to-riches rap efforts.
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NewsYour Guide to Splore 2017
It's all about nurturing your soul with the perfect mix of art, music, performance, food and good vibes.
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NewsFive Minutes With VICELAND's Matty Matheson
What tickles the taste buds of this culinary wunderkind.
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NewsHow Lion Director Garth Davis Turned an Unbelievable True Tale into an Oscar Contender
Take an incredible story, a top-notch cast and a trip to India and add All The Feels.
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NewsLa La Land, Diversity and Aussie Films Shine In This Year's Oscar Nominations
The 2017 Academy Awards are all about that whimsical Hollywood musical.
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RestaurantThis That
57 Lorne St , Auckland City
A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.
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BarScarlett Slimms & Lucky
476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland
Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.
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BarCassette Nine
Vulcan Lane, Auckland
Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.
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RestaurantMiss 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.
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NewsThis Year's Fringe Features a Cat Dance Show With Real Life Cats
A crazy cat lady's dream come true.
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Guide15 Brilliant Things to do This Auckland Anniversary Weekend
You're spoilt for choice this year, folks.
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NewsShia LaBeouf Has Launched a Four-Year-Long Anti-Trump Live Stream
It's designed to act "as a show of resistance or insistence, opposition or optimism".
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NewsMikey Havoc on the Return of Kiwi Band Push Push
Havoc gets the band back together for a reunion tour with British hard rockers The Darkness.
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NewsWomen's Marches Draw Massive Crowds Around the Globe
Hundreds of thousands of people turned out worldwide.
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EventSmales Farmers Market
Wed, 9 Oct, 2024
Smales Farm, North Shore
Auckland's newest farmers market arrives across the harbour.
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NewsA Conversation With Car Seat Headrest Frontman Will Toledo
The journey to a record deal, finding motivation as an artist and the makings of a 'classic rock show'.
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NewsSmales Farm's Outdoor Film Series Returns for 2017
Featuring an animated mammal comedy, a board game adventure and the first instalment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
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NewsLa La Land Might Be Adapted Into a Stage Musical
The hit flick might be taking its singing and dancing to the theatre.
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NewsTen Golden Globe Winners to Add to Your 2017 Must-Watch List
If you're going to binge-watch, make it the highest possible quality.
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GuideThe Best Free Things to Do in Auckland This Week
Dancing in the park, openair cinema and a belated Christmas shindig.
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NewsNetflix Has Turned Your Favourite TV Shows Into A Video Game
Outrun the Demogorgon or help Piper Chapman avoid cafeteria trays.
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NewsHow to Play a Giant Disney Villain with Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement
We spoke to the comedian and actor about voicing a 50-foot crab, channelling David Bowie and working on Disney's Moana.
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NewsTen Films You Need to See in 2017
Long-awaited Blade Runner and Trainspotting reboots, Sofia Coppola's newbie and Greta Gerwig's solo directorial debut.
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NewsConcrete Playground's 2016/17 Summer Reading List
Ten books to get stuck into by the pool, the beach or on the couch with an Icy Pole in hand.
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NewsLaneway Folk Artist Julia Jacklin on the Enduring Influence of Britney Spears, Post-Lockout Laws Sydney and Finding Your People
The gloomy yet dreamy folk singer-songwriter began making music after she was prematurely struck by existential crisis as a 10-year-old child.
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NewsConcrete Playground's 2016 Boxing Day Movie Smackdown
Get maximum bang for your Kris Kringle gift voucher buck.
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NewsThe World's First Live Movie Is Coming to Cinemas
Woody Harrelson's first directorial effort will be shot in one take and beamed to cinemas as it's happening.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Top Ten Movies of 2016
From moody South Korean thrillers to whimsical Hollywood musicals, these are our favourite films of the year.
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NewsAuckland Museum Has Launched a Series of Sunday Sessions
Covering everything from modern jazz to psychedelic pop, otherworldly hip hop and indie fuzz.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video Has Officially Launched in Australia and New Zealand
Another streaming service to test out.
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NewsNine Things You Probably Didn't Know About Drax Project
Insight into the story behind the band, their goals, sound and why we should head along to their upcoming gig.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Thomas Sainsbury of The Opening Night Before Christmas
Shedding some light on the show's characters, what makes the Basement Theatre special and what Christmas looks like in small town New Zealand.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Diaz Grimm
Off the back of releasing his second album, 2077, we talk the importance of community, Trump, and living in the future with the eternally optimistic Cambridge rapper.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Tycho
Plus, win an up-close-and-personal experience with the band at Laneway Festival.
