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How The Jungle Book Director Jon Favreau Took Disney Beyond the Bare Necessities

We chat talking animals and tracking down Bill Murray with the actor-turned-director.

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Trouble at 17,000 Feet: Behind the Scenes of Sherpa with Director Jennifer Peedom

We speak to the filmmaker behind one of the year's best documentaries.

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Five Films to Catch at New Zealand International Film Festival Autumn Events

Buttery popcorn and choc-top ice cream for dipping purposes entirely mandatory.

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Five Films to Catch at New Zealand International Film Festival Autumn Events

Buttery popcorn and choc-top ice cream for dipping purposes entirely mandatory.

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What To See In Cinemas This Month

Movie night? This'll help you pick your poison.

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The Witch Director Robert Eggers Talks Childhood Nightmares and Puritan Horror

Get inside the head of the first-time horror filmmaker who's getting snaps from both satanists and feminists.

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This New Streaming Service Wants to Bring New Release Movies to Your Living Room

Watch Hollywood blockbusters from the comfort of your couch the same day they hit cinemas.

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Love Stories, Classics and Invasion Tactics Are on the Menu for the NZIFF Autumn Events

To help ease the transition into the winter season, the NZIFF Autumn Events will host a selection of classic as well as a handful of premiere films.

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Ten Films from SXSW We're Hoping Will Come to New Zealand

Richard Linklater's latest, the awaited Slenderman doco, and the Farsi answer to The Babadook.

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Lessons Learned From Episode Two of Vinyl

SPOILER ALERT

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Concrete Playground's 2016 Oscar Drinking Game

Get sloshed with the stars.

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Five Must-See Films at the 2016 French Film Festival

The cream of Cannes heads down under.

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Lessons Learned From Episode One of Vinyl

SPOILER ALERT.

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Why Vinyl Will Be Your Next Addiction

Sex, drugs and online-streaming

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Concrete Playground's Useful Guide to the 2016 Oscar Race

Who will win, who should win and who got snubbed.

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Ben & Jerry's Openair Cinema is Coming to Auckland

More important, there will be free ice cream* for all.

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Ten Films From Sundance We Really Want to Come to New Zealand

Pleasepleasepleaseplease.

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Here's This Year's Motley Crew of Oscar Nominees

Featuring a mix of blockbusters and indie releases, plus a whole lot of white people.

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The Ten Best Movies of 2015

This year at the movies was about more than Star Wars.

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Ten Films You Need to See in 2016

Get excited — a whole new year of cinema awaits.

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The Ten Best Movies Hardly Anyone Saw in 2015

Do yourself a favour and add these to your must-see movie list.

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Smales Farm Launches an Outdoor Film Season

Family-friendly cinema under the stars.

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Auckland Council Roll Out Their Annual Open Air Entertainment Program

Dust off the picnic blanket.

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Win Tickets to Concrete Playground's Advanced Screening of The Belier Family

Family ties, the joy of music and breaking free.

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Win Tickets to Sleeping With Other People

Exploring the non-bump-and-grind aspects of falling in love.

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Check Out the Photos From the SPECTRE Premiere With Belvedere Vodka

Playground. Concrete Playground.

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Silo Cinema Unveils December Programme

Getting you in the mood for the holiday season.

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Tropfest Cancelled Due to Alleged Fund Mismanagement

Someone make a Kickstarter fund already.

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Submissions Are Open For Short Doco Platform Loading Docs

Serving to transform the way we make, tell and view documentary shorts in New Zealand.

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Auckland Arts Festival Announces Diverse 2016 Lineup

A creative feast of theatre, dance, music, circus and cabaret that won't fail to satisfy.

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Cycle-Powered Cinema is Peddling its Way to Auckland

By the end credits you'll be wheelie, wheelie tyred.

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Brilliant Things to Do in Auckland This November

The country’s largest culinary festival, the latest offering from Cirque du Soleil, a music prize recognising up-and-coming Kiwi artists, a multi-genre film festival showcasing work from here and across the Pacific, and one of the greatest bands of all time.

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Win Tickets to 99 Homes

The real estate thriller is back for a proper run on the big screen.

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New Zealand Festival is Bringing Us Sufjan Stevens And Many More Magical Acts

Including a reinterpretation of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Miranda July, Calexico and a Salvador Dali-inspired theatre piece.

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Watch the Trailer for Bill Murray's Netflix Christmas Special

Now that's one holly, jolly cast.

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Win Tickets to Macbeth

All hail, Macbeth.

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Straight Outta Compton's O'Shea Jackson Jr on Stepping Into His Father's Shoes

"This is my family's legacy. It is bigger than NWA to me."

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Watch the Terrifyingly Great Trailer for Christmas Horror Movie Krampus

He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake.

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Danny Boyle's Making a Trainspotting Sequel with the Original Cast

This time, he's taking on amateur porn — but don't expect 50 Shades of Grey.

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Brilliant Things To Do in Wellington this September

A plethora of pursuits from the capital's galleries, bars and stages.

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Win Tickets to The Guest

We take a look at five other cult films that would bring something special to your front door via the big screen.

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Fight Club as a Rock Opera? It's Actually Happening

Chuck Palahniuk, David Fincher and Trent Reznor are apparently all on board.

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