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NewsFive Films from Cannes 2018 We Can't Wait to See in New Zealand
Some of them may already be on their way to our cinemas; others we'll have to cross our fingers for.
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NewsEight Homegrown Films Have Been Announced for NZIFF
Including five world premieres and the return of live cinema with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
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GuideSix Gigs to See in Wellington This June
Sink your teeth into a five-day jazz festival, silky electronica by way of Wanaka and guitar-less guitar music.
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NewsSix Wellington Artists to Check Out at NZ Art Show 2018
The art paradise returns for its 15th year with a solid local lineup.
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NewsArtist Mike Parr Will Spend 72 Hours Buried Under a Hobart Road During Dark Mofo
He'll descend into a box measuring just 4.5 metres by 1.7 metres by 2.2 metres for three days, with traffic driving over the top.
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NewsA New HBO Documentary Series Will Revisit the Case Against Serial's Adnan Syed
It's being made by the director of true crime doco 'West of Memphis' and will have a score by Nick Cave.
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NewsSix Picks for LUX Light Festival 2018
Wellington's brightest experience of the year returns for ten days this week.
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NewsFive Picks for Auckland Writers Festival 2018
More than 230 of the planet's best writers have been booked for this year's literary feast — here are five essential events to pencil in your diary.
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NewsBob Dylan Will Return to New Zealand to Play Two Stadium Shows
The living legend will return to our shores for two shows that will showcase six decades of songs.
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NewsJapan's Kaleidoscopic New Digital-Only Art Museum Is Your Next Reason to Visit Tokyo
Featuring a forest filled with lamps that respond to human interaction and a virtual tea party that pairs your hot beverage with digital blooming flowers.
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NewsThe New Zealand International Film Festival Teases Its 2018 Program with Nine Features
Including the story of a show-stopping Chinese designer, a haunting new film from the director of 'Winter’s Bone' and a Cannes award winner.
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NewsNewmarket's Huge Italian Street Party Is Back for 2018
The grand finale to a month-long partito.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Picks for The Documentary Edge International Film Festival 2018
Screening 74 docos from across the globe, this year's Doc Edge has something for everybody.
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NewsThe US TV Remake of 'What We Do in the Shadows' Is Officially Happening
Ten episodes will air in early-to-mid 2019.
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NewsStudio Ghibli's Magical Theme Park Will Now Open in 2022
The park will spirit visitors away into the Ghibli universe, featuring attractions from 'My Neighbour Totoro', 'Kiki's Delivery Service' and 'Howl's Moving Castle'.
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NewsFive Pieces of Homework to Do Before 'The Handmaid's Tale' Drops Its Second Season
The second season will premiere on Lightbox this week — if it's been a while since you binged the first, here's what you can do to catch up.
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NewsTen Picks for the 2018 New Zealand International Comedy Festival
Not your average roll call of comedians.
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NewsNetflix Might Be Getting Into the Cinema Game With Its Own Chain of Theatres
It's the potential next step for the streaming giant, which will spend up to $8 billion on original content this year.
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NewsSix Picks for New Zealand Dance Week 2018
Celebrate the art form with dance workshops, performance and an inspired program of films.
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NewsTen Picks for the 2018 New Zealand International Comedy Festival
Not your average roll call of comedians.
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NewsSplendour in the Grass Announces 2018 Lineup Led by Kendrick and Lorde
Dust off your gumboots — it's a big one.
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NewsFive Enchantingly Essential Studio Ghibli Gems From Co-Founder and Director Isao Takahata
Before the director passed away this week aged 82, he was responsible for some of Ghibli's best flicks.
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NewsEmpire Records Is Being Adapted Into a Stage Musical
Shock me, shock me, shock me with some '90s comedy fun.
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NewsDark Mofo Has Unveiled Its Massive 2018 Lineup
Returning to MONA in June, it’s chock full of old favourites, powerhouse female artists and the festival's take on Twin Peaks' Bang Bang Bar.
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NewsDocumentary Edge Festival Announces Packed 2018 Program
This year's lineup includes more than 80 thought-provoking documentaries and pint-sized flicks.
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NewsCoLiberate Is Wellington's New Mental Health Gym
No ordinary gym; this new space provides a workout for your mind through creative movement, reflective writing and clay touching.
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NewsCherryPicks Is the Rotten Tomatoes Alternative Focusing on Female Film Critics
Expected to launch later this year, it'll provide "perspectives on film, tv, music, and more... though a female lens."
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NewsAuckland Writers Festival Unveils a Whopping 2018 Lineup
Six days of ideas, readings, debates, stand-up poetry, literary theatre, children’s writers and free public events.
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NewsA Pint-Sized Gelateria Has Opened In Morningside
Find Little 'Lato and you'll be one scoop away from heaven.
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NewsTe Papa's New Two-Storey Art Gallery Opens This Weekend
The gallery's opening weekend will welcome five new exhibitions and ten exclusive artworks that spotlight Aotearoa and the Pacific.
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NewsSix Must-See Films at the 2018 Alliance Francaise French Film Festival
Watch an AIDS activism drama, see last year's Cannes favourite and follow Jean-Luc Godard's famed affair in a biopic.
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NewsAuckland Council Has Expressed Interest in Reopening the CBD's Subterranean City
The former air raid tunnels can hold a whopping 22,000 civilians.
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NewsTen Wellington Date Ideas That Aren't Dinner and a Movie
Tired of the classic movie and dinner date night combo? Wellington has a lot to offer any romantic endeavour.
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NewsEleven 2018 Oscar-Winning Films You Should Watch Immediately
Catch up on the best films of the last year, from 'The Shape of Water' to 'Get Out' to 'Call Me By Your Name'.
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NewsConcrete Playground's 2018 Autumn Reading List
Seven books to binge without the call of summer.
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NewsChildish Gambino Is Bringing His Three-Day Concert Experience to New Zealand
The immersive virtual reality and multi-sensory concert experience will be held this November.
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GuideThirteen Picks for Auckland Arts Festival 2018
Street pyrotechnics, Vietnamese bamboo circus, a walk-through labyrinth and lunar drama — there's no excuse for sitting at home this March.
