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NewsTrouble 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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NewsFive 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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NewsThe 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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NewsThis 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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NewsLove 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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NewsTen 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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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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NewsConcrete Playground's Useful Guide to the 2016 Oscar Race
Who will win, who should win and who got snubbed.
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RestaurantHouse of Dumplings
117 Taranaki Street, Wellington
You will have your dumpling and eat it too.
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BarSouthern Cross
39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro
The bar's ridiculously ‘gram-able courtyard is the perfect summer afternoon spot to sip on a cold one.
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RestaurantEkim Burgers
257 Cuba St, Te Aro
The best homemade burgers that you can’t actually make at home.
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CafeSweet Mother's Kitchen
5 Courtenay Place, Wellington
New Orleans staples fused with Mexican snack food.
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NewsHere'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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NewsThe 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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NewsWin Tickets to Concrete Playground's Advanced Screening of The Belier Family
Family ties, the joy of music and breaking free.
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NewsWin Tickets to Sleeping With Other People
Exploring the non-bump-and-grind aspects of falling in love.
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NewsSubmissions 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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NewsNew 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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NewsWatch the Trailer for Bill Murray's Netflix Christmas Special
Now that's one holly, jolly cast.
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NewsStraight 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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NewsWatch 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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NewsDanny 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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GuideBrilliant Things To Do in Wellington this September
A plethora of pursuits from the capital's galleries, bars and stages.
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NewsWin 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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NewsFight 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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NewsNZIFF 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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NewsYour Winter Film Guide
The Hollywood blockbuster formula meets hard-to-tackle issues like mental health and the role of women.
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NewsWatch 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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NewsSee 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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NewsThe Seven Best Cinemas in Wellington
A museum cinema hybrid, Wellington's oldest cinema and a theatre stacked with comfy armchairs.
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NewsHere is a Movie Theatre Truck That Delivers to Your Doorstep
The pure potential of an actual, literal, motion picture.
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NewsWatch the First Trailer for New Parks and Rec-Style Muppets Show
Muppets in mockumentary format. Would watch.
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NewsWes 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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NewsThis 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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Win One of Ten Double Passes to David Bowie Is
A journey through the creative headspace of David Bowie.
