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Review: Toni Erdmann
Read Time: 9 mins
An exquisite and gleefully modern German ‘reunification...
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Review: Toni Erdmann
By Jacob Powell
Review: High-Rise
Read Time: 5 mins
Combine a big budget and a big-name cast with director...
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Review: High-Rise
By Eleanor Woodhouse
I read the book first #sorrynotsorry
Read Time: 12 mins
Janet McAllister rewrites The Rehearsal
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I read the book first #sorrynotsorry
By Janet McAllister
On adapting the unadaptable: a chat with Alison Maclean
Read Time: 11 mins
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On adapting the unadaptable: a chat with Alison Maclean
By Brannavan Gnanalingam
Review: A War
Read Time: 6 mins
Decisions made in heat of the moment can have unintended...
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Review: A War
By Jacob Powell
Review: A Dragon Arrives!
Read Time: 5 mins
If 1960s Hollywood fever-dreamed in Farsi, it might...
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Review: A Dragon Arrives!
By Jacob Powell
First, Take Your Hydrogen: Sam Hamilton's 'Apple Pie'
Read Time: 5 mins
Janet McAllister on Sam Hamilton's latest film, which...
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First, Take Your Hydrogen: Sam Hamilton's 'Apple Pie'
By Janet McAllister
NZIFF Week One: Radio Dreams, Neruda, Chevalier, The Eagle Huntress and I, Daniel Blake
Read Time: 9 mins
Jacob Powell reports back from week one of the NZIFF...
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NZIFF Week One: Radio Dreams, Neruda, Chevalier, The Eagle Huntress and I, Daniel Blake
By Jacob Powell
Review: Kate Plays Christine
Read Time: 7 mins
Jacob Powell reviews Robert Greene's dizzingly unconventional...
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Review: Kate Plays Christine
By Jacob Powell
Review: Green Room
Read Time: 6 mins
Bold, bracing and highly accomplished, punk-rock lockdown...
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Review: Green Room
By Doug Dillaman
Review: Poi E: The Story of Our Song
Read Time: 5 mins
A shot of pure nostalgic joy, Tearepa Kahi’s Poi E...
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Review: Poi E: The Story of Our Song
By Jacob Powell
Interview: Adam Luxton and On An Unknown Beach
Read Time: 10 mins
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Interview: Adam Luxton and On An Unknown Beach
By James Gates
Do You Want Documentary Or Do You Want The Truth?
Read Time: 18 mins
Doug Dillaman on four convention-busting NZIFF documentaries...
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Do You Want Documentary Or Do You Want The Truth?
By Doug Dillaman
Spectral Visions: New Zealand at the NZIFF
Read Time: 10 mins
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Spectral Visions: New Zealand at the NZIFF
By Doug Dillaman
Best Worst Podcast: 2016 NZIFF edition
Read Time: 5 mins
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Best Worst Podcast: 2016 NZIFF edition
By Pantograph Punch
The Pantograph Picks: NZIFF 2016
Read Time: 14 mins
Our top twelve picks of 2016's New Zealand International...
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The Pantograph Picks: NZIFF 2016
By Pantograph Punch
Safety In Numbers: Poly Twitter and Carving Out Digital Space
Read Time: 10 mins
Lana Lopesi on how the Pacific diaspora took to Twitter...
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Safety In Numbers: Poly Twitter and Carving Out Digital Space
By Lana Lopesi
The Fragility of Mystery: Exploring 'Yang Fudong: Filmscapes'
Read Time: 18 mins
Francis McWhannell explores 'Yang Fudong: Filmscapes...
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The Fragility of Mystery: Exploring 'Yang Fudong: Filmscapes'
By Francis McWhannell
Meeting Big Bird
Read Time: 9 mins
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Meeting Big Bird
By Kim Choe
Licence to Pill
Read Time: 18 mins
Graham Panther on madness, choice and how lived experience...
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Licence to Pill
By Graham Panther
The Pantograph Picks: NZIFF 2015
Read Time: 17 mins
Our picks of this year's New Zealand International...
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The Pantograph Picks: NZIFF 2015
By Pantograph Punch
The Call is Coming From Inside the House
Read Time: 10 mins
What's up with all the childhood reboots?
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The Call is Coming From Inside the House
By Matt Harnett
A Place to Call Home: An Interview with Briar March
Read Time: 12 mins
India Essuah chats to Briar March about her new documentary...
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A Place to Call Home: An Interview with Briar March
By India Essuah
Review: Heaven Adores You
Read Time: 4 mins
Hugh Lilly on the late singer-songwriter's doco treatment...
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Review: Heaven Adores You
By Hugh Lilly
Review: For Grace
Read Time: 5 mins
Hugh Lilly on Kevin Pang's undercooked restaurant...
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Review: For Grace
By Hugh Lilly
The Pantograph Picks: Doc Edge Fest 2015
Read Time: 8 mins
Hugh Lilly and Joe Nunweek on the best docos at this...
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The Pantograph Picks: Doc Edge Fest 2015
By Pantograph Punch
Disappropriation: Cripping Up, Winning Big
Read Time: 19 mins
Kirsti Whalen on the representation of disability...
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Disappropriation: Cripping Up, Winning Big
By Kirsti Whalen
The Archetype of the Best Actress and the Problem with Hollywood
Read Time: 13 mins
Sam Brooks on how the Best Actress award still puts...
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The Archetype of the Best Actress and the Problem with Hollywood
By Sam Brooks
Oscar Week: Apt Pupil
Read Time: 9 mins
Joe Nunweek on Whiplash's cinema of unease
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Oscar Week: Apt Pupil
By Joe Nunweek
Oscar Week: Trojan Brioche
Read Time: 7 mins
Janet McAllister on Grand Budapest Hotel and how it...
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Oscar Week: Trojan Brioche
By Janet McAllister
Reality?: "Election Billboards", Gone Girl and Playing Broken Systems
Read Time: 17 mins
Samuel Te Kani on what one billboard can tell us.
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Reality?: "Election Billboards", Gone Girl and Playing Broken Systems
By Samuel Te Kani
Long Journeys in the Looming Northwest: Kelly Reichardt and 'Night Moves'
Read Time: 8 mins
Director Kelly Reichardt talks to Marty Jones about...
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Long Journeys in the Looming Northwest: Kelly Reichardt and 'Night Moves'
By Marty Jones