Movies
Judge dismisses Justin Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
The pair, who both starred in the 2024 film It Ends with Us, have been locked in a legal battle for several months, with a trial set for next year.
A paraplegic kayak guide returns to the rapids
Thanks to a hi-tech inflatable raft and a support crew, 'Yak' can once again paddle down a raging river.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review Ballerina (2025), Mountainhead (2025) streaming on Neon, and children's classic The Iron Giant (1999) streaming for free on ThreeNow. Audio
With The Phoenician Scheme, Wes Anderson loses even loyal fans
You'll either go to Anderson's idea of a '30s-style thriller because of Anderson, or you'll stay away for the same reason.
Lilo & Stitch 2025 review: A sanitised live-action imitation of original
The new Lilo & Stitch formula is simple - remove everything that could possibly offend anyone, replace the personalised hand-drawn animation with expensive, photo-realistic CGI, add in a little…
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Dan Slevin is back to talk about supernatural horror film Bring Her Back, documentary Deaf President Now! and a look back at Scarfies. Audio
Harrowing scramble across the Southern Alps on packraft, skis and foot
An award winning film follows three men on a daunting east-to-west adventure crossing the Main Divide on the South Island lugging 30kg of gear.
Review: Barbie Ferreira shines in tearjerker Bob Trevino Likes It
From when Barbie Ferreira first appears on screen, she grabs it with both hands and never lets go.
The end to Andor, but Star Wars products keep rolling out
The end to spin off stories from 1977's first Star Wars movie looks like being a galaxy far, far away
The galaxy of the Star Wars universe stretches to infinity
The end to spin off stories from 1977's first Star Wars movie looks like being a galaxy far, far away. Audio
The galaxy of the Star Wars universe stretches to infinity
The end to spin off stories from 1977's first Star Wars movie looks like being a galaxy far, far away. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin reviews Irish film Tarrac (2022), the second season of Star Wars spin-off Andor streaming on Disney+, and Lion (2016) airing free on TVNZ+. Audio
This Weekend: 50 Hour Film Project lights up Wairarapa
Director of the Wairarapa Film Festival Jane Ross joins Emile Donovan. Audio
Review : La Cucina
La Cucina is one day in the life of popular restaurant The Grill. Although it's set in New York, it's based on a 1961 English play and it's written and directed by Mexican Alonso Ruizpalacios. Stars… Audio
Review : The Salt Path
The Salt Path is the story of real-life couple Raynor and Moth Winn who set out to walk the gruelling track around Devon and Cornwall after they lose everything in a bad investment. Based on Raynor's… Audio
Review : Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning seems to imply this is Tom Cruise's last hurrah in the franchise. Though never say "final". This features old hands Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg, newer hands… Audio
Place Your Bets
Simon Morris tests the two methods of movie financing - betting a few dollars on small films like Mexican art-film La Cocina and English real-life memoir The Salt Path… or taking a huge plunge on a… Audio
New Zealand bags awards at Cannes
The NZ Film Commission says it shows our film sector's reputation for celebrating indigenous storytelling and exceptional leaders.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is action-packed, and quite ridiculous
As Tom Cruise's muscular action franchise reaches its ostensible conclusion - although let's face it: if this one does well, they'll totally come back - it's worth taking stock of the journey taken to…
'Jawdropping': Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible wow Cannes
First reviews are saying the movie more than lives up to its steamroller hype with one critic calling its action sequences "astonishing" and "just insane".
