Some in the audience had been expertly primed in Brian Foster's early evening lecture, but Chamber Music New Zealand's Einstein's Universe concert on Monday night was a stimulating experience.

Russell Baillie takes in the finale of The X Factor.

After a devastating forest fire, two young road workers spend the summer away from their city lives to paint yellow lines down rural Texan roads.

Scott Kara examines the performances of the X Factor finalists.

Kicking off this year's New Zealand International Film Festival was Steven Soderbergh's colourful and flamboyant film, Behind the Candelabra.

Be warned. Despite a title suggesting it delivers a spot of abracadabra, The Conjuring pulls no rabbits out of hats, writes Russell Baillie.

NZTrio appears to have claimed the welcoming space of Q Theatre's Loft as its Auckland home.

I was a little nervous about watching Hoarding: Buried Alive, a new reality series that launched last week.

Did the title, Bold Worlds, keep too many away from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Saturday concert? A pity if so because this thrilling voyage around the Baltic deserved a full house.