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.

Reality cameras train their lenses on local shows, finds Nick Grant.

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

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.