Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra can be justly proud of being just two seats short of a full house on Thursday for the first concert in its Bayleys Great Classics Series.

A good crowd had come along to hear Olivier Latry giving the Town Hall organ a work-out in the grand romantic tradition on Wednesday night.

Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 2013 Academy Awards, this Chilean political drama is closely based on a true story.

The inevitable film of novelist Stephenie Meyer's first post-Twilight book arrives without the feverish anticipation of the vampire movies, but with mild curiosity to see how her storytelling translates to other genres.

Bill Murray is the king of comedy so it's about time he played the President of the United States. In this instance, Franklin D Roosevelt, who guided America through the Great Depression, then World War II.

Kevin's best in design biz, writes Sarah Lang.

Big, bleak, beautiful Central Otago is the star of Top of the Lake, the new Jane Campion-driven television series, which began here on UKTV last night.

There was more than one tale to be told in NZTrio's Convergence concert on Sunday, particularly by the featured New Zealand composers.

Substantial classical music has been meagre in this Auckland Arts Festival.

It was difficult to resist the world of Whaka-Aria Mai: Opera in Te Reo.

Few of the 1000-plus who packed the house for the final show of Paul Kelly's main-centre tour would have been familiar with his latest album, Spring and Fall.