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Movie reviews: Moneyball, Ides of March
You wait all year for a star-driven movie that says something about the state of the US of A, and where the leads play hardball with each other and get to butt heads with Philip Seymour Hoffman, and wouldn't ya know it? Two come along at once.
History made: New Order, Mainstreet Cabaret
Jonathan Ganley photographed New Order and John Cooper Clarke at their first New Zealand appearance at Mainstreet Cabaret, Auckland on December 3 1982.
Album review: Mark Lanegan Band, Blues Funeral
On Blues Funeral, his seventh solo album, Mark Lanegan has come up with his finest work yet.
Movie review: A Few Best Men
A low brow version of The Hangover and Bridesmaids, this crude comedy is filled with one-dimensional characters, a pretty lame set-up and humour that is only occasionally ridiculous enough to make you laugh rather than cower.
Movie review: Weekend
An adult film in both senses - it's a film for grown-ups that features unselfconsciously explicit sex - this feature by Briton Andrew Haigh has been garlanded with awards from indie and gay festivals and it's not hard to see why.
Album review: First Aid Kit, The Lion's Roar
The harmony of siblings is often hard to beat, and Sweden's Soderberg sisters Johanna and Klara certainly have the gift.
Album review: Lana Del Rey, Born to Die
Having a millionaire for a father doesn't make your music good, neither does a controversial back story.
Movie review: Another Earth
Two films fight with each other and both lose in this attractive and often affecting but ultimately bloodless American indie drama.
Like Crazy: Head over heels
A largely improvised script for the award-winning Like Crazy enhanced the intensity of acting out first love for its stars, writes Helen Barlow.
Movie review: Like Crazy
A wistful and charming romantic drama, Like Crazy draws together very real and relatable moments from a couple's first love.
Movie review: J. Edgar
Leonardo DiCaprio overcomes dodgy makeup and a selective version of history to give a compelling performance as Godfather of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover.