OpinionHistory made: Big Day Out 1994Matt Heath was in the first band on stage at the first ever Big Day Out in Auckland. The band was called Kid Eternity. 19 Jan 01:00 AM
EntertainmentMovie review: Sione's 2: Unfinished BusinessThe screening of Sione's Wedding on telly the other night might have been part of the launchpad for this belated sequel to the 2005 local box office champ. But it was also a telling reminder.18 Jan 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyThe film is far from hard to follow, but it punishes the least lapse in attention. It's an unlikely thriller: there's no car chase or fistfight and the few shots that are fired are widely spaced.18 Jan 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: BuckOne of the best documentaries in last year's film festival, Buck is about Buck Brannaman, who inspired the novel The Horse Whisperer and Robert Redford's film adaptation.18 Jan 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum reviews: Smashing Pumpkins, Gish and Siamese DreamThe roll-out of grunge-era reissues continues with Smashing Pumpkins' debut and their classic sophomore album the latest to resurface.14 Jan 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: CollaboratorsThe newest instalment in the NT Live series, which delivers to the screen recordings of live performances from one of London's best theatres, is a play by John Hodge, who wrote Danny Boyle's early hit films including Trainspotting and Shallow Grave.13 Jan 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: The Cure, Bestival Live 2011This double live album from lovable miserablist Robert Smith and his band was recorded at last year's Bestival, an annual family-focused music festival on the Isle of Wight.13 Jan 05:30 PM
OpinionHistory made: The Cure, WellingtonDavid Maclennan instigated a jam session with The Cure at a Wellington practice room on 3 August 1981.13 Jan 01:00 AM
EntertainmentMovie review: War HorseAn unashamedly old-fashioned romp through World War I on the back of a horse named Joey, Stephen Spielberg's interpretation of Michael Morpurgo's novel is part sentimental family film and part brutal and grisly war epic.11 Jan 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: HugoMartin Scorsese's first 3D film is a mesmerising, enchanting affair based on Brian Selznick's imaginative book The Invention of Hugo Cabret.11 Jan 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: RestlessDirector Gus Van Sant has hit the bullseye in the past with films about teen angst and worse - from Good Will Hunting to Elephant - but this one quite misses the target. 11 Jan 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Anton Chekhov's The DuelThe title makes the heart sink. The American habit of adding "William Shakespeare's" to Romeo and Juliet or specifying "Berlin, Germany" so we won't think they're referring to any of the 21 small towns so named in the US is infuriatingly self-absorbed.04 Jan 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: The Salt of LifeEqual parts Fellini and Woody Allen, Di Gregorio's follow-up to 2009's Mid-August Lunch doesn't have quite the same freshness - it's slightly less compact, despite its short running time - and is more contrived than the earlier film.16 Dec 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: The Roots, undunIn New Zealand, the Roots are known as an alternative hip-hop outfit - and in their 20-year reign they have made some of the finest, and most intelligent music to come out of that genre.14 Dec 05:30 PM
