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![Movie review: Anonymous](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Movie review: Anonymous
The idea that someone other than Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare's works is rooted in intellectual snobbery...
![Movie review: Snow Flower and The Secret Fan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Movie review: Snow Flower and The Secret Fan
From Wayne Wang, the director of The Joy Luck Club, comes another melodrama based on female friendships that span generations.
![Album review: Gin Wigmore, Gravel & Wine](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Album review: Gin Wigmore, Gravel & Wine
"I wasn't born a beauty queen but I'm okay with that. Maybe radio won't mind if I sing a little flat" Gin jibes on album opener and first single Black Sheep.
![Album review: Hanni El Khatib, Will The Guns Come Out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Album review: Hanni El Khatib, Will The Guns Come Out
Hanni El Khatib whips up a sound that has the propulsive slacker punch of the Black Keys, the distorted blues-infused power of Jack White, and a wild Jon Spencer wail.
![Album review: Lindon Puffin, Hope Holiday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Album review: Lindon Puffin, Hope Holiday
It's been four years since Puffin's album Show Pony which was impressive for its folk-rock-cum-pop.
![Concert review: Hello Sailor and Dragon, Powerstation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Concert review: Hello Sailor and Dragon, Powerstation
A packed Powerstation saluted three New Zealand groups with roots in the ’70s on Saturday night.
![Album Review: Primus, Green Naugahyde](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Album Review: Primus, Green Naugahyde
After almost a decade with no new material it's a surprise to find California indie-rockers Primus (who did the original theme to South Park) still around.
![Album Review: Midnight Youth - World Comes Calling](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Album Review: Midnight Youth - World Comes Calling
They want to be big. They want to be huge. Midnight Youth are trying so hard to become New Zealand's biggest rock band you can almost see it etched into their foreheads.
![Movie Review: I Don't Know How She Does It](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Movie Review: I Don't Know How She Does It
Allison Pearson's witty novel about the trials of juggling motherhood and a career, I Don't Know How She Does It, was adapted by The Devil Wears Prada screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna.
![History Made: The Hellacopters, Auckland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
History Made: The Hellacopters, Auckland
Beastwars’ Matt Hyde saw The Hellacopters play Squid in Auckland on 20 October 1998.
![Concert review: John Rowles, Bruce Mason Theatre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Concert review: John Rowles, Bruce Mason Theatre
John Rowles, the half-Maori/half-Irish Kawerau Kid blessed with a commanding stature and physique, film idol looks, dandy style and that voice, skyrocketed to the top of the world music scene in 1968.
![Book Reviews: A view of life through a quirky lens](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Book Reviews: A view of life through a quirky lens
Reading Airini Beautrais' new collection, Western Line, fills me with joy - through what words can do and through the avenues poetry makes available.
![Book Review: Sweet As](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Book Review: Sweet As
Towards the end of his rambling diary of a road trip through his native country, Garth Cartwright engages in a sly piece of critic-proofing sophistry.
![Tom Waits: It's worth the Wait](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Tom Waits: It's worth the Wait
Oddball troubadour Tom Waits remains a singular voice in music after all these years - as can be heard on his new album. He talks to Graham Reid.
![Movie Review: Drive](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Movie Review: Drive
Mostly-silent lonely guy takes a shine to apparently solo mum in apartment next door and her young son. Except her hubby comes back from prison.