EntertainmentAlbum review: Miles Davis, Tutu: Special EditionOne of Miles Davis' best-selling albums has been reissued 25 years later. Graham Reid looks at its contentious back-story.03 Jun 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Hugh Laurie, Let Them TalkYes, it's a record by that actor chap Hugh Laurie. And no, it's not House music.03 Jun 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Various, Late Night Tales: TrentemollerThe latest collection of late-night vibes is curated by Dane Anders Trentemoller - and what a (mostly, anyway) spooky come-down after a night out it would be.03 Jun 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Thurston Moore, Demolished ThoughtsThis is the Sonic Youth guitarist's third solo album and there's not a screeching riff in earshot.03 Jun 07:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Barney's VersionThe title character of the last novel by Canadian comic novelist Mordecai Richler is the ultimate unreliable narrator. 01 Jun 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Boris, Heavy Rocks/Attention PleaseTo release two albums at the same time is nothing for prolific Japanese experimental noise rock trio Boris, whose sound moves from thrashy punk through to psychedelia and ambient drones.01 Jun 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: The Webb Sisters, SavagesBest known in the wider world as part of Leonard Cohen's touring band - the backing vocalists, multi-instrumentalists and cartwheelers - Charley and Hattie from Kent have at the studio desk here uber-producer, Peter Asher.01 Jun 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Kode 9 and the Spaceape, Black SunAs a musician, DJ, and owner of record label Hyperdub, Kode 9 (real name Steve Goodman) from Glasgow was one of the pioneers of the dubstep scene in the early 2000s.01 Jun 07:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Lovely, stillFor an hour, this debut feature is just a mercilessly cheesy old folks' love story. But then it turns preposterous and, in doing so, displays something suspiciously close to contempt for its audience.01 Jun 07:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: The Importance of Being EarnestOscar Wilde's 1895 classic comedy of manners is so well-known that it risks sounding like a dictionary of quotations.01 Jun 07:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Commonplace Book</i>Commonplace books are literary scrapbooks - "salads of many herbs" as one compiler put it. They are eclectic, idiosyncratic repositories of bits and pieces that have taken a person's fancy.01 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Saints And Sinners</i>Edna O'Brien turned 80 last year. The energy and immediacy of these 11 stories makes that hard to believe.01 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: The Cure, Sydney Opera HouseThe Cure played their first show in the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday night as the centre-piece of Vivid Live31 May 08:45 PM
EntertainmentTheatre Review: The Brothers Size, Herald TheatreSilo Theatre's ambitious season opening is an all-too-rare opportunity to see the work of an African-American playwright on the Auckland stage.30 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Untold Story</i>Monica Ali's new novel is unconvincing but entertaining. Where would Princess Diana be now if she faked her death?29 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Gillespie and I</i>The opening of Jane Harris' second novel gives little indication of how dark it will become.29 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Lady Gaga, Born This WayIt's always been her defence. She was born this way. Born as an egg flanked by male strippers. A raw piece of meat.26 May 07:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: BiutifulDeath casts a long, dark shadow across the fourth feature by the Mexican-born director of Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel.25 May 07:00 PM
EntertainmentThe Wimpy Kid stays in the pictureThat wimpy kid hasn't toughened up yet but he's back for another round of pre-teen embarrassments, reports Michele Manelis.25 May 07:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: AgoraAlexandria in the 4th century is the setting for Oscar-winning director Alejandro Amenabar's latest drama.25 May 07:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Inside Stories: A History of the New Zealand Housewife 1890-1975</i>What a great read. Frances Walsh's book is a fascinating work of New Zealand social history written with wit, intelligence and a refreshing lack of condescension towards the ideas and attitudes of the last century. 23 May 02:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Conductor</i>For the magic of a novel two things are required: beautiful writing and brilliant storytelling.22 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesIt is shorter, slightly less dependent on special effects, comes with vampire mermaids, and a story that can almost be explained. Almost.20 May 07:00 PM
