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![William Dart: Broadway opera Sweeney Todd at its macabre best](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
William Dart: Broadway opera Sweeney Todd at its macabre best
Sweeney Todd, once described by its composer, Stephen Sondheim, as a movie for the stage, had a dream venue in The Civic.
![Classics Review: Vivat's ambitious 10 CD set](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Classics Review: Vivat's ambitious 10 CD set
Vivat's latest project is ambitious: 10 CDs spanning 100 years of song from 1810 to 1910, decade by decade.
![TJ McNamara: At the galleries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
TJ McNamara: At the galleries
A Judy Millar retrospective shows the visceral strength of the artist's works.
![Why did this TV show kill off Sam Neill so soon?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Why did this TV show kill off Sam Neill so soon?
Not many television series would cast an actor the calibre of Sam Neill only to kill him off less than half way through - but such
![Review: Gruesome Playground Injuries, Lot 23](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Review: Gruesome Playground Injuries, Lot 23
Gruesome Playground Injuries is a slightly perplexing, but absorbing play.
![Swing into Spring sets a party mood](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Swing into Spring sets a party mood
The Rodger Fox Big Band and NZTO's Swing into Spring concert sets the party mood in a raucous fun way.
![Review: Boys will be Boys](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Review: Boys will be Boys
Boys Will Be Boys delivers a searing indictment of how workplace culture can enable and support sexual violence.
![Movie review: Sully](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Movie review: Sully
I don't how to break this news to you, but I think Tom Hanks might be cursed when it comes to air travel. We've seen him survive a
![Netflix show is flawed but compelling](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Netflix show is flawed but compelling
COMMENT: If you were to pick an auteur film talent to bring hip hop's origin story to TV, it's unlikely Baz Luhrmann would figure on your list.
![Review: Don't RSVP to this party](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Review: Don't RSVP to this party
Basically Sausage Party is a sniggering, dirty spin on the typical Pixar film, with the one big joke being its cartoons dropping f-bombs.
![Review: White trash spin on Taken](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Review: White trash spin on Taken
Blood Father heads towards an anaemic finish, but it offers plenty of pulp excitement along the way.
![Is this Tom Hanks best performance ever?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Is this Tom Hanks best performance ever?
Tom Hanks sure suits the rank of captain. He was one in Saving Private Ryan and high-seas thriller Captain Phillips.
![Movie review: Nerve](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Movie review: Nerve
A cautionary tale about a high school teenager working out who she is and the dangers of being hardwired to the internet.
![Movie review: Bad Moms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Movie review: Bad Moms
Bad Moms follows a group of frazzled moms in suburban Chicago who decide to throw away "having it all" in exchange for having fun and making time for themselves.
![David Brent movie - it was not great but ...](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
David Brent movie - it was not great but ...
Well, it could have been worse. Like Absolutely Fabulous the movie bad or Mrs Browns Boys D' Movie bad.
![William Dart reviews the latest classical cds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
William Dart reviews the latest classical cds
You're not too likely to encounter the music of Auber in today's opera houses and concert halls. Well, not in this country, although
![Where the art force is at](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Where the art force is at
Works selected for the Walters Prize, now on show at Auckland Art Gallery and to be announced later this month, are three video works and a billboard display representing each artist's body of work.
![Bizarre video game 'thrilling and strange'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Bizarre video game 'thrilling and strange'
Bound is beautiful, monstrous, dizzying, thrilling and strange.
![Richie McCaw movie: The verdict](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Richie McCaw movie: The verdict
As a movie, 'Chasing Great' reminds us that Richie McCaw is one impressive bloke, but also that over-achievers are tricky doco subjects.
![Review: A satisfying feast of Mozart](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Review: A satisfying feast of Mozart
Bach Musica NZ marketed this early evening concert as a Mozart Feast and a generous repast it was.
![Hospital drama gets historic treatment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hospital drama gets historic treatment
Geoff Allen's snippets-of-life drama is prettily presented by director Amanda Rees and holds attention with some lovely moving moments
![Bad Moms: More brat house than frat house](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Bad Moms: More brat house than frat house
Bad Moms is essentially your average frat-house party flick, starring hot Hollywood mums in place of Zac Efron - or at least it's trying to be.
![It's official, this is the worst film of 2016](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
It's official, this is the worst film of 2016
There have been three previous Ben-Hur movies, as well as an animated version, a mini-series and a famous homage - Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - that ripped off its chariot race.
![Review: APO Bach Collage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Review: APO Bach Collage
During the past few years, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra has presented annual Choral Masterpieces evenings, focusing on one particular
![Review: The Absurdity of Humanity, NZ Dance Company](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Review: The Absurdity of Humanity, NZ Dance Company
The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) opened its premiere season with a double-bill programme consisting of two strikingly different
![Latta tackles dark issues with dignity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Latta tackles dark issues with dignity
COMMENT: The nuance and power of the the piece was indisputable, a monument to bravery and what television can still achieve if it aspires to.
![Why you'll love to hate Real Housewives](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Why you'll love to hate Real Housewives
The Real Housewives of Auckland might be appallingly timed but it is the most entertaining television of the year, writes Duncan Greive.
![Hillary's TV One debut a 'promising start'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hillary's TV One debut a 'promising start'
If the Legionnaire hat comes roaring back into fashion in New Zealand this summer, we won't need to look far to find the reason why.