Auckland Choral came up with an eye-catching Caspar David Friedrich image for the programme booklet of Saturday night's Hymn of Praise concert.

Welcome to New Zealand, Daniel Blake, you couldn't have come at a better time.

Sea calmly meets sky in Stanley Palmer's mature and masterly images.

Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No.2 & Concert Fantasia is a superb symphonic adventure from the New Zealand Symphony.

Author Jay McInerney's old-fashioned belief that Love and Art can defy both time and money is to be applauded.

Conductor Giordano Bellincampi ensured an exhilarating night with the APO.

COMMENT: Thanks to Insecure and Atlanta, each are quietly revolutionary the idea of African American sitcoms.

Oh good. Another rich prick gets a cape and a suit. Wait, come back. This isn't that sort of superhero movie.

The way Hell or High Water gently and precisely unfurls its plot, the characters and their motivations lifts this above the ordinary.

Auckland Shakespeare Company's Lucrece confronts the way rape debases our humanity.

Real-life experiences depicted with humour, intensity and relevance.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Final Symphony was a marketing triumph, selling out its first performance and occasioning a Saturday night re-run.

It's getting harder and harder to do new things with horror.

As a spoof or spy movie, you have to say this about Keeping up with the Joneses - it sure can't keep up with those Smiths.

Soprano's star status guarantees local release.

TJ McNamara finds an exhibition which breaks the mould of an artist's former works

If Shideh wasn't already feeling demonised enough. She's a liberal-minded woman living in Tehran during the final years of the 1980s Iraq-Iran war.

British actor Guy Masterson shows why he is a master of solo performances.

The second Jack Reacher film fails to measure up to just about everything.

Ouija: Origin of Evil is a familiar story but Flanagan throws in just enough creepy and witty twists to keep you interested in how it turns out.

For all its classy production values, Café Society isn't as invigorating as Woody Allen's top-notch work can be.

Is this the comeback album Kings of Leon needed?

Creative excellence and exquisite performances close this year's Tempo Dance Festival.

Does Priscilla, Queen of the Desert still wear the crown?

The death of Janet Moses is a sad, difficult story, however the crime docu-drama Belief tells it with poise and clarity.

Rodney Bell's Meremere is a beautifully crafted hour of beguiling story-telling through dance.

The eight expert players of the London Conchord Ensemble delivered a high-minded Friday night variety concert.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's Aotea Centre recital was a courageous undertaking for the 72-year-old soprano. It was an evening of some entrancement.

Director Janice Finn has assembled a dream cast for The Pink Hammer, including The Real Housewives of Auckland star Louise Wallace.

Billy Elliot, a story of triumph over adversity.