A joyous partnership brings sparkle to underrated classical gems.

As a crisp digest of a lurid true-crime story that sprawled over 10 years, the Netflix documentary Amanda Knox deserves credit for concision.

It's called The Magnificent Seven which marks it as a remake of a remake - the 1960 original Western lifted its plot from the 1954 Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai.

Director Tim Burton's adaptation of Ransom Riggs' time travelling, gothic novel about children with peculiar abilities is filled with immaculate costumes, imaginative monsters and an overall attention to detail that you don't get at the movies every day.

Award-winning show celebrates the irrepressible spirit of a life devoted to champagne and pretty things.

COMMENT: On the strength of the pilot, most viewers should be sticking with This Is Us for at least a few more episodes to see how it all plays out.

New ensemble production of Wild Dogs Under My Skirt breathes new life into Tusiata Avia's remarkable collection of poems.

After 28 years, designers continue to dazzle at World of WearableArt show.

Intense and moving, Valerie is Robin Kelly's exceptionally well-written exploration of his family's history of mental illness.

Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg's latest CD is a wonderful souvenir of a concert that too many missed.

In Viky Garden's largest work, the face emerges proudly from a passage of light.

A$AP Ferg's third Auckland appearance ended in riotous scenes last night, as a full scale stage invasion ended the show.

While you're unlikely to include Bridget Jones's Baby on your 'best of' list, it's certainly a fun Friday night film that will put a smile on your face.

Just when it seems the year in movies has already reached peak kid-in-the-wilderness, along comes Captain Fantastic.

TVNZ's newest drama Dirty Laundry tries to find comedy in domestic violence, with uncomfortable results.

It may be a rather perplexing premise, but somehow the chaotic gags and sharp script translates into a fun, sweet story about family and belonging.

Show is loosely-woven without any particular punchline, a look inside the mind of a curious character.

Black Friars Theatre has been working for the past 10 years in South Auckland to're-story' conventional narratives.

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Sweeney Todd, once described by its composer, Stephen Sondheim, as a movie for the stage, had a dream venue in The Civic.

Vivat's latest project is ambitious: 10 CDs spanning 100 years of song from 1810 to 1910, decade by decade.

A Judy Millar retrospective shows the visceral strength of the artist's works.

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

Gruesome Playground Injuries is a slightly perplexing, but absorbing play.

The Rodger Fox Big Band and NZTO's Swing into Spring concert sets the party mood in a raucous fun way.

Boys Will Be Boys delivers a searing indictment of how workplace culture can enable and support sexual violence.

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

Victor Herbert is mostly remembered for his operettas, now a new collection of his orchestral music reminds us this man had a very different life before he succumbed to the lure of Broadway.

The diversity of theatre offered at the Basement is amply demonstrated in an intriguing work by a contemporary Lithuanian playwright.

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.