In the first of a new series, Janet McAllister writes the first chapter in her mission to visit every one of the region's 55 libraries

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.

Two days in, the new look Breakfast team have got over their opening morning nerves. But is the show worth watching?

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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.

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.

Basically Sausage Party is a sniggering, dirty spin on the typical Pixar film, with the one big joke being its cartoons dropping f-bombs.

Blood Father heads towards an anaemic finish, but it offers plenty of pulp excitement along the way.

Tom Hanks sure suits the rank of captain. He was one in Saving Private Ryan and high-seas thriller Captain Phillips.

A cautionary tale about a high school teenager working out who she is and the dangers of being hardwired to the internet.

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.

Well, it could have been worse. Like Absolutely Fabulous the movie bad or Mrs Browns Boys D' Movie bad.

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

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.

This surprising show - by new writer/director Ash Jones - is bonkers in the most wonderful way.

It is easy to see why the Royal NZ Ballet's signature work Giselle has earned popular and critical acclaim at home in New Zealand and around the world: it is simply superb in every way.