Bound is beautiful, monstrous, dizzying, thrilling and strange.

As a movie, 'Chasing Great' reminds us that Richie McCaw is one impressive bloke, but also that over-achievers are tricky doco subjects.

Bach Musica NZ marketed this early evening concert as a Mozart Feast and a generous repast it was.

Geoff Allen's snippets-of-life drama is prettily presented by director Amanda Rees and holds attention with some lovely moving moments

Long live the art of painting

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.

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.

During the past few years, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra has presented annual Choral Masterpieces evenings, focusing on one particular

The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) opened its premiere season with a double-bill programme consisting of two strikingly different

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.

If the title Venus in Fur sounds vaguely familiar you could be thinking of Velvet Underground circa 1967 or the 19th century erotic novel.

Auckland Opera Studio and its artistic director Frances Wilson should be very proud of giving Handel's Oreste its New Zealand premiere.

What: Resident by James Cousins Where and when: Gow Langsford Gallery, 26 Lorne St, to August 27 TJ says: Luminous, near abstract

A fantasy adventure filled with heart and soul, and beautiful animation.

No Man's Sky is a true sandbox game. Like actual real life space, it's overwhelming in scale, but endlessly intriguing.

They're attempting to push their graphic novel style to deliver their most impressive game yet, with engaging dialogue and impressive action sequences.

The 12th and latest film to be based on a novel by the austere doyen of espionage fiction, John le Carre, may be the least satisfying ever.

The New Zealand String Quartet has a distinguished track record on disc, balancing homegrown with international repertoire. Its latest

There are some similarities in these two provocative tales of sexual tension by talented young New Zealand playwrights.

In the space of a week, two characters in different TV One comedies have innocently mistaken a vibrator for a kitchen utensil.

The intimacy of Auckland Museum's auditorium must have appealed to Javier Perianes, introducing his Fazioli recital as more of a family concert.

Review: Selena Gomez was open, honest, and all grown up.

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra take on the music of Ross Harris with excellent results.

TJ McNamara checks out new exhibitions from Elliot Collins and Daniel Crooks

Few games let you pause, sit silently while surrounded by sunfish and seaweed, and meditate.

Tonight's second instalment of Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Degenerate, Denounced, Outrageous series was always going to be the

With a finely woven blend of song and interview fragments Australian John Waters takes us inside Lennon's glass onion.

If you're after a cheap laugh you'll get one here, but these fabulous ladies are better off sticking to the television screen.

The weapon in this gripping and gruesome punk rock horror-thriller are many and various.

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