Back-door internet TV services this week defied a ‘cease and desist’ order from the country’s biggest broadcasters. Geoff Cumming considers what happens now.

The title of Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's concert, Out of This World, hinted at Dutilleux's Tout un monde lointain that was on the bill; but it also nailed, in just four words, the APO's trademark programming savvy.

Blackbird Ensemble's latest sortie into chamber music cabaret involves a wide-ranging playlist, from Nick Cave to The Smiths, Gillian Welch to Nina Simone.

TV reviewer Duncan Greive checks in with the latest from the CSI franchise and enjoys the entertaining silliness of it's cyber sleuths.

Baby boomers were celebrating last night as Rod Stewart led his latest world tour to Vector Arena in Auckland.

Russell Baillie reviews the first episode of Game of Thrones' fifth season, The Wars to Come.

Screams erupted from the crowd as singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran stepped into the spotlight and plugged in his guitar.

John Steinbeck's classic American tragedy-in-miniature has had five screen adaptations (including an Iranian film) but the only theatre version was the author's own, published and first staged in 1937, the same year as the novel.

The NZSO brought out one of its 2015 stars on Saturday and was duly rewarded with a full house.

Thomas Monckton is forging an international reputation with a style that has acrobatics, clowning and mime bouncing off each other in a wildly imaginative piece of absurdist comedy.

Existential loneliness is writ large in the three short Samuel Beckett solos presented here by actor/producer Edward Newborn and director Paul Gittins.

In the black-and-white photograph of her that appears briefly during the end credits of this true-life melodrama, Maria Altmann looks somewhat more interesting than her screen version.

The new film by the writer-director duo behind the 2011 hit The Intouchables is not as formulaic and manipulative but it lacks the single-minded coherence that was so crucial to that film's success.

A claustrophobic city slice of intriguing, aggressive and hyper-articulate characters whose vulnerability (and self-obsession) makes them rough each other up.

The patient, deeply humane tone that distinguished Conversations with My Gardener and My Afternoons with Margueritte is on show in the new film by veteran French director Becker.

Courtney Barnett's debut album is the perfect follow-up to the Australian rock chick's 2013 double EP, The Double EP: A Sea Of Spilt Peas.

If you're looking for reference points, AWOLNATION bridges the rather large divide between Nine Inch Nails, Meatloaf and LCD Soundsystem.

Hidetaka Miyazaki is a genius. The auteur behind Demon's Souls, Dark Souls and now Bloodborne approaches video games like an artist does a canvas, crafting broad strokes of rich gameplay, in-depth lore and innovative level design.

Last night's Auckland premiere of Fast & Furious 7 left movie-goers in tears. Reviewer Chris Schulz explains why.

Connan Mockasin performs Forever Dolphin Love, during a very special Barkers Sundae Session performance, recorded and filmed on an Auckland CBD rooftop.

Connan Mockasin performs Why Are You Crying?, during a very special Barkers Sundae Session performance, recorded and filmed on an Auckland CBD rooftop.

Connan Mockasin performs Do I Make You Feel Shy?, during a very special Barkers Sundae Session performance, recorded and filmed on an Auckland CBD rooftop.

Nominated for a Golden Globe, The Book of Life is directed by Jorge Gutierrez but also carries the creative imprint of producer Guillermo del Toro.

Frederic Tcheng, who co-directed Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel and co-produced Valentino: The Last Emperor, steps out with his solo directing debut, Dior and I.