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.

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.

Shaky cameras, gnarly character actors, gritty storylines and grisly crime scenes. You could mistake Battlefield Hardline's opening scenes for a reboot of the late, great cop show NYPD Blue.

They kicked their career off with an almighty hiss and a roar, thanks to breakneck 90s dance anthems Breathe and Firestarter.

Best Bits is a cheery addition to a Thursday night, taking the worst bits of television and making some pretty damn good TV, writes Alex Casey.

Oldies tours make big money on the concert circuit, and gaming oldies can go the same way when they're done well.

The latest season of The Walking Dead shambled to an end this week. Robert Smith kicks at some zombie carcasses and asks, where to from here?

Unsolved true-life crime as entertainment is hot stuff.

Any screen, anywhere, any time is becoming a reality for NZ TV and movie viewers. Lydia Jenkin runs through the increasing options.

Calum Henderson watched Good Morning every day for a week, and recorded every joyful moment of the bizarre lifestyle show.

Like it or not this season of The X Factor has created New Zealand television history. How the hell do you follow that up?

Cringe. That was the prevailing sensation throughout the first episode of The Bachelor New Zealand.