EntertainmentActor's disturbing performanceSet on the streets of Brooklyn, The Drop is a quietly foreboding psychological thriller set in the criminal world.26 Nov 09:10 PM
EntertainmentSinger giving retro a different spinAt first, opening track Next Time suggests Soul Power has a fairly conventional modern soul approach, but then the rock elements creep up, the rougher, grittier production, the wild organ solo, and Curtis Harding's nuanced vocals filter through.26 Nov 08:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: Grand Theft Auto's breathtaking rebootGrand Theft Auto V's been rebooted for next-gen consoles - complete with a first-person mode. Is it any good? Chris Schulz goes on a rampage...26 Nov 06:30 PM
EntertainmentReview: Auckland Chamber OrchestraPeter Scholes marked another fruitful year for the Auckland Chamber Orchestra with a concert focused very much around the string players of his group.24 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentClassical review: NZSO, Auckland Town HallThe New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's <i>Tuscan Summer</i> concert promised a festival of Italian sumptuousness with a poster featuring a double-headed gelato, writes William Dart.23 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionRolling Stones: This could be the last time, but what a way to go outA madcap Satisfaction lit the fuse on the fireworks finale. It was the Rolling Stones’ best NZ show of their senior years.23 Nov 03:51 AM
OpinionRussell BlackstockConcert review: Rock legends give satisfactionThe Rolling Stones finally broke cover last night to rock New Zealand in spectacular style.22 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: AmazoniaThis film's director had a hand in 2007's The White Planet, a visually sublime documentary about the Arctic that was burdened with a teeth-grindingly banal commentary.21 Nov 05:00 PM
EntertainmentGame review: Assassin's Creed: UnityAt least Assassin's Creed: Unity looks beautiful. The fifth instalment of the history-spanning series renders revolutionary Paris in intricate detail.20 Nov 06:30 PM
EntertainmentGame review: Halo: Master Chief CollectionJohn 117 has finally made landfall on the Xbox One. The Master Chief Collection brings together the core titles of the Halo series so far.19 Nov 06:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Life of CrimeNo matter what your favourite is of films based on Elmore Leonard books (and I'm for Out of Sight ahead of Jackie Brown), this crime comedy will deliver a surprise.19 Nov 06:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: The Art of McCartneyThe Dadrock season is already upon us with everybody from Pink Floyd to Bob Dylan flogging off their odds and ends.19 Nov 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Two days, one nightTwice garlanded with Cannes' Palme d'Or, the Belgian brothers who are Europe's modern masters of naturalism lost this year to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Winter Sleep.19 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Jimmy's HallDirector Ken Loach, now 78, announced during the making of this modest but moving historical drama that it would be his last film, though there have been later suggestions of a change of heart.19 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: The Eastern, The TerritoryAdam Mcgrath has one of those voices that sums up the struggles of the everyman in one line. Gentle, husky, weary, righteous.19 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: TV on the Radio, SeedsWith their awkward song structures, sludgy production and multilayered harmonies, TV on the Radio have always been the oddest barflies at Brooklyn's alt-rock bar.19 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Neil Young, StorytoneNeil Young only occasionally reveals his private life, but in July he filed for divorce from his wife of 36 years, Pegi, and is now with actress Daryl Hannah.19 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: SkylightTime has taken tragically little toll on David Hare's 1995 play. The pungent one-liners amuse, but the real sting is that references to inequality and the erosion of social conscience have become more pointed.19 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Slipknot, .5: The Gray ChapterIn Slipknot's sick world, death isn't an ending - it's a reason to celebrate. It's been six years since the Iowa act's last album, something the band blames on the loss of two key members: bassist Paul Gray.19 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentGame preview: Far Cry 4 is breaking badThe biggest star of Far Cry 4 might not be the game's hero, but its villain. Chris Schulz investigates.16 Nov 07:00 PM
EntertainmentTheatre review: Famour Flora, The White HouseAn historical excursion into the salacious underbelly of Auckland's nightlife finds a suitably lascivious venue in the central hall of the White House16 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentClassical review: Auckland Choral, Town HallAuckland Choral's Waves upon Waves certainly benefited from one of the most imaginative programme covers of the season.16 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentDance review: 2 One Another, Aotea CentreSydney Dance Company's seminal and celebrated work begins with a simple representation of its title. A couple sit to one side (2), a solitary figure stands to the other (One) and the rest of the company (the Others) take centre stage.13 Nov 10:30 PM
EntertainmentGame review: Singstar vs Just DanceSingstar was one of the original party games. The first version, released in 2004, achieved mainstream success worldwide and was played at parties everywhere.13 Nov 09:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Jakob, SinesThe troubles that this Napier-based instrumental three-piece endured recently meant a gap of eight years between albums.13 Nov 05:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: ExistsIn 1997, director Eduardo Sanchez and his University of Central Florida classmate Dan Myrick wrote, directed and edited one of the most profitable films ever made, The Blair Witch Project.13 Nov 02:30 AM
EntertainmentMovie review: My Old LadyNow in his mid-70s, prolific playwright Israel Horovitz shows little sign of slowing down, directing his first film My Old Lady, an adaptation of one of his own plays.13 Nov 01:30 AM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Foo Fighters, Sonic HighwaysRemember those lovable goofballs from 1995's Big Me video? Go hunt them down on YouTube - there's so much to enjoy: Dave Grohl rocking pigtails, Pat Smear's cheesy grin, and the rest of the Foo Fighters wearing matching tracksuits.12 Nov 10:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum review: Brooke Fraser, Brutal RomanticBrooke Fraser’s new album is as satisfying for the listener as for Fraser herself.12 Nov 09:00 PM
EntertainmentClassical review: NZSO, Auckland Town HallListening to the NZSO playing Tchaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto under Michael Stern, with soloist Eldar Nebolsin, had the feeling of a privileged preview.09 Nov 04:30 PM
