Director Nicole Holofcener explores middle age and the "empty nest" syndrome in this latest feature film, a romantic comedy staring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the late James Gandolfini.

Zombie lover Chris Schulz explains why he's hatewatched The Walking Dead for the last time.

The words stand-up comedian and sold-out stadium hardly ever appear in that same sentence in this country, but comedy mega-star Michael McIntyre regularly fills Britain's largest venues and he had no trouble packing out the Vector Arena.

Television seems to like the idea of reality-based programming but obviously has no idea what it means, writes Colin Hogg.

Celebration of 50 years of space and time adventure storytelling also has an eye on the future, writes Robert Smith.

Amy Waller's one-woman show addresses the widely felt yearning to keep alive the stories of our immediate ancestors.

Lydia Jenkin reviews boy wonder Justin Bieber's Auckland show.

No need to ask Who? this week, decides Nick Grant.

Fresh from touring the US, Ginny Blackmore took to the stage for her first headlining concert in New Zealand.

Lights and shadows danced across a white curtain screen as American rockers, One Republic, performed their gravelly anthem, Light It Up, from the group's latest album, Native.

Steven Osborne, closing Auckland Museum's 2013 Fazioli Recital series, paired two of the most demanding works in the 19th-century repertoire, writes William Dart.