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Opinion: Too distracted to watch? Try a ‘second-screen’ show
OPINION: Netflix knows you're scrolling while you watch, so it's changing its appeal.

Opinion: James Cameron brings titanic star power to Wellington’s ‘crisis of confidence’
OPINION: The city has been battling with an ongoing narrative that it's dying.

Disney ditches trigger warnings amid backlash to ‘woke’ DEI agenda
The entertainment giant has removed disclaimers on beloved classics in a major shift.

Opinion: Why everyone hates Oscar sensation Emilia Pérez
The cartel musical has been branded transphobic and an insult to Mexico. But is that fair?

‘The most unthinkable tragedy’: Alec Baldwin breaks down in new reality show
'This is never something to forget'.

Oscars 2025: Who scooped a nomination and who was snubbed?
Emilia Pérez netted 13 nominations, while Demi Moore and Ariana Grande scored their first.

The most absurd revelations from Justin Baldoni’s Blake Lively lawsuit
The actor’s explosive lawsuit against his co-star includes Game of Thrones references.

From Gladiator II to Garfield: Worst movies of 2024
The truly awful can be just as hard to identify as the magnificent.

‘It was traumatic’: The scandalous making of Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet
Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting suffered 'mental anguish and emotional distress'.

Film awards strife: Sponsor's sick Liam Payne joke; TVNZ moves; Exclusive: News bill on hold
'Clusterf***': Anger amid AT advertising tender fallout; UK doco on missing NZ kids.

‘Is this position even possible?’: How to shoot the perfect sex scene
Telegraph: Intimacy co-ordinators make sure the nitty-gritty is believable.

Live: New Zealand Youth Film Festival 2024 winners announced
Up-and-coming Kiwi filmmakers set to be celebrated at NZ Youth Film Festival.

Ridley Scott has become a ‘lazy’ filmmaker, says Gladiator II cinematographer
The Oscar nominee claims the director had 'changed' and become 'quite impatient' on set.

Beatles ‘64 | Official Trailer
Produced by Martin Scorsese and offering an insight into Beatlemania, David Tedeschi's new documentary is streaming on Disney+ from November 29. Video / Disney+

Kiwi director reveals he was nearly fired by Stanley Kubrick for burning off movie star's eyebrows
'The smoke was so hot that it became a flamethrower!'

Lucy Lawless drops Xena reboot clue, opens up on Margaret Moth doco
Fans have been crying out for a reboot of one of biggest TV shows of the 90s for years.

Lights, camera, action! Far North's next generation of film-makers show their work
Te Hiku School Film Festival showcases Far North student movies.

Loading Docs: The man outside
A young woman’s life turns into a nightmare when she realises her ex-boyfriend is stalking her. Loading Docs is a Notable Pictures initiative made with support from NZ On Air.

How the 2025 Oscars race could shape up, based on film festivals
The battle played out at fancy parties and premieres in Venice, Toronto and Telluride.

Two rough years: Wētā FX books losses of $190m
Sir Peter Jackson's special effects group's financials are now public for the first time.

UK charges dropped against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein
Crown Prosecution Service made the decision after reviewing the evidence.