Simon Morris
Review: My Sailor My Love
My sailor my love sees James Cosmo (Game of Thrones) as an unlikely romantic lead in an Irish tear jerker about love finding two people late in life. Audio
At The Movies for 21 June 2023
Simon Morris looks at three contrasting stories - from a comic-book time traveller and a grumpy retired sailor finding love late in life to an author shocked to discover what her husband actually… Audio
Review: You Hurt My Feelings
You Hurt My Feelings asks what do people want to hear: the truth or a comforting white lie? Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener (Enough Said, The Last Duel), it stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)… Video, Audio
Review: The Flash
The Flash sees a super-hero go back in time to save his mother, and runs into the usual time-travel, alternate realities problem. Starring Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk About Kevin) and both Michael… Video, Audio
Actor Acushla-Tara Kupe
Last week Kim Hill interviewed playwright Suzie Miller about her smash hit play Prima Facie that followed a triumphant season on London's West End with a Tony Award in New York. The play is about to… Audio
Hollywood: The Oral History
Simon Morris talks to Sam Wasson, one of the authors of the massive Hollywood: The Oral History, in which the story of the movie capital of the world is told by the people who made them. Audio
At The Movies for 31 May 2023
Simon Morris welcomes this year's blockbuster season, but can't help noticing there's not much competition for this week's big Disney release. There's a small British feelgood movie, and over on… Audio
Review: The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid is the latest live-action remake of a Disney animated classic. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem and Halle Bailey as Ariel. Directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago, Into the Woods)… Video, Audio
Review: Armageddon Time
Armageddon Time is the story of a young boy in 1980s New York confronted with some harsh realities behind the American Dream. Starring Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong and Sir Anthony Hopkins, it's… Video, Audio
Review: Bank Of Dave
Bank of Dave is the real-life story of a man who defied the establishment to create the first new British bank in 150 years. Starring Rory Kinnear (No Time to Die), Joel Fry (Yesterday) and rock band… Video, Audio
French Film Festival
There's always a slight split-personality thing going on with the mighty French film industry. On the one level they make impressive art films, often for the overseas market. You can see many of them… Audio
Justin Lewis
26 years on, after 10 hugely successful plays, the Indian Ink company - writer-performer Jacob Rajan and director Justin Lewis - are still probably best known for one play. Krishnan's Dairy was a… Audio
Review: Fast X
Fast X is the tenth, if not quite the final, episode of Vin Diesel's petrol-head epic. Co-starring Rita Moreno, Jason Statham, Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron and, as the film's villain, a showboating… Video, Audio
At The Movies for 24 May 2023
Simon Morris looks at some big franchises that are coming to an end this week, including the beginning of the end for The Fast and the Furious. He also looks at two film with intriguing partnerships… Audio
At The Movies - The Mother
Jennifer Lopez plays a homicidal parent protecting her daughter in this new thriller from Kiwi director Niki Caro. Video, Audio
At The Movies - A Good Person
Can someone who did bad things still be a good person? Writer and director Zach Braff explores this question in a new film starring Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman. Video, Audio
Blandine Massiet
One of the undoubted highlights of the Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival is an exploration of the life and work of one of our most celebrated artists - painter Frances Hodgkins. Simon… Audio
Laura Irish
The big thing in theatre these days is "immersive" - shows like London's Sleep No More, which invited audiences into the world of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and encouraged them to be part of the action… Audio
Jackie goes Prima Diva
She's one of New Zealand's most popular - and versatile - artists: singer Jackie Clarke. On stage in plays like Shirley Valentine, on TV judging NZ Idol, or singing with the famous Lady Killers… Audio
At The Movies - Book Club 2
Book Club 2 The Next Chapter sees four long-time friends take off on a Bachelorette trip to Italy when one of them gets engaged. Starring Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen… Audio