Television
Screentime: The Jinx s2, Back to Black, Hollywood Con Queen
Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz looks at season two of The Jinx, Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black and Hollywood Con Queen, about a scam targeting professionals in the film industry and how those… Audio
Stuff announces staff for new 6pm news bulletin
The first details about the TV news bulletin that will replace Newshub at 6 from July have been revealed. The producer - Stuff - has hired several senior reporters and producers from Newshub and will…
Drama as the knife hovers over kiwi soap
Fans fear Shortland Street's 32 years of soapy drama could be coming to a close if TVNZ's cost-cutting knife hovers over it for too long
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Fair Go and daily news bulletins to close at TVNZ
TVNZ has confirmed Fair Go - on air for 47 years - and news shows Midday and Tonight will cease next month. The future of Sunday will be confirmed tomorrow. Meanwhile a decision on alternatives to a… Audio
Is television news dead?
Research NZ have been asking New Zealanders about the importance of having a choice of television channels for news and current affairs and how important it was to have news on television compared… Audio
TVNZ news staff braced for bad news
Last week a plan to completely close Newshub and TVNZ’s big losses and a slump in revenue rocked the media. News on Wednesday of an announcement on Thursday about the future of news at the state-owned…
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Television Critic: Dom Corry
Today Dom talks to Jesse about The Curse, which was on NEON, Death and Other Details on Disney+ and Fool Me Once on Netflix. Audio
Film critic Dom Corry: On Poor Things, Godzilla Minus One and more
Dom is a TV and Film critic and an editor at Letterboxd, an online platform for movie reviews and recommendations. He joins us to talk: Poor Things, Godzilla Minus One, and what to watch on TV. Audio
2020: Graham Norton
One of Kim Hill’s most popular interviews in 2020, she chats with Irish entertainer Graham Norton to discuss his novel 'Home Stretch'. Well known as the host of the eponymous BBC chat show, he has… Audio
2020: David Simon
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, regarded by some critics as the best TV series ever made, talked to Kim Hill in 2020… Audio
The Kiwi ruling over American reality TV
A Christchurch boy, Phil Keoghan presented That's Fairly Interesting before jetting off to the US and landing the role of a lifetime: hosting The Amazing Race. Audio
Screentime: The best TV shows of 2023
Chris Schulz wraps up his top five shows that were worth viewing in 2023. Audio
Screentime: New Christmas movies
Film and TV correspondent Laumata Lauano has been working her way through the new Christmas offerings so you don't have to! Audio
A shrunken future for NZ film without international help
New Zealand's $3 billion screen industry could shrivel up without some drastic improvements in funding. One solution is to ask the big streamers to cough up. Audio
Television Critic: Brooks Alexander
Brooks Alexander reviews Only Murders in the Building, The Rehearsal, One Piece and Winning Time. Audio
Screentime: Telemarketers, Kairakau s3, 2nd Chance
Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to talk about Telemarketers (Neon), a docu-series which sees mates and former telemarketing employees Pat Pespas and Sam Lipman-Stern, take a sobering… Audio
Television Critic: Linda Burgess
Today Linda speaks to Jesse about season 3 of Star Struck and a look at the private lives of the successful reality TV presenters out of the UK. Audio
Screentime: The New Boy, Welcome to Wrexham s2, Miriam and Alan
Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about a new Australian film called The New Boy, starring Cate Blanchett as a nun working in a remote outback monastery who encounters a young… Audio
Fast Favourites: Karen O’Leary
TV star Karen O'Leary chats to Culture 101 about what she's seeing, consuming and why despite being all over TV, she doesn't watch much of it.
Television Critic: Linda Burgess
Today Linda talks to Jesse about Louis Theroux's interviews on Neon, The Lost King on Netflix and the Australian series, Fisk. (Also on Netflix.) Audio