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The past may be a foreign country but it’s never been so popular as a destination.
Back to the kitchen sink for veteran English director Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh returns to contemporary British life with Hard Truths.
Send in the clones: Why ‘Parasite’ director’s sci-fi latest is a mess
Movie from the director of Parasite fails to live up to its imaginative promise.
Music: Reb Fountain spreads her wings on her latest album
Reb Fountain steps toward seductively ethereal trip-hop.
Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by Erny Belle, Sola Rosa, Liam Finn, and more
Listen to the best of this week's new releases - selected by the Listener team.
Bogan hero: David Wenham’s return to cult favourite character
LOTR actor on his pointed comedy about a bogan in an Australian immigration centre.
He’s an 82 year old retired teacher, now he’s one of Sweden’s biggest cinema stars
Real-life road-trip movie propels Swedish grandfather from retirement funk to stardom.
Mythic adventure awaits: Secrets at Red Rocks could be NZ’s next kidult sensation
Māori myths and magic unfold in Racheal King's Secrets at Red Rock.
New Chills album is Martin Phillipps’ last gift of spirited indie rock
A posthumous release of previously unrecorded songs from The Chills’ frontman is joyous.
Listener’s Songs of the Week: New Tracks by Little Simz, Burna Boy, Who Shot Scott and more
Listen to the best of this week's new releases - selected by the Listener team.
Where’s Johnny? The Sex Pistols’ Rotten-free return to NZ
Sex Pistols founder Steve Jones on coming back to NZ with a Johnny Rotten substitute.
The Listener’s March Viewing Guide: Dope Girls – sex, drugs, and nightclubs in post-WWI London
The month’s best new broadcast and streaming shows.
Christchurch high school choir drama Tinā sings a sweet tune
Listener critic Sarah Watt reviews Tinā, the homegrown film making international headlines
Music: Downbeat, dancey, art music from Brigton and serene tunes from a Prince
New albums from Squid and Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
NZ Listener’s Songs of the Week updated: Hear and see the new Marlon Williams and Lorde duet
Listen to the best of this week's new releases - selected by the Listener team.
Scottish Ballet steps out with the Royal NZ Ballet
Ballet boss says work must be relevant to society as contemporary works debut in NZ.
Oscar-worthy performance explores political turmoil in 1970s Brazil
A wife seeks answers after her husband is abducted by the state.
Music: The art of reinvention
Three new albums from female artists who scorch with guitar and synth.
The Hewitson Profile: Laughing & crying with Tinā director Miki Magasiva
Miki Magasiva is NZ entertainment's newest Magasiva talent.
Taut drama on how Munich Olympics terror attack made TV history
September 5 puts broadcast journalism in the spotlight.
Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by Bon Iver, Sola Rosa, Makayla and more
Listen to the best of this week's new releases - selected by Listener staff.
From Bad Sisters to William Tell: Claes Bang’s bold shift from villain to hero
Danish actor on playing the crossbow-wielding, apple-impaling hero of Swiss folklore.
Bridget Jones: Mad about the boy - or just mad?
Fourth film in hit romcom series arrives with familiar charms and fresh blokes.
Colin Firth tackles Lockerbie’s dark secrets in new TV drama
A new series about Lockerbie bombing follows grieving father's long fight for truth.
ZZ Top roar back to NZ: 56 years young and still sharp dressed
ZZ Top recall Western Springs ‘88 and on why the band has legs.
Alien Weaponry: Taking te reo to places it’s never been
Film shows how young band incorporates te reo Māori into the very Pākehā genre heavy metal
The Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Lady Gaga and Courtney Barnett
Listen to the best of this week's new releases - selected by Listener staff.
Musician Nadia Reid on leaving NZ: ‘I had begun to feel very suffocated and ceilinged’
Nadia Reid's new album inspired by motherhood and a shift from Dunedin to Manchester.
Brit Harris Dickinson steals the limelight in erotic Nicole Kidman thriller
Babygirl the latest of recent movies where middle-aged women rediscover their sexuality.
The Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by: Reb Fountain, Jude Kelly, Chaos in the CBD with Nathan Haines
Listen to the best of this week's new releases - selected by Listener staff.
Tami Neilson’s journey to country stardom: 'I aspire to be as feral as possible'
The big hair and sequins is a persona calculated to send a clear message to the industry.
'Haka Party’ doco soft-pedals on violent campus clash
Film follows acclaimed play about explosive 1979 incident at Auckland University.
Peak achievers: David Lynch’s Kiwi connections revealed
With the death of David Lynch, NZ artists look back at surreal close encounters with him.
The Listener’s February Viewing Guide: A Thousand Blows – a Victorian Peaky Blinders?
The best of television across streaming and terrestrial.