Hagiography is a tricky business. You have to be quite sure that your subject deserves the glory they’re getting, and King Richard is on, at the very least, somewhat shaky ground here. At the very least, it’s a somewhat odd…
Don’t Look Up is a very, very curious film. It’s many things, but I’m still not entirely convinced that it’s actually a good film. Adam McKay, directing a screenplay he wrote with David Sirota, has assembled a quite outstanding cast…
Less really is more, isn’t it? La Casa de Papel came out of nowhere a couple of years ago, one of the trailblazers that paved the way for growing number of non-English-language offerings on Netflix. Under the deeply uninspiring English…
DRAX PROJECT, SIR DAVE DOBBYN, TROY KINGI AND THE CLUTCH, JESSB AND MAIMOA JOIN THE BILL. SIX60 will be the first band ever to grace the stage at New Zealand’s national stadium Eden Park on Saturday 24th April 2021. Just announced!…
Trying to convince my friends to watch שטיסל (Shtisel) in was always going to be a bit of a tough sell—”So it’s a soap opera, but not really, and it’s set in an ultra-orthodox Haredi Jewish community in Jerusalem, and…
Review by Simon Mercep; photos by Steve McCabe Neil Finn skipped out on stage, a grey mop of hair on top and a broad smile underneath, called out “Kia Ora”, and proceeded to take a full house at Spark Arena…
There was a certain inevitable familiarity about last night’s show at Auckland’s Town Hall. It was less than three weeks ago that Dave Dobbyn was on stage just down the road at Spark Arena for a solo show; last night…
From the desk of Brent Eccles…blow me down! It’s really happening! Believe me, this is going to be shit hot. For what will be their FINAL SHOW EVER, New Zealand’s favourite pub rockers Th’ Dudes are jumping on stage for one last…
“We’re The Beths, from Auckland, New Zealand,” announced Liz Stokes at least twice at last night’s Town Hall concert. It wasn’t entirely clear why she had to specify where her band are from; we’re not letting any foreigners into Aotearoa…
When the audience at a concert are having fun, it’s a good sign. When the musicians on stage are having fun, that’s an even better one. Last night’s show at Spark Arena, then, was a very good night out. Opening…