Author name: Keith Barclay

Essential Film Group has now boarded international sales, for horror thriller Mother Knows Best, which has recently wrapped production in Auckland. Frankie Adams (The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, The Wrecking Crew), Rhona Mitra (The Last Ship, Underworld: Rise Of…

TVNZ+ Event Passes for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ are now available for purchase for $44.95. TVNZ today unveils its first paid streaming product: the TVNZ+ Event Pass for the FIFA World Cup 2026™. The arrival of the TVNZ+ Event…

The Advertising Standards Authority has launched public consultation on the Advertising Standards Code Review. It is inviting submissions from stakeholders and members of the public through to 22 June. Read more at Stoppress.
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Thousands of kilometres travelled around Aotearoa. Sold-out screenings. One hell of a movie (and one giant fork). Fresh off its Big Forking Tour, The Weed Eaters opens in cinemas this Thursday April 30, so moviegoers across the country can get…

On Victoria St, Hamilton, Auteur House is attempting the impossible: collecting the entirety of film history under one roof. Behind shelves that seem to bend under the weight of that ambition, founder Richard Swainson chases something close to completeness. Not…

Kiwi star Sir Sam Neill says he is cancer-free after almost five years of living with stage-three blood cancer. “I’ve been living with a particular type of lymphoma for about five years, and I was on chemotherapy, and [it was]…

The controlling investor in Letterboxd, the social platform for movie lovers that’s one of the few success stories in 2020s digital media, is looking to sell its stake in a company that plays a powerful and growing role in the…