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Produced by John Barnett, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? continued Jake the Muss’s story, becoming the second-highest-grossing Kiwi film of the ’90s and sweeping multiple NZ Film & TV Awards.…

On 22nd September 1955, British broadcasting changed course. With fanfare at Guildhall and 2,000 invited guests, including representatives from both the BBC and new commercial sector, the UK introduced Independent Television (ITV), its first foray into advertiser-funded TV. This wasn’t…

Just as Warner Bros is opening their seventh original movie this year with Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, the motion picture studio of Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack can celebrate being the first to cross $4 billion at…

The Government will put an extra $2.75 million a year into funding game studios and start-ups by providing more grants for prototypes, development and travel grants, Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Shane Reti has announced. The funding announcement came shortly…

TIFF 50 is now in the rearview mirror, and the picture that emerges isn’t one of frenetic dealmaking, but of structural recalibration. On one hand, Row K secured an eight‑figure U.S. acquisition of “Cliffhanger”, signalling bold new ambition. Magnolia picked…

Thirteen years ago, Ashur (Nick E. Tarabay) died in Spartacus: Vengeance. But, like, what if he didn’t? That’s pretty much the premise for new series Spartacus: House of Ashur, which we now know will premiere on Starz with its first…

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: a restrictive and repressive foreign country edited and censored an LGBTQ scene from a movie and now the American distributor is upset. We can think of a dozen movies that come to…

Mark your calendars! Pax Assadi is BACK — fresh off a strong showing last year, he’s confirmed as host for the 2025 New Zealand Screen Awards. The big night takes place on 21 November 2025 at the Viaduct Events Centre…