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Cast your mind back not so long ago to the summer of 2022. Baz Luhrmann was making a dazzling return to the big screen with his eye-popping Elvis biopic, a riot of colour and glitz with a budget of around…

The 35th season of The Amazing Race had taken its 13 teams of two through Thailand, Vietnam, India, Germany, Slovenia, Sweden and Ireland, before finally sending the top three scrambling back to Washington in the US for the final leg. As the winners,…

There has been little improvement in diversity among film directors over the last five years, as the total number of features as plummeted, according to a new report from the Directors Guild of America. The DGA report found that women…

Filmmaker Patrick Tomasso went to ARRI to ask some challenging questions, to understand the philosophy behind their cameras. We gathered some fascinating insight, but moreover, we understood that it all starts from the story. Yes, even a high-end camera which…

New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is braced for funding cuts in the new year with head count already consolidating. The Commission has been advised that the lottery fund from which it receives funding will change how it allocates lottery profits.…

Jodi O’Donnell has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of TVNZ, marking a historic milestone as the first woman to lead the broadcaster. With over two decades of dedicated service at TVNZ, O’Donnell currently holds the position of Commercial…

FX‘s What We Do in the Shadows will end with its sixth season, Deadline has confirmed.  Based on the 2014 feature film of the same name by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, What We Do In The Shadows documents the…

On today’s episode we talk to Jodi Matterson, the most important person in Australian film and TV that you’ve likely never heard of. This powerhouse of the screen is behind everything from the Naomi Watts film Penguin Bloom, to the…

This was the year Nollywood made Netflix history.  The Black Book, a revenge thriller from first-time director Editi Effiong became the first-ever Nigerian film to soar to No. 3 on Netflix’s worldwide film charts. The film, made for “just” $1…

Horror movies generally elicit feelings of fear, shock and disgust, but a surprising new emotion has been stirred up among New Zealand fans of the genre this year: patriotism. Whether it was the killer dolly slaying her way through the…

New Zealand actor and competitive arm wrestler Jason “Levi” Holley has died following a battle with an incurable brain tumour. Holley made news when, in a last-ditch bid for survival, sold all his possessions to seek further treatment for his…

Seemingly, not a day goes by without a new AI story about how it is coming for your job. Rather than being hyperbole, the AI take over is real, and as AI gradually develops into AGI, the threat is very…

Where does artificial intelligence (AI) fit into the world of Indian cinema? While AI has already disrupted Hollywood with writers going on a strike, the debate around the contentious issue is not widespread in the Indian film industry which employs tens of…