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As scripted execs hit London TV Screenings this week, Richard Middleton explores the industry’s next moves as it navigates a streamer-induced squeeze on spending in the US and across Europe. Anyone hoping that the start of 2024 would bring blessed…

Tom Sainsbury is Sweetshop’s newest director. A man of many talents, with his infectious humour and razor-sharp wit, his resume reads like a highlight reel of New Zealand’s entertainment scene. Tom is a director, filmmaker, actor, writer, comedian, TV presenter,…

Our relationship with cinema has been in flux since the Lumiere brothers pointed a camera at a train and let the film roll. Across the 20th and into the 21st centuries, human beings have come to define life moments and…

When Poor Things hair, makeup and prosthetics designer Nadia Stacey began crafting the prosthetic looks for Willem Dafoe’s Godwin Baxter, her goal was not to make him look like a monster. Rather, she wanted him to look like there was…

Celebrating 30 years in the industry with a glittering party and a who’s who of local programming, the milestone calls for a walk down memory lane, looking at some of New Zealand television’s most popular shows, and Ricardo Simich talks…

As the creator and administrator of a popular crewmember-focused social media hub, Diego Mariscal had a bird’s-eye view into the turbulent experience of his peers during Hollywood’s 2023 strikes. Typically, his account, Crew Stories, supplies its more than 128,000 followers…

Intimacy coordinators could find themselves out of a job if they are indiscreet with the privacy of the filmmakers they work with, SAG-AFTRA says. Following recent revelations about what went on in the filming of the Jenna Ortega and Martin…

It’s lights, camera, and lots of action as Kiwi actors Antony Starr and Robbie Magasiva film their new Hollywood projects. While The Boys’ star Antony Starr gets to work on the set of movie thriller G20 in Cape Town, former …

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Award-winning film producer Chelsea Winstanley says the end of her marriage to Taika Waititi has helped her grow professionally and personally. “I don’t need anyone else for me to be able to be happy, in control, or do what I…

Tova O’Brien’s weekly podcast took a look at the rebates and their chances of survival under the new government. Tova spoke with John Barnett, the NZFC’s Annie Murray, National’s minister for the arts Paul Goldsmith and ACT’s Todd Stephenson. Listen…

Former Baywatch and Knight Rider star, David Hasselhoff, is still owed money from an Auckland-based production company, following his recent filming in New Zealand, Stuff has been told. Another US star has filed an application to the Auckland High Court to put…

While there are many uses for the new Apple Vision Pro, the thought of editing video with your hands via AR is very intriguing. Will Apple release a version of Final Cut Pro that is ready for Vision Pro? Heath…

Female directors like Greta Gerwig and Emerald Fennell have made headlines in recent months with their respective box office hits Barbie and Saltburn, but an eye-opening new report shows the film industry is far from achieving gender parity. Findings from a new study were presented at the…