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This award-winning 1991 documentary delves into New Zealand’s limestone caves, exploring ancient fossils, moa hunter art, and glow-worms. The film captures stunning underground formations and footage of Waitomo Caves and Te Waikoropupu Springs.…

James Cameron has said generative AI is the “next big wave in cinema technology” and “a genie that has been released from the bottle”.  “We haven’t learned how to control it yet,” he added.  Speaking from New Zealand, where he…

The new Fijian boxing film Bati. opens and closes with its main character striking a lali – a traditional drum used to call villagers to church and important ceremonies – immediately signalling a unique cinematic experience, rich in cultural tradition and driven by a…

In space, no one can hear you scream, but on Earth, it’s a whole different story. Ahead of FX’s new series Alien: Earth airing on Disney + this month, Mitchell Hageman chats to New Zealand actor Erana James, who was…

Jason Momoa’s historical epic Chief of War, launching August 1 on Apple TV+, is a triumph of Hawaiians telling their own stories – despite the fact their film and TV production industry now struggles to be viable. The series stars…

Once upon a time, all it took to be an indie filmmaker was a burning idea, a camera, and probably more caffeine than healthy. Fast-forward to now: enter Artificial Intelligence, grinning like a mysterious stranger offering free tools and hidden…

The story of Warner Bros. Discovery is quickly becoming a tale of two companies — and that’s a narrative executives would really like Wall Street to hear. The company behind the Warner Bros. studio, the HBO Max streaming service and…