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On a Monday night at Auckland’s Newmarket cinema, there is a flurry. A buzz in the air, for Taika Waititi’s soon-to-be-released film, Next Goal Wins, is showing an advanced screening to a selected group of fans and industry insiders. Swapping…

Upcoming International Film Grants available to filmmakers living anywhere in the world. It’s easy, just see the grants’s requirements and then enter the documents they require to fund your film Read on…

After Netflix delivered impressive third-quarter results, its co-CEO announced on a conference call that the streamer plans to pursue third-party licensing more aggressively. This plan is a stark departure from Netflix’s hyper-focus on producing original programming that peaked in 2019…

Taika Waititi‘s “Next Goal Wins” marks the filmmaker’s first non-Marvel directorial outing since his Oscar-winning “Jojo Rabbit” in 2019. And while the multi-hyphenate has stayed busy with TV projects, including “Reservation Dogs” and “Our Flag Means Death,” he’s as surprised…

The second standalone adventure for Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel, which teams the B-tier Avenger with two allies from recent Disney+ series, took just $US47 million ($73 million) in the United States: the lowest opening weekend of any MCU film to…

John Roesch owns over 150 pairs of shoes. “Not quite as many as the former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos, but I did my best,” Roesch jokes to Inverse. “It’s not always easy to find heels in my size, though.”…

TVNZ’s acting director of content Nevak Rogers talks Duncan Greive through what we can expect to see from the broadcaster in 2024, and the challenges facing the industry. In the local TV calendar, this time of year is where the…

Kiwi director Scott Walker has received an unexpected thumbs-up from Oscar-winning director Quentin Tarantino. Walker’s serial killer thriller, The Frozen Ground, became the most-watched movie on Netflix in the US two years ago – 10 years after its first release.…

After a protracted legal process, The Better Public Media Trust is pleased that the Court of Appeal has ruled in its favour and affirmed that BPM merits recognition as a registered charity. The judges acknowledged that BPM’s advocacy for public…