Movies
Movies coming out this summer worth seeing
Maybe you want to take the kids to a movie or perhaps the air-conditioned cinema is luring you in.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review the year in movies. Audio
Sam Neill: 'Retirement it's like a swear word to me'
The actor says life has been so good he has no intention of quitting anytime soon.
How Sydney Sweeney transformed to play a boxing champ
The American actress is almost unrecognisable in the role of the stocky, brash boxer from West Virginia.
The Oscars abandons broadcast TV for YouTube
The streamer will begin hosting the Academy Awards broadcast, starting in 2029, reflecting the industry's dramatic shift away from traditional media.
...Gone
In the very last At The Movies, Simon Morris looks back on 24 years of movies - a quarter century that started with the first Lord Of The Rings, and an Oscar for Russell Crowe, and ended with two of… Audio
The best films of 2025
Dominic Corry and Dan Slevin share their picks of the flicks from the past year.
Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash - a technical spectacle, but I lost interest
I'm noticing things that make me wonder, maybe this third time around, I'm not quite as engaged as I should be.
Legendary James Cameron on Avatar Fire and Ash
Legendary James Cameron on Avatar Fire and Ash. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights’ resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to look at what’s new on the big screen as well as a few things worth watching from the comfort of your couch. Audio
Films: Kate Rodger on what to watch this summer
Best of 2025: One Battle After Another; Sinners; Tina What to see next: Avatar; Not Only Fred Dagg; Song Sung Blue; My Brothers Band Audio
The Tongan film going for Oscar glory
'Lea Tupu'anga/Mother Tongue' is a short film directed by Vea Mafile'o. It stars Lucianne Buchanan in the lead role, who also wrote the script. The film has been shown at 20 international film… Audio
How Lord of the Rings changed cinema - and New Zealand
On this day, 24 years ago, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring premiered, and changed New Zealand.
Golden Globe nominations are here: What you need to know
All the nominees for the awards ceremony due to take place on 11 January in the US, hosted by Nikki Glaser.
The sound effects that make horror films so scary
In the trailer for Shelby Oaks, a mysterious sound throbs like an invisible threat.
Review: Wake Up Dead Man best of the Knives Out series
It has a star-studded cast, including Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc, but the real star of Wake Up Dead Man is its supremely clever writer-director Rian Johnson.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review new fantasy rom-com Eternity, Winner of this week's New York Film Critics Circle award for Best First Film Eephus and the Daniel Craig Bond… Audio
Tongan film, Lea Tupu'anga/Mother Tongue considered for Oscar
Lea Tupu'anga/Mother Tongue is the first Tongan film to be considered for an Oscar. Director Vea Mafile'o and writer Luciane Buchannan spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Oh. What. Fun. is a light, frivolous Christmas comedy - about motherhood and female rage
Prime Video's most recent foray into the festive season genre has Michelle Pfeiffer as a frazzled woman attempting to plan the perfect Christmas.
Review : Die My Love
Die My Love is a harrowing tale of the downfall of a marriage, with a dream team before and behind the camera. Produced by Martin Scorcese, directed by Lynne Ramsay (We have to talk about Kevin) from… Audio
