David Lowery delivers a haunting vision of gothic ecstasy in A24’s ‘Mother Mary’

Whenever we hear news that filmmaker David Lowery (The Green Knight, A Ghost Story) is preparing to release another feature film, it’s always exciting. His upcoming gothic melodrama, which explores themes of obsession, pop music, and high fashion, promises to deliver an utterly hypnotic and intense performance by Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway. Mother Mary […]

‘Spartacus: House of Ashur’ – Review

There are moments in television where the sands shift, the heavens crack open, and audiences are reminded, viscerally, ferociously, of the power of mythic storytelling. In the early 2010s, STARZ’s Spartacus was exactly that kind of lightning strike. It was bold. It was dominant. It was unapologetically operatic. With the late Andy Whitfield and successor Liam McIntyre […]

‘Oh. What. Fun.’ – Review

Christmas time is here again, and we all know who the true heroes of the season are: MUMS. From wrapping gifts to knitting sweaters, from endless cooking to last-minute pottering about, and delivering all the cuddles, attention and love that make the holidays magic, mums shoulder the emotional (and literal) labour of Christmas. It’s exhausting […]

James Cameron confirmed for Wellington Premiere of ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’

In a move that’s sure to electrify Kiwi film fans, 20th Century Studios and Lightstorm Entertainment have officially confirmed that legendary filmmaker and Oscar®-winner James Cameron will touch down in Wellington for the New Zealand premiere of Avatar: Fire and Ash. The long-awaited event will take over the iconic Embassy Theatre on Saturday, December 13, […]

‘Die My Love’ – Review

There’s a special electricity that crackles through the cinema when an auteur decides to go all-in, and Lynne Ramsay is absolutely that kind of filmmaker. The acclaimed Scottish director has always gravitated toward the dangerous edges of human experience: toward the taboo, the uncomfortable, the brutally intimate, and she brings that fierce artistic integrity roaring […]