Category: Movie Features

Chris Carter Talks R-Rated New ‘Torture Porn’ Director’s Cut of ‘The X-Files: I Want to Believe’

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By Kory Grow

'X-Files' creator Chris Carter on his new director's cut of 'The X-Files: I Want to Believe,' reducing Mulder and Scully's romance and upping gore
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Is ‘Exploring’ a Music Career. His New Video Is a Good Start

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By Brian Hiatt

Johnson premieres a touching new music video, and explains why he's getting serious about a singing career
John Carpenter Has Been to Hell and Back

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By Kory Grow

'Halloween' filmmaker John Carpenter discusses his new graphic novel and album, both titled 'Cathedral,' and reflects on the state of movies
How a Beloved New Zealand Children’s TV Series Made It to the Big Screen

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By Conor Lochrie

Harry Sinclair reveals how 'Kiri and Lou' made it to the big screen in 'Kiri and Lou Go Raaa!', showing at NZIFF 2026 this weekend
Meet THUNDERLIPS, New Zealand’s Next Big Filmmaking Duo

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By Conor Lochrie

We meet the duo behind 'Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant', a raucous new comedy-horror that combines special effects with Kiwi humour
‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’ at 10: ‘An Encapsulation of New Zealand Itself’

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By Tom Augustine

Filmmaker and writer Tom Augustine revisits 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' ahead of the release of 10th anniversary editions of Taika Waititi's film
‘A Dream’, ‘A Total Pro’: Rob Sarkies on Working with Karl Urban, Melanie Lynskey and Robyn Malcolm

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By Conor Lochrie

Stretching from 'Scarfies' to 'Pike River', Rob Sarkies has worked with some of the finest New Zealand actors of the last 25 years
‘I Hope I Like It!’: Rob Sarkies Revisits ‘Out of the Blue’, One of the Best New Zealand Films of the Last 20 Years

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By Conor Lochrie

'Out of the Blue', an account of one of the deadliest mass shootings in New Zealand history, is showing at NZIFF 2026
Fonotī Pati Umaga Achieved Stardom in the 1980s. But His Legacy Extends Beyond Music

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By Conor Lochrie

After achieving fame in New Zealand in the '80s as part of the Holidaymakers, Pati went on to become an advocate for disability awareness
‘She Was My Origin Story’: A New Documentary Looks at Motherhood and Mental Illness

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By Conor Lochrie

"I always knew my mother was, as writer Arundhati Roy describes it, my shelter and my storm," documentarian Gwen Isaac says