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Oamaru proving it’s streets ahead

Hollywood actress Florence Pugh (centre, in blue), in character as Cathy Ames, walks beside actor...

Oamaru proving it’s streets ahead

While star-gazing locals have spotted East of Eden's Florence Pugh in town, the real star is the Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust Victorian Precinct, which attracted Netflix in the first place.

The habit of acting

The Italian star Isabella Rossellini is having a late-career renaissance.

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Dunedin could ‘attract’ more films

Mobile rigs, believed to be used for lighting and blue screens, loom above a set under...

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Dunedin could ‘attract’ more films

The arrival of a seven-part Netflix production in the South is huge for the region, but an industry leader says Dunedin could be doing more to capitalise when Hollywood comes to town.

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The claim of Spain that wasn’t quite so plain

Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin. Photo: Getty Images

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The claim of Spain that wasn’t quite so plain

It's been revealed actor Alec Baldwin’s supposed Spanish-born wife was not, in fact Spanish.

'The Brutalist', 'Emilia Perez' win big at Golden Globes

Adrian Brody won the Best Actor award for The Brutalist, which also took home Best Picture -...

'The Brutalist', 'Emilia Perez' win big at Golden Globes

"The Brutalist," the story of a Holocaust survivor, and musical thriller "Emilia Perez" have taken home the first major movie honours of Hollywood's awards season.

Baldwin manslaughter case dropped

Baldwin manslaughter case dropped

A criminal case against actor Alec Baldwin stemming from a fatal shooting on the Rust movie set has ended, with a prosecutor dropping her appeal of the case's dismissal.

Jolie and Pitt reach divorce settlement

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were married two years but had been involved romantically since 2005...

Jolie and Pitt reach divorce settlement

Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, bringing an end to one of Hollywood's most contentious and closely followed celebrity splits.

Obituary: Teri Garr, actress

Academy Award-nominated comedy actress Teri Garr’s sunny personality lit up the screen in films such as Young Frankenstein and Tootsie.

‘Bluey’ bound for big screen

Walt Disney Co. and BBC Studios are teaming up to bring kids — and their parents — an extremely Bluey movie.

Filming complete on ‘Pioneers of the South’ series

Toitū Otago Settlers Museum audio-visual technician Chris Kwak, left, films presenter Sean...

Filming complete on ‘Pioneers of the South’ series

Toitū Otago Settlers Museum curator Sean Brosnahan and his co-documentary makers shot the final scenes from their story on Christina Kelly, for their Pioneers of the South docu-series at...

Dying hard in the service of airport safety

Dying hard in the service of airport safety

Festive cop-aganda in the vein of Die Hard, Carry-On is the straight-to-streaming Christmas action movie you didn’t know you needed this holiday season.

The top 10 ... Movies

As the curtains begin to close on another film-watching year, two of our reviewers choose their favourite cinematic moments.

Steering into the abyss

Benjamin Netanyahu was prepared to do absolutely anything to avoid facing allegations of corruption, according to a new documentary.

Embracing film as fiction

Richard Linklater tells Tim Lewis about the 20-year project he is just beginning and how hitmen don’t exist in real life.

‘Hushed up’ wartime tragedy inspiration for film

Saoirse Ronan (left) and Elliott Heffernan in Blitz. Photo: Apple TV+

‘Hushed up’ wartime tragedy inspiration for film

A wartime disaster at a tube station inspired Steve McQueen’s new movie, he tells Vanessa Thorpe.

Touch of Hollywood coming to town

Oamaru Steam and Rail general manager Harry Andrew prepares a train carriage that will be loaded...

Touch of Hollywood coming to town

Pre-production on the Netflix series being filmed in the Waitaki district next year is full-steam ahead.

Lives among the rubble

Blitz is a WW2 story with progressive intersectional themes at its core, which misses a more personal directorial lens, largely propped up by two great performances from its leads.

The Piano Lesson, adapted from August Wilson’s celebrated stage play, presents a thoughtful exploration of the weight of slavery’s aftermath, a reminder that generational trauma lingers long after the chains are removed.

NHNZ post-production upping sticks to head to Auckland

Surrounded by puppets at NHNZ’s Dunedin studio in 2016 are (above) ZooMoo creative director Ian...

NHNZ post-production upping sticks to head to Auckland

For the first time since its inception more than 40 years ago, NHNZ Worldwide - formerly Natural History New Zealand - will no longer have a physical presence in Dunedin.

‘How did a kid from St Kilda end up here?’

A scene from the film Kensuke’s Kingdom, co-directed by Dunedin-born film-maker Kirk Hendry....

‘How did a kid from St Kilda end up here?’

Dunedin-born director Kirk Hendry says there is nothing more special than being able to screen his latest film in his home town so his parents can watch it.

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