features
The people have spoken… Is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood any good?
Check out reactions following our previews of Tarantino’s latest…
15 Aug
Steve Newall
Steve has been the editor of Flicks since 2012. Listen to his weekly appearances on Newstalk ZB and 95bFM, or dig through his writing on film, music and more in back issues of The Listener, Metro, Rip It Up, Real Groove, Pavement and others - as well as online outlets like The Spinoff and Radio New Zealand.
reviews
Herbs doco connects timeless tunes with our society’s biggest struggles
Herbs doco is a relentlessly watchable and deeply personal pic
15 Aug
features
Herbs: Songs of Freedom director on his doco about local music legends
NZ Music Hall of Fame inductees Herbs are celebrated in new doco
15 Aug
features
Cliff Curtis talks to us about his role in “absurdly large” action pic Hobbs & Shaw
Cliff Curtis talks to Flicks about his role in the new Fast & Furious spinoff.
02 Aug
features
Watch our quick guide to films arriving in cinemas this August
Action spectacles, the return of a master director, and other crowd-pleasers are on the way.
31 Jul
features
Vivarium director on how his sci-fi blends housing crisis and The Quiet Earth
“It’s the cycle of strangeness.”
30 Jul
features
Animals director Sophie Hyde on her Dublin-set tale of female friendship
“We’re kind of constantly coming of age or shifting into different seasons of our life, I think”
30 Jul
reviews
What did our preview audiences make of alligator survival horror Crawl?
The gators have chomped, and the people have spoken…
12 Jul
reviews
Daisy Ridley brings Ophelia to life in this fresh take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
And Clive Owen’s wig is a truly absurd sight to behold.
11 Jul
features
One of NZ’s most important photographers is celebrated in doco playing NZIFF
Shirley Horrocks tells us more about Peter Peryer: The Art of Seeing
10 Jul
reviews
Camino Skies follows Kiwis on their personal pilgrimage
Its a sometimes revealing, if only seldom engrossing, true-life tale.
09 Jul
features
How many wines did it take to make NZIFF wine doco A Seat at the Table?
Director tells us about the film that took 8,760 glasses (conservative estimate) to make…
09 Jul
features
Capital in the Twenty-First Century director explains his NZIFF doco
“I’d envisioned Capital as a time-traveling film, with tones that reflect the sci-fi genre”
09 Jul
features
How did dialogue from The Quiet Earth end up on a #1 album last week?
Beastwars frontman explains their album’s The Quiet Earth sample.
08 Jul
features
Director of NZIFF doco Helen Kelly: Together tells us about this incredible Kiwi
Tony Sutorius on the brave, kind and generous Helen Kelly.
08 Jul
features
We ask Ant Timpson eight easy questions about Come to Daddy
The film premieres in NZ 26th July at Auckland’s Civic Theatre.
05 Jul
features
Watch our quick guide to what’s in cinemas this July
Tickets for some of these are already on sale.
02 Jul
reviews
Palme d’Or winner Parasite is a gripping, frequently funny modern classic
There’s a reason it won the Palme d’Or.
27 Jun
features
NZIFF programmer Sandra Reid on 2019’s stunning selections
The NZIFF programmer tells us about this year’s fest.
27 Jun
features
12 films at NZIFF 2019 that Steve’s been hanging out to see
Some early must-sees after a first look at the 2019 programme.
24 Jun
features
Why we’re so excited to see sci-fi High Life at NZIFF
We’ve been waiting for this space oddity for ages.
24 Jun
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