reviews
Ad Astra is spectacular sci-fi with a stupendous Brad Pitt performance
James Gray space adventure had our editor utterly captivated.
19 Sep
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.
news
A good new Eddie Murphy film, Breaking Bad movie, and Netflix’s other October new releases
There’s some tempting horror, comedy, drama and more coming to Netflix.
18 Sep
reviews
Good Boys is what you want from a tween comedy laced with F-bombs, sex toys and drugs
Teen comedy tropes get appropriately scaled down to 12-year-olds.
17 Sep
reviews
Michael Hutchence doco Mystify more voyeuristic than revealing
Worth seeing for the candid personal archive footage, though.
12 Sep
news
Streaming services required to have content warnings under law change
On-demand content will soon need a classification to play in NZ
12 Sep
reviews
It: Chapter Two isn’t as buoyant as the first
This over-inflated second chapter just doesn’t pop often enough.
05 Sep
reviews
You’ll feel every drop of sweat in the stunning Amazing Grace
Aretha Franklin’s performance will blow you away.
04 Sep
features
Watch our preview of what’s new in NZ cinemas this September
Music, horror, drama, comedy, sci-fi, action… and panini facial hair.
03 Sep
news
Watch the dozen new trailers that blew our minds this week
Check out what we’re going to be watching in coming months.
29 Aug
features
Operation: Rambu & NZ’s international action star you’ve never heard of
New Loading Docs short on the Kiwi star of “Indonesian Rambo”
29 Aug
features
Watch this year’s Loading Docs shorts and hear from their filmmakers
Celebrating modern heroes, a forgotten action star and more.
29 Aug
features
We speak with The Power of Inclusion summit guest Tilane Jones of ARRAY
One of the many global film heavyweights participating in October’s two-day summit.
23 Aug
news
Between Two Ferns: The Movie and everything else on Netflix in September
Critical faves, crowdpleasers – and Sacha Baron Cohen as a (serious) spy
21 Aug
features
Our 2019 NZIFF Film Quiz is now online – give it a go!
We thought you should get to play along at home.
21 Aug
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
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
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