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.

Announcing the third annual NZIFF Film Quiz

Announcing the third annual NZIFF Film Quiz

Register your team now, and we’ll see you at The Civic Wintergarden on August 3

24 Jun

Palme d’Or-winner Bong Joon-ho speaks with us about Parasite

Palme d’Or-winner Bong Joon-ho speaks with us about Parasite

The film opens in NZ cinemas 27th June.

20 Jun

Britpop Cinema, from Trainspotting to This Is England and beyond

Britpop Cinema, from Trainspotting to This Is England and beyond

Matt Glasby tells us about his new book, focusing on British films of the 90s and early 00s.

13 Jun

Tense sci-fi thriller I Am Mother is a notch above most straight-to-Netflix fare

Tense sci-fi thriller I Am Mother is a notch above most straight-to-Netflix fare

There’s plenty to recommend in this increasingly paranoid sci-fi three-hander.

07 Jun

We find out about Christchurch’s new Lumière Cinemas

We find out about Christchurch’s new Lumière Cinemas

Nick Paris tells us about Lumière Cinemas, opening at The Arts Centre this month

05 Jun

Watch our quick guide to what’s in cinemas this June

Watch our quick guide to what’s in cinemas this June

Take a few minutes to see what’s heading your eyeballs’ way.

31 May

Godzilla II holds some thrills and spectacle… if you can actually follow it

Godzilla II holds some thrills and spectacle… if you can actually follow it

There isn’t nearly enough thrills in 132 minutes.

29 May

Rocketman director tells us about bringing larger-than-life Elton John to the screen

Rocketman director tells us about bringing larger-than-life Elton John to the screen

“It was that very heightened reality that I really wanted to create”

27 May

Brightburn is a bloody watchable superhero/horror genre mash-up

Brightburn is a bloody watchable superhero/horror genre mash-up

What makes Brightburn tick is a tight focus, and an embrace of the grim and gory

23 May

New Black Mirror and everything else on Netflix in June

New Black Mirror and everything else on Netflix in June

Did we mention Martin Scorsese’s Bob Dylan doco?!

23 May

Netflix thriller The Perfection is imperfect but watchable batshit excess

Netflix thriller The Perfection is imperfect but watchable batshit excess

You’re not likely to see where the escalating insanity is heading

22 May

First NZIFF titles announced for 2019 include a couple we’ve been dying to see

First NZIFF titles announced for 2019 include a couple we’ve been dying to see

Two of the five titles are on our list of the 19 films we most want to see in 2019.

16 May

Heperi Mita on his doco about pioneering filmmaking mum Merata

Heperi Mita on his doco about pioneering filmmaking mum Merata

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen returns to cinemas.

09 May

Film is indivisible from whānau in Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Film is indivisible from whānau in Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

An exploration of family alongside a celebration of creativity.

09 May

New to Netflix, Prospect is an above-average sci-fi Western gem

New to Netflix, Prospect is an above-average sci-fi Western gem

A lot more to offer than just being an exercise in trope regurgitation.

08 May

Netflix doco Knock Down the House captures rise of AOC and much more

Netflix doco Knock Down the House captures rise of AOC and much more

Political doco includes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among its four subjects.

02 May

We loved the absolute hell out of rom-com Long Shot

We loved the absolute hell out of rom-com Long Shot

Rogen and Theron are funny as all hell.

02 May

The Chills doco proves enthralling, emotional, and at times bleakly comical

The Chills doco proves enthralling, emotional, and at times bleakly comical

Also conveys a real New Zealand-ness in both personality and place.

01 May

Spoiler-free Avengers: Endgame review – “good luck bettering this”

Spoiler-free Avengers: Endgame review – “good luck bettering this”

Both a victory lap and unexpected nostalgia trip.

24 Apr

Martin Phillipps on Chills doco: “There’s been a lot of tears shed, I’ll tell you”

Martin Phillipps on Chills doco: “There’s been a lot of tears shed, I’ll tell you”

“To know that they might be filming me dying was actually pretty heavy.”

18 Apr

Breaking Habits director tells us about his doco’s weed-dealing nuns

Breaking Habits director tells us about his doco’s weed-dealing nuns

‘She got very angry with me and was like, “It’s not a gimmick.”‘

16 Apr