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The flag referendum has come to an end, and the nation has voted. But did we cast our ballots without thinking a little deeper?...
Opposition against neoliberalism in New Zealand could not be more fragmented, or weak. A group of young writers, activists,...
What's wrong with the Oscars?
Politicians have come under increasing assault in recent years, their bodies being attacked over their ideas. How did this...
After another Waitangi Day marked by protest and controversy, is it possible that a 'New Zealand Day' could help heal deep...
The concluding chapter in The Hunger Games franchise opened in cinemas last week. Like its readers and viewers, this dystopian...
Earlier this month, a social media darling punctured and eviscerated the very platforms she had used to gain fame. Essena...
As rioters burned their way through the detention centre on Christmas Island, Prime Minister John Key took a familiar stance....
Dark is the day when a work of serious literature can be pulled from library and bookstore shelves, its message snatched...
Director: Thomas Vinterberg Starring: Carey Mulligan, Martin Sheen, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tom Sturridge 3/5 Thomas Hardy’s...
Director: Ben Palmer Starring: Lake Bell, Simon Pegg, Rory Kinnear 3/5 British filmmaking has a rather decent history of...
Director: Colin Trevorrow Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio 3/5 In the best monster films, the...
Director: Brad Peyton Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Paul Giamatti, Carla Gugino, Alexandria Daddario 1/5 With such constantly...
Director: Stephen Bradley Starring: Deidre O’Kane, Liam Cunningham, Brendan Coyle 2/5 Directed by Stephen Bradley and starring...
Director: Alexandria Bombach and Mo Scarpelli 5/5 In Afghanistan, there is an entire generation with no photographic record....
Director: Lryic R Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe 4/5 The Federal Bureau of Investigation has a long history of entrapping...
Director: John Maclean Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Mendelsohn 4/5 Slow West bristles with black comedy...
Director: Andre Singer 4/5 There are many theories as to why the forthrightly-titled documentary German Concentration Camps...
Director: Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger 2/5 In a dank and colourless hotel room Martin Armstrong looks on as a fortune...
Director: Jos de Putter 3/5 Using “poetic” as an adjective in criticism can sometimes be code for something outright pretentious....
Director: Matthais Bittner 3/5 An Iraqi defector named Rafed Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi (codename ‘Curveball’) rests his elbows...
The word 'neoliberalism' appears three times in Andrew Dean's new book Ruth, Roger and Me. Even then, only in quotes or titles...
Director: James Kent Starring: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harrington, Anna Chancellor, Dominic West 2/5 Vera Brittain’s account...
A country which holds a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council - currently dealing with a new league of genocidaires...
