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Willie Apiata

Our picks this month from NZ On Screen – New Zealand’s online showcase of TV, film and music video, including Reluctant Hero, a behind the scenes documentary about war hero Corporal Bill “Willie” Apiata VC. There’s also footage from This is New Zealand — NZ’s promotional effort at the 1970 expo — and a 1971 National Film Unit documentary called Dustie, which looks at a day in the life of Wellington refuse collectors. Check them out below…

June 19 2009

Gig Guide 19 — 25 June

posted by Steven Shaw at 12:50 pm

Ghostface Killah

Ghostface Killah, Saturday at the Powerstation, Auckland

Click through for listings…

Vantage Point

Vantage Point, in cinemas Thursday

Opening this week, Vantage Point; Stooges cover Madonna at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Ruby Suns’ Sea Lion reviewed stateside; Original ending to I Am Legend; Robert Downey Jr. goes black face for new Ben Stiller film; Wilco live clip; and the best of stoner cinema for 2008…

March 05 2008

10,000 Years BC

Pyramids under construction: from Roland Emmerich’s 10,000 BC, in cinemas this week

Does Roland Emmerich have a thing for old Raquel Welch films?; Knight Rider remake; Liam Finn on Letterman; M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening (no it’s not a love-in); Jimmy from The D4 is back with a new band; Sex Pistols’ one-off gig grows to European and Japanese tour… could we be next?; And the trailer for Meat Loaf’s tour documentary, In Search of Paradise

November 22 2007

Brian WarnerBrian Warner — AKA Marilyn Manson, buys clothes, gets tattoo at Illicit HQ; 10 Most Bitter Female Rock Songs; Liam Finn one to watch, says Rolling Stone; Ukuleles, we got ‘em; Are Kiss gonna come play NZ?; and William Shatner performs Pulp’s “Common People”…