La Chambre bleue/The Blue Room

Posted 2:16pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Greta Melvin

Rating: 4/5 Based on George Simenon’s novel of the same name, Mathieu Amalric’s film adaptation of La Chambre bleue is an erotic psychological thriller with an element of crime. However, La Chambre bleue doesn’t position itself as a whodunnit but, instead, invites the audience Read more...

Ant-Man

Posted 2:19pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Maya Dodd

Rating: 3/5 While I’m a huge fan of the Marvel films, and the concept of a universe teeming with superheroes is my wildest dream come true, my expectations of Ant-Man were incredibly low. Ants, while known for their strength, are not something that I would rave about. They aren’t Read more...

Zina Swanson - For Luck

Posted 2:24pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Ruby Heyward

Inside the Dunedin Public Art Gallery is an aesthetically pleasing corner that contains all the luck you need. Covered in white tiles and created with a heavenly balanced composition, sits Zina Swanson’s exhibition, For Luck. It is meticulous and precise, a goldmine for those with Read more...

Kerbal Space Program

Posted 2:33pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Carl Dingwall

Rating: 5/5 In space, no one can hear you scream … Or laugh uncontrollably as your space capsule spins in a similarly uncontrollable fashion towards the planet Kerbin. Welcome to Kerbal Space Program. Half physics sandbox, half management simulator, you play this game as what appears to be Read more...

Sichuan Dan Dan Noodles

Posted 2:40pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Sophie Edmonds

O nce you have all the ingredients, assembling this noodle dish couldn’t be simpler. In fact, it is a really cheap and easy mid-week dinner option. Once you have your chilli oil, it lasts for yonks in your cupboard, and the sauce is a couple of ingredients simmered together. I recommend Read more...

Foreign Gods, Inc.

Posted 2:47pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Bridget Vosburgh

The protagonist of Foreign Gods, Inc. — a novel of magical realism by Okey Ndibe — is Ike Uzondu, a Nigerian living in New York who is unable to get the high-paying work he is qualified for, due to his accent. Instead, he works as a taxi driver. When his green-card-driven marriage ends Read more...

Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss

Posted 2:54pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Basti Menkes

Rating: 4/5 Chelsea Wolfe is an experimental singer-songwriter from Sacramento, California. Since her 2010 debut, The Grime and the Glow, she has incorporated sounds from the spheres of folk, electronica and heavy metal into her music. Drenched in gothic imagery and hinged upon her haunting Read more...

Diaz Grimm

Posted 2:57pm Sunday 2nd August 2015 by Daniel Munro

Diaz Grimm. You may not know the name yet, but you should. Diaz Grimm has just dropped his debut album Osiris and is now headed on his first New Zealand tour. Following a sold-out show in Hamilton, Grimm is heading our way for the second show of the tour this Thursday. Critic: First up, tell us a Read more...

Magic Mike XXL

Posted 2:01pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Shaun Swain

Rating: 4/5 Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike was a low-budget arthouse tragicomedy about male strippers that surprised audiences with its narrative depth. Now removing the “tragedy” and substituting the “arthouse” with “road trip”, Gregory Jacobs’ Read more...

Paper Towns

Posted 2:03pm Sunday 26th July 2015 by Mandy Te

Rating 3/5 Like all things John Green, Paper Towns is a metaphor. With last year’s release of The Fault in Our Stars, comparisons will inevitably be made between these two films. However, Paper Towns — while similarly containing teenage characters who speak unnaturally — takes Read more...