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Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks from Jude Kelly, IA and Rei, and more

Listen to the best of this week's new releases - selected by the Listener team.

The Salt Path: Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs shine in film of real-life bestseller

Top UK theatre director inspired to make debut movie by long-walk redemption memoir.

Music: A mellow album from Chaos in the CBD and Danny Ebdale does Neither Do I

A pair of Kiwi artists with more to them than their names suggest.

Josh Thomson: My appetite for everything

How Len Lye, Star Wars and Jesus Christ Superstar changed comedian Josh Thomson's life.

NZ Music Month: Music-loving Gen Z/Millennials pick their top Kiwi songs

NZers have always been great songsmiths, something shared across generations.

NZ Music Month: Why these are the country’s best songs

From Now Is The Hour to What Was That, the songs that speak to our national identity.

Listener’s Songs of the Week: New tracks by the Beths, Ladi6 and more   

Listen to the best of this week's new releases - selected by the Listener team.

Smith’s dream: How television veteran finally made a film

Lack of big-screen Kiwi love stories an inspiration to create one.

Veteran actor renews life-long ties to ‘Golden Weather’ in Court Theatre production

Court Theatre opens its new playhouse with The End of the Golden Weather.

Surprise return of the Naked Samoans: ‘We’re all still alive and we can get back on stage one more time’

Naked Samoans’ return is full of comedy and controversy - even before they step on stage.

Amateur says it all: Rami Malek miscast as underdog vigilante

A thrilling premise is clumsily executed in underwhelming film.

Why Steve Coogan risks being upstaged by a bird in his latest screen outing

Steve Coogan on why acting alongside a penguin came as a relief.

Listener’s Songs of the Week: New Tracks by Tami Neilson, Pulp, Fly My Pretties, and more

Listen to the best of this week's new releases - selected by the Listener team.

Grand Designs NZ’s Tom Webster: Can you build a dream home without drama?

Grand Designs NZ tests if money can replace sweat equity.

Kiwi jazzman pays tribute to a version of his father he didn’t know

New releases from Mark de Clive-Lowe and Julien Baker with Torres reviewed.

Japanese doco The Cats of Gokogu Shrine gives paws for thought

Love cats? The film that will leave you with a yen to visit Japan.

Songwriters step away from their bands with tales of love lost and found

New releases from Lucy Dacus & Alisa Xayalith.

Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega play it straight in ridiculously fun horror comedy

Discovery of a lavender-blooded unicorn gives rise to horror & hilarity.