Beneath the sequins and confetti of Hustlers, is there one of the best films of the year?
Tom Augustine wraps up the weekend in film with glowing praise for Jennifer Lopez flick.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromCanvas magazine
The book that belongs in every New Zealand home
New book exposes more about the intriguing life and times of painted Colin McCahon.
High-end surveillance good for the soul
When a UK family agrees to spy on one another, it makes for moving and memorable TV.
Takeaway review: Fatima's Ponsonby
Greg Fleming visits a Ponsonby foodie institution - Fatima's
Reviewed: When a gastropub met Gareth Stewart
We took a Brit to The Brit and she loved it - especially the Yorkshire pud.
Jennifer Lopez: Lessons about men and strippers
How making Hustlers opened her eyes to strip clubs and men who go there.
Atomic Blondie: Debbie Harry - rock goddess
New York Times: The pin-up of punk Blondie's Debbie Harry about her new memoir.
Is this book enough to get me over New York?
A single book can't prevent the post-holiday comedown, can it?
The Politician: don't believe the spin
Calum Henderson reviews the Netflix original series, The Politician.
Great southern tale - Endeavour's forgotten hero
Auckland Museum leads the way with new adventures in New Zealand history.
Bloody trip to cave of the cannibals
A trek through Fijian jungle to cannibal caves ends in bloodshed.
Show Me Shorts film-maker Alexander Gandar steps into the Confession Box
NZ film-maker confesses to why Las Vegas is a dangerous place for him to be.
Playing with a classic - Janet Frame's Owls Do Cry swoops onto the stage
Janet Frame's literary masterpiece Owls Do Cry now a world-first stage production.
What makes a successful musician? Ashleigh Young muses on hits and happiness
Ashleigh Young considers the life and times of one of NZ's greatest unsung musicians.
Joker is inconsistent, bleakly reductive and ought not to inspire this much talk
Joker is a largely uninspired riff on the clown prince of crime and ideologically empty.
Nic Watt's new restaurant fails to wow
Nic Watts' new restaurant is pretty on paper - but how does it fare in person?
Singing praises of The Nightingale
Tom Augustine reviews two very different films with strong females front and centre.
Paltrow on anger, teens and marriage
Gwyneth Paltrow defends Goop as she prepares to get political.
Mike Chunn's songs in the key of life
Mike Chunn's songs to save your life marks the launch of his book No Sharp Turn.
Meet the teen Oprah wants to be president
Power point - ahead of her Auckland visit, teen actor Yara Shahidi on changing the world.
Steve Braunias on breaking out of a war-torn state
Why joy, delight, pleasure, excitement, happiness and contentment don't compare to peace.
The hitchhikers' guide to taking a gamble
Thanks for the ride - Graeme Hill on his adventures from north to south, thumbs out.
The macabre, the beautiful and the ever so slightly creepy - inside Auckland's most deathly art exhibition of the year
At historic Highwic House, death stalks corridors and rooms most artfully.
So, who is the true Theroux?
Louis Theroux is more used to putting others in the spotlight, but now it's his turn.
How Bill Gates tricks us into watching a doco about his good works
Sucked in by the title, Calum Henderson goes into Bill Gates' brain and finds ... toilets.
Trish Peng: Saying no to overly-sexy brides
NZ designer not afraid to say "I don't" to brides looking for va-va-voom in a dress.
Let's do the time warp again - the classic films coming to a cinema near you
For film lovers, everything old is new again.
Bread lovers' jaws will drop
A whiff of freshly baked bread hits you as soon as the doors swing open...
Rose Matafeo on Taskmaster is a proud moment for the nation
Calum Henderson on why Rose Matafeo is a classic Kiwi world-beater.
One restaurant to rule them all? It could be in Waiōuru .
MKR spin-off puts Kiwi chefs under the grill. But what makes a good restaurant?
$25 for five carrots? Only in Epsom
"I counted five carrots and one restaurateur laughing all the way to the bank."
Ten-day DJ: Greg Bruce desecrates Brooklyn's temple of turntablism
A few days before his first ever DJ set, in New York City, Greg Bruce learns to DJ.
Bye, laws - hello lol laws
Ruth Spencer on bylaws that the council should implement immediately.
The Kiwi choreographer taking risks to make life WOW
The Kiwi choreographer who's got the biggest gig in NZ dance on why taking risks is good.