Two of the films in the current French Film Festival deal with contemporary political issues from a very personal point of view. One is set in Palestine/Israel and the other in central Africa.

The programme cover sums up the main themes of Dave Armstrong’s Kings of the Gym. a male holds a rugby ball, his legs apart, towering over a young Maori woman with a netball.

As a commentator on New Zealand art and a writer about collecting I am continually asked which artist to buy, who are the emerging talents.

Whirlwind visit hosted by Avatar producer-cum-Wairarapa farmland investor James Cameron.

Aucklanders often lament the quality of their city, with its lack of focus and integration in urban planning. A notable feature of Wellington is the quality of the built environment and how it contributes to the sense of it being a livable city.

The Deep Blue Sea is a perfect adaptation of the Terence Rattigan play of the same name and follows the downward spiral of the estranged wife of a judge in post-WWII Britain.