Bullying is a big issue in NZ – or at least, we talk about it enough – so why did the most-acclaimed film about it in years bomb here? A walk through soft and hard censorship, the policies that protect our schoolkids, and the power of documentary to make us crusade without pause for thought.

Using MacGyver-style recording techniques, if MacGyver was just a normal dude in the 21st century, David Farrier chats to Eric from Tim and Eric on the banks of the Waikato.

Often when you’re working with an actor, you’re on the receiving end of pre-packaged answers on a range of topics they’re sick of talking about – but this isn’t the case with Stephen Tobolowsky, as David Farrier discovers.

With paid critics threatening to go the way of the Haast’s, here are a few reasons why you should care.

Neither a yawnorama concert DVD nor a brutal Metallica-style takedown, Shihad: Beautiful Machine is a curious wee beastie – but one that manages the simultaneous feat of reappraising the band and being oddly moving. Why?