Meet Aotearoa’s next acting superstar

Young New Zealand actor Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie is surging to stardom on the back of acclaimed survivalist drama Leave No Trace and Taika Waititi’s upcoming Jojo Rabbit. Gemma Gracewood runs down what you need to know about her. Not to get too excited about it, but Wellington teen Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie is having a bloody … Read more

I saw myself in Laura: A 17 year old reviews The Changeover

Margaret Mahy’s young adult classic The Changeover was written in 1984, well before seventeen year-old student Bree Brown was even born. We asked Bree to review the new film adaptation. The Changeover is a new film based on the book of the same name by Margaret Mahy. It tells the journey of a young girl struggling … Read more

What happens when your favourite book gets made into a movie?

Moata Tamaira grills The Changeover co-director Stuart McKenzie about bringing her favourite book to life. When I heard that someone was making a movie out of my favourite ever book, The Changeover, it put me in a fragile and rather ambivalent state of mind. On the one hand, it’s about time that someone got around to … Read more