Flicks

1 week ago | flicks.co.nz | Rory Doherty

In Mountainhead, the directorial debut of Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, billionaires bluff while reality crumbles. It’a cold-blooded satire of tech-fueled apocalypse, writes Luke Buckmaster. | Dir: Jesse Armstrong The end is nigh! Global order is collapsing, cities are burning, world leaders are panicking. While all this is going on in Mountainhead, the film remains in a massive estate in the snowy mountains of Utah, its characters safely tucked away from all the hullabaloo.

1 week ago | flicks.co.nz | Rory Doherty

As Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme celebrates its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival, Rory Doherty sits down to chat with seven of its cast – Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Richard Ayoade, Rupert Friend, and Jeffrey Wright.

1 week ago | flicks.co.nz | Clarisse Loughrey

Clarisse Loughrey’s Show of the Week column spotlights a new show to watch or skip. This week: The season two finale of The Rehearsal takes an elaborate trip to a very specific destination. WARNING: Contains major spoilers for season two – including the final episode. There’s an intense and specific mania that Nathan Fielder’s work tends to provoke in people. Everyone’s aware that in Nathan for You and The Rehearsal, Fielder is playing the character of “Nathan Fielder”.

1 week ago | flicks.co.nz | Liam Maguren

The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow has been dubbed one of the worst cinema release of 2025 so far. Liam Maguren, who saw it opening day, thinks it’s a lot stranger than that. I’ve had a great run at the cinema these past couple of weeks. Final Destination: Bloodlines was a bloody fun time, Small Things Like These delivered affecting inner turmoil, The Salt Path peppered my heart, and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning gifted some of the best action scenes I’m likely to see this year.

1 week ago | flicks.co.nz | Rory Doherty

With Cannes done and dusted for another year, Rory Doherty reports back on this year’s highlights – from the Palme d’Or winner to other recommended watches that received no flowers…It’s the last week of May, which means that another edition of the Cannes Film Festival has drawn to a close.