Category: Arts & Culture
Gaysorn Thavat makes her extraordinary directorial debut with the poignant The Justice Of Bunny King, a New Zealand story with universal themes of survival, resilience, and hope. Ahead of the film’s television debut on Rialto Channel at 8.30pm on Saturday 30 April, Gaysorn tells Oliver Hall about holding up a mirror to our acceptance of […]
Hold on tight to your stallion semen because Rialto Channel has some wild romance coming your way this month. Premiering tonight at 8.30pm on Rialto Channel, the achingly beautiful The World To Come is a critically acclaimed ode to lesbian love that does everything for the girls that Brokeback Mountain did for the boys. Cue […]
Maya Hawke, best known for her role as Robin Buckley on the hit Netflix series Stranger Things, has opened up about playing an openly queer character and how LGBTQ+ representation on-screen is more important than ever. Speaking with SFX ahead of the upcoming release of the fourth season of Stranger Things, Hawke spoke about a wide […]
A farm in rural Northland seems like an unlikely spot to produce a Mr Burlesque Aotearoa winner, but nothing could dim Bjorn Aslund’s passion for performance. They talk to express about being nurtured by Wellington’s drag scene and the pros and cons of being raised in small-town NZ. Bjorn Aslund should be exhausted from performing […]
Host of Woof! The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show, Steven Oates, checks out Rialto Channel’s crazy colourful canine documentary, Well Groomed, where aspiring-artist pet-owners turn their pooches into their canvas! Every year at Woof! The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show I see doggies dressed up to the nines – but nothing I’ve seen over my many years […]
A feature film due to be shot in New Zealand and Australia later this year, is seeking two Māori trans women to share a major role. Based on an amalgam of real-life people and events, the film explores the changing face of diversity across Australasia, spotlighting increased visibility of trans and gender diverse communities. Spearheading […]
NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, Welcome to your Festival – express checks out AAF’s programme designed to unify, uplift, and inspire through an annual world-class collection of events and performances. Despite a Covid curve-ball, organisers of AAF 2022 have put together a massive 24 shows/events taking place both outdoors and online. The theme and curatorial lens […]
In early 2018 express ran a story on the gay reality TV pilot that was being pitched as a gay-male version of the Real Housewives of Auckland. Four years on express sits down with creator Lewis Rowe to find out what went wrong for ‘The Princes of Auckland’? It felt like car dealership owner Lewis […]