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• In his father’s wake

  After a lifetime of unspoken feelings, Brad Stent is replicating his father’s participation in a centuries-old boat race to get a better understanding of the man behind the role of Dad.

• Still our Melanie

  Melanie Lynskey talks to RNZ’s Perlina Lau about her latest film, the New Zealand mentors who guided her, her Emmy recognition and her dream of returning home.

• Special mention

  Joe Pearlman’s docuseries, Mourinho, about the Portuguese football manager, should have been fascinating, but fails to reveal the man behind the manager. Plus, Netflix takes another tilt at the story that kick-started Sam Neill’s film career with My Brilliant Career, writes The Observer’s Barbara Ellen.

• Show(s)time

  Writer, creator and actor Hannah Marshall has been working on two television shows simultaneously for years, and both are now screening. She talks to RNZ’s Perlina Lau about a busy period.

• Mad TV

  Elizabeth Meriwether’s thriller Furious, about the hunt for a serial killer, unleashes female wrath to compelling effect, writes The Observer’s Barbara Ellen.

• Marvel films to continue until morale improves

  A Ryan Gosling vehicle and a new Black Panther were the big announcements from Marvel at Comic-Con recently.

• Double act not so single

  Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club, the show celebrating singledom, had to deal with a spanner in the works in season two, as RNZ’s Perlina Lau hears.

• Bilingual ‘Baddies’ battle boot camp

  Director Johnny Barker describes his new TVNZ+ family show Baddies as the Goonies, if they were sent to a boot camp styled on Shawshank, with a healthy dose of Road Runner thrown in, RNZ reports.

• Not to take sides

  Dame Julie Christie’s new documentary Devotion takes us inside daily life at Gloriavale — but should it? Karl Puschmann has a look for RNZ.

• HBO: do you need it?

  HBO has landed its own streaming service on NZ shores. While it carries prestige, the big question is whether that is enough to convince Kiwis who are already spoilt for streaming choices to sign up. Karl Puschmann takes a look at the good, the bad and the ugly.

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• A night with mates

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• Look at the ‘Time’

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• Look at the ‘Time’

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• Brewing with heart

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• Fresh perspective

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• Blue-sky thinking

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• Big breaks

  A YEAR before he skyrocketed to heartbreaker status and social media fame as the emotionally guarded Conrad Fisher on Prime Video’s hit series The Summer I Turned Pretty, Christopher Briney saw his future change twice in a matter of months....