Go Unlimited with Magzter GOLD
Get unlimited access to 10,000+ magazines, newspapers and Premium stories for just
Try GOLD - Free
TV Films
New Zealand Listener
|September 27 - October 3, 2025
The big movies on TV this week
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27
MEAN GIRLS
TVNZ 2, 8pm
High school comedy from when Lindsay Lohan was Hollywood's It girl. Tina Fey penned this enduring examination of school cliques and cruelty, which has earned a cult following and even inspired a Broadway musical. (2004) ★★★★
THE CASTLE
TVNZ 1, 8.30pm
Yes, if the All Blacks win against the Wallabies earlier in the evening and you are an Australian supporter in need of consolation, here's something we prepared to cheer you up and make you homesick, too. You're welcome. Suffer in yer jocks. (1997) ★★★★
SUICIDE SQUAD
Antiheroes assemble
Three, 8.30pm
A DC Comics supervillain team meeting that has the likes of the Joker (Jared Leto), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Deadshot (Will Smith) and others pressganged into stopping the zombie hordes of the apocalypse. Despite having so many colourful characters, it's all bit of a dull slog and has had a much better reboot since. (2016) ★★★
QUEER
On a bender
Rialto, 8.30pm
Italian director Luca Guadagnino (
This story is from the September 27 - October 3, 2025 edition of New Zealand Listener.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM New Zealand Listener
New Zealand Listener
All the time in the world
A thought-provoking novel set on a sentient, planet-like spacecraft as humanity roams the interstellar void.
3 mins
June 13-19, 2026
New Zealand Listener
Reaching Fifa pitch
Everything you need to know about where to watch the football World Cup and follow the All Whites.
2 mins
June 13-19, 2026
New Zealand Listener
Say the truth faster
Comedian Chris Parker on the Topps’ legacy
1 mins
June 13-19, 2026
New Zealand Listener
Gimme shelter
Kurt Vile goes home to escape America
2 mins
June 13-19, 2026
New Zealand Listener
Silent minds
Some people have a complete absence of an inner monologue. My daughter is one of them.
3 mins
June 13-19, 2026
New Zealand Listener
What the cat brought in
I keep thinking he'll be there when I come out of the bedroom in the mornings, or that he's sitting just out of my eyeline.
2 mins
June 13-19, 2026
New Zealand Listener
Untouchable girls, impossible songs
DON MCGLASHAN, who produced the Topp Twins in the studio and wrestled with their songs on stage, pays tribute to the late Jools Topp, the one, he says, who did the musical heavy lifting in the duo.
6 mins
June 13-19, 2026
New Zealand Listener
The kids deserve better
Most grandparents would do anything to protect their grandchildren, writes Anna Kenna, but how many will step up to demand a better world?
2 mins
June 13-19, 2026
New Zealand Listener
Sink or swim
Janet, who lives just around the bend with Blokesy Stokesy, sent a text: “Guess what’s on our kitchen bench at the moment.”
2 mins
June 13-19, 2026
New Zealand Listener
Casting off the past
A coming of age tale set among a family of storytellers in Italy unfolds into an alluring love story.
3 mins
June 13-19, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size