Get Your Film Festival Fix at HIFF’s Spring Showcase With These 9 Movies and Docs
Get off the sofa. Spice up your tired life. Check these breakouts from Sundance, Japan, China, Vietnam and more at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival April 5—14.
Film & Television
Celebrate Black History Month at HoMA’s 2019 African-American Film Festival
The Honolulu African-American Film Festival, Feb. 16 to 20 this year, gives you a chance to see movies never released widely in Hawai‘i. Here’s how it got started.
Experience Shakespeare’s Influence at HoMA’s 2019 Bollywood Film Festival
The 12th annual festival takes place Jan. 5 to Feb. 1 at the Doris Duke Theatre.
HONOLULU Staff Favorites: Movies and TV Specials to Stream Online This Christmas
Holiday movies and shows to binge-watch this Christmas.
Holiday Movie Screenings, Theater Shows and Performances to Watch in Honolulu
’Tis the season for “The Nutcracker,” Christmas films, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Honolulu winter concert and more.
Quote Unquote: Bomb Disposal Technician by Day and Visual Effects Artist by Night
Kamakani De Dely puts his life on the line defusing unexploded military ordnance. But outside of his day job, he builds costumes, prosthetics and visual effects for shows such as Marvel’s “Inhumans” and “Hawai‘i Five-0.”
24 Films You Won’t Want to Miss at the 2018 Hawai‘i International Film Festival
Showing more than 180 films from 35 countries, this year’s HIFF, from Nov. 8–18, has something for everyone.
Film Review: Last Taxi Dance Swings, Connects and Frightens at the Same Time
The potent dramatization of Chinatown’s WWII role servicing the military via paid affection feels like a game changer in locally sourced film production.
Scary Movie Screenings and Theater Shows to Watch This Halloween in Honolulu
Listen to a re-enactment of the "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast and get your fill of horror movies during Hitchcocktober.
41 Thoughts We Had While Watching the New “Magnum P.I.”
Only one mentions Jay Hernandez’s shirt.
Kailua’s Taylor Inouye Makes the Finale in “Kids Baking Championship”
Mini guava bundt cakes and banana sugar cookies took this eighth grader to the final show, which airs Sept. 17.
Catch Local Band Streetlight Cadence’s New Reality Travel Series, “Will Play For Food”
The show airs on KFVE every Wednesday at 7 p.m. starting Sept. 26
Watch 1944 Chinatown Come Dangerously to Life at the “Last Taxi Dance” Premiere
Head to the Hawai‘i Theatre Center on Aug. 23 to support your local filmmaking community, then head across the street for a dance party.
Hawai‘i Keiki Competes in Food Network Baking Show
Taylor from Kailua is one of the junior bakers vying for $25,000 in Kids Baking Championship.
The Story Behind the Honolulu Surf Film Festival’s Retro-Inspired Logo
Pow! Wow! Hawai‘i artist Jeff Gress made this year’s Honolulu Surf Film Festival logo a subtle nod to surf culture. The festival runs July 7 through Aug. 3 at Doris Duke Theatre.
The Ultimate “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” Drinking Game
The filmed-in-Hawai‘i sequel to 2015’s summer blockbuster premieres June 22.
Shailene Woodley Fights for Life and Love in “Adrift,” by “Moana” Writers the Kandells
“Moana” twin writer team tailored “The Descendants” star a punishing new role that included 14-hour days filming in the ocean off Fiji. But she does romance dreamboat Sam Claflin in a film based on a castaway’s tale that thrilled Hawai‘i in 1983.
Iconic “Magnum, P.I.” Robin’s Nest Has Just Been Demolished
One of Hawai‘i’s most famous estates comes down just as “Magnum, P.I.” is about to make a comeback.
Disney’s “Moana” (and Auli‘i Cravalho) Hit a New High Note—in Hawaiian
With its translation into Hawaiian, the Disney hit makes history—as Aulii Cravalho sings “How Far I’ll Go” at the Grammy Awards.
Quote Unquote: “The Voice” Competitor Esera Tuaolo is a Big Voice for Equality
Former NFL player Esera Tuaolo is now competing on “The Voice,” at 49, having won a blind audition thanks to thumbs-ups from Jennifer Hudson and Blake Shelton.
13 Entertaining Movies for Scaredy Cats and Horror Fans to Watch This Halloween
Planning to stay indoors this Halloween? We recommend these movies whether you’re a horror fan or a wimp—there’s something for every taste.
Quote Unquote: Improv Your Life with “Hawai‘i Five-0” Actress Kimee Balmilero
Local actress Kimee Balmilero is putting on the Hawai‘i Sketch Comedy Festival on Oct. 21 at the Honolulu Museum of Art and Oct. 22 at The Arts at Marks Garage.
See If This Gay Former NFL Star from Waimānalo Makes the Cut on The Voice
Keep an eye out for Esera Tuaolo on the hit reality TV show.
So, What’s It Really Like to Be on the Food Network?
Food blogger and mom Amy Pottinger from Honolulu shares her experience on “Food Network Star.”
