Widescreen
RNZ’s online guide to what’s playing on our screens — with Dan Slevin.
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Review: El Camino
El Camino is a new Netflix feature following up events from the final episode of Breaking Bad. Dan Slevin asks whether it is necessary (or just welcome). Read more Video
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Capital in the 21st Century: Justin Pemberton interviewed
New Zealand director Justin Pemberton’s adaptation of Thomas Piketty’s magnum opus Capital in the 21st Century opens in cinemas this weekend. Dan Slevin spoke to him about turning a dense economics… Read more Video
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Movie review: Domino
American filmmaker Brian De Palma is back in the director’s chair after seven years – and the thriller he's made is out of time and out of taste, reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Sorry for Your Loss S1
If Dan Slevin told you that one of the best TV shows about loss and grief was on Facebook, would you believe him? Read more Video
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Preview: Lars von Trier festival on Rialto Channel
Lars von Trier, the great cinematic poet of depression, is celebrated on Rialto Channel this month and Dan Slevin has had a look at the schedule. Read more Video
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Fifty best films: Pierrot le Fou
60s ennui has never looked cooler than in Godard’s swansong to “commercial” cinema, according to Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: The Brink
The Brink shows the chicanery that goes on behind the scenes in the campaign to destabilise democracy for the benefit of the already powerful, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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The best movies new to streaming this week
Cinephiles are the big winners in this week’s new streaming offers, according to Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Carnival Row offers nothing new
Carnival Row isn’t based on previously existing intellectual property but that still doesn’t make it very original, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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DocPlay: A whole world of streaming documentaries
DocPlay is the streaming service you didn’t know you needed, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: American Factory
The first documentary from Barack and Michelle Obama’s new production company doesn’t let its politics overwhelm its characters, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Weathering With You
Fans of anime (and Japan) should seek out the new classic Weathering With You, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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The best TV new to streaming this month
Local streamers are still delivering strong product but the mouse is breathing down their neck, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Gentleman Jack S1
Victoriana gets a new twist in Gentleman Jack, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Succession S1
Succession should be your next TV obsession, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: This is Football
Dan Slevin prepares for the new football season by watching a six-part documentary series about the beautiful game. Read more Video
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Review: Serenity
Serenity has a reputation as cinema’s biggest disaster of 2019. Dan Slevin investigates. Read more Video
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The best movies new to streaming this week
Dan Slevin on the best (or most interesting) recent feature film additions to our streamers. Read more Video
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Still the right thing: Do the Right Thing at 30
Thirty years on, Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing is as urgent as ever, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: The Great Hack
Netflix documentary The Great Hack is information dense but doesn't go far enough, argues Dan Slevin. Read more Video
Widescreen
Widescreen is a curated corner of the RNZ website dedicated to what’s on our screens. Producer and presenter Dan Slevin reviews the biggest and the smallest new cinema releases, highlights the best and worst of the direct-to-video and streaming sectors plus interviews with fascinating film people, podcasting with some of New Zealand’s smartest film brains and highlights of all the great movie content produced by other bits of Radio New Zealand.
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