Search Results

British comic writer and director Chris Morris’s new film is a satire on American race and politics, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews an HBO feature film (playing on Neon in NZ) starring Hugh Jackman in the true story of the biggest school fraud in American history. Audio

A modern coming-of-age romantic comedy from writer/director Alice Wu for Netflix. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris - and because of the lockdown devoting his attention to home entertainment - and he reviews The Half of It, a modern coming-of-age romantic comedy from… Audio

New Zealand book publishers are facing what could prove to be the most challenging time in their history. Sales are down to a fraction of usual levels and the future is looking very uncertain…

Chris Hemsworth stars as Tyler Rake, a mercenary trying to rescue a teenage kidnap victim in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews an Apple TV+ documentary about the New York hip hop group. Audio

Netflix presents this animated adaptation of a well-known children’s book, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris - and because of the lockdown devoting his attention to home entertainment - and he reviews Chris Hemsworth starring as Tyler Rake, a mercenary trying to… Audio

Essie Davis returns to her role as an Australian amateur detective in the 1920s in the first big screen spin-off from the well-loved TV series, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews an Amazon Prime drama about a high school senior trying to pass on her drug business before she goes to college. Audio

Wagner Moura and Ana de Armas star in a Netflix film about the UN official Sergio Vieira de Mello who was killed in a truck bombing in Baghdad in 2003. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris - and because of the lockdown devoting his attention to home entertainment - and he reviews Sergio, a Netflix film about the UN official Sergio Vieira de… Audio

Nick Broomfield’s new documentary about Leonard Cohen and the Norwegian woman who became his muse, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews a Netflix drama about a Taiwanese man consumed with regret over the relationship he broke off to migrate to America 40 years before. Audio

Winner of the Best Script award at Cannes last year, this film is a costume drama about the doomed relationship between an 18th Century painter and the women whose portrait she is painting. Reviewed… Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris - and because of the lockdown devoting his attention to home entertainment - and he reviews Portrait of a Lady on Fire, a costume drama about a relationship… Audio

Netflix has just added over a dozen films from the Japanese anime Studio Ghibli and Dan Slevin samples some of the wonderful songs featured in their films. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews a thriller about a mysterious woman (Diane Kruger) who goes undercover in Iran for the Israeli security service, Mossad. Audio

Ethan Hawke stars in a drama about a just released ex-con who discovers an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food joint where he works. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris - and because of the lockdown devoting his attention to home entertainment - and he reviews Ethan Hawke as an ex-con trying to find his way in the modern… Audio

Dan Slevin reviews an arthouse drama about a young man who tries to win back his childhood home in the face of ongoing gentrification and alienation. Audio

A Netflix drama based on the true story of a mother (Amy Ryan) who campaigned for local police to find her daughter who she believed was a victim of the Long Island Serial Killer. Reviewed by Dan… Audio

Dan Slevin interviews the acclaimed film scholar Mark Cousins about his career and his new 14-hour collaboration with Tilda Swinton, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (Rialto Channel)… Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and – because of the lockdown – is devoting his attention to home entertainment. He reviews the Netflix drama Lost Girls, The Last Black Man in San Francisco… Audio