Dan Slevin
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review the new films Taki Rua Theatre - Breaking Barriers & Moana 2, the miniseries Agatha All Along and the Tom Cruise classic Edge of… Audio
A galaxy of great film scores
A new documentary gives film critic Dan Slevin an opportunity to rave about movie composer John Williams. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident film critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan with some picks for the weekend. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review the new Gladiator II film, Australian indie film Time Addicts, Naga which is set in Saudi Arabia and the classic British… Audio
Movie review - Memoir of a Snail
Oscar-winning Australian animator Adam Elliot's latest feature is a tragicomedy about twins separated after the death of their father and their eventual recovery. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
Movie review - Saturday Night
Jason Reitman's comedy focuses on the chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the debut of the famous television variety show Saturday Night Live. Dan Slevin reviews. Audio
Movie review - Music by John Williams
Dan Slevin reviews a documentary about the legendary screen composer, John Williams, and his seven decade career in Hollywood. Audio
At the Movies for 13 November 2024
Dan Slevin reviews Music by John Williams, a Disney+ documentary about the legendary film composer; Australian animated tragicomedy, Memoir of a Snail, and Saturday Night, a comedy about the birth of… Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review French film Suddenly (2024), two music documentaries, and Saving Private Ryan (1998) streaming on TVNZ+. Audio
Review : A Different Man
Sebastian Stan stars as a struggling New York actor with a face deformed by rapidly growing tumours caused by neurofibromatosis. He is offered a miracle 'cure' but will the transformation make him… Audio
Review : Head South
Dan Slevin reviews Jonathan Ogilvie's autobiographical portrait of the Christchurch New Wave music scene in 1979. Ed Oxenbould plays schoolboy Angus, discovering the underground music scene and a… Audio
Review : Here
An experimental and sentimental drama shot from a single point-of-view in a single location but presenting people and events over many decades. The stars, screenwriter and director of Forrest Gump… Audio
At the Movies - Transformations
On At the Movies, Dan Slevin reviews three films in which change can be welcome or unwelcome but inevitable all the same. In Head South, a Christchurch teenager discovers New wave music and a way… Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident film and television critic Dan Slevin is back for another week and tonight he's casting his eye on the quintessential monster movie franchise Godzilla, which turns 70 years old this… Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to chat about Lee the biography of the photographer Lee Miller, The Adjustment Bureau starring Matt Damon and some rare gems from NZ Film… Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan for his weekend picks. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to chat about Irma Vep a television show from show acclaimed French director Olivier Assayas, A Mistake the first feature film in 16 years… Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to feature Lord of the Rings animated film The War for the Rohirrim (2024), Blade Runner: Black Lotus, and Apple TV+ black comedy… Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan with some weekend picks. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' movie critic Dan Slevin returns to talk about Iris and the Men, Sugar, and Downey's Dream Cars. Audio