Dan Slevin
Movie review - Conclave
The Pope has died and 118 cardinals must gather to elect a new leader of the Catholic Church. Mystery, intrigue and politics abound andit us to the Cardinal-Dean (Ralph Fiennes) to lead the process… Audio
Movie review - Nosferatu
Dan Slevin reviews the Robert Eggers' remake of the 1922 vampire classic, which features Bill Skarsgård as the monstrous Count Orlok and Lily-Rose Depp as the object of his affections. Audio
At The Summer Movies - Take Me to Your Leader
Dan Slevin reviews three new films in cinemas and one on digital: in Conclave, Ralph Fiennes and 117 other cardinals attempt to elect a new Pope; Robert Eggers remakes the 1922 horror classic… Audio
Movie review - Juror 2
94-year-old Clint Eastwoods directs a courtroom drama about a man on a jury who discovers he may have an intimate involvement in the death of the murder victim. Dan Slevin reviews. Audio
Movie review - A Real Pain
Estranged cousins, played by writer-director Jesse Eisenberg and Succession's Kieran Culkin, travel to Poland to honour their beloved grandmother by taking a Holocaust tour. Dan Slevin reviews. Audio
At the Summer Movies - Happy New Year!
Dan Slevin reviews three new films in cinemas: Paddington in Peru sees our favourite refugee bear visiting his Aunt Lucy at the Home for Retired Bears and stumbling across a mystery; in All We Imagine… Audio
Movie review - Paddington in Peru
The third film in the popular franchise sees the most famous refugee bear in the world finally get a UK passport so he can visit his beloved Aunt Lucy at the Home for Retired Bears in Peru. There he… Audio
Movie review - All We Imagine as Light
Dan Slevin reviews the winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2024, an Indian drama about three women navigating love and friendship in modern Mumbai. Audio
The Lion King, Anora and the Better Man
Dan Slevin reviews three new films arriving in cinemas for the summer holidays. Mufasa: The Lion King is a prequel about the patriarch Mufasa and how he came to lead the animals of Pride Rock. Anora… Audio
Movie review - Mufasa The Lion King
Dan Slevin reviews a prequel for the popular Disney musical franchise, directed by Oscar winner Barry Jenkins and featuring the voices of Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Tiffany Boone. Audio
Movie review - Better Man
Biography of Robbie Williams in which the English pop star is portrayed as a performing chimpanzee (digitally created by New Zealand's Weta Digital). The film is directed by Michael Gracey (The Great… Audio
Movie review - Anora
The 2024 winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or is a comedy/drama about a Brooklyn lap dancer (Mikey Madison) who is given a shot at new life when the big spending son of a Russian oligarch falls head over… Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Maggie Tweedie to review Mufasa: The Lion King (2024), documentary Sugarcane (2024), and a selection of free-streaming family movies on ThreeNow: The… Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic reviews The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024), Christmas horror-comedy It's A Wonderful Knife (2023), and free streaming option British sci-fi Attack the… Audio
Is the age of the "moviestar" over?
Resident Nights screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to debate whether the glittering age of the moviestar is over. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Tonight critic Dan Slevin covers The Movie Teller (Scherfig, 2023), Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways, and Hunting Aotearoa. Audio
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
