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Review - The Big Sick
Breathing new life into the moribund rom-com genre, The Big Sick is a charming true story reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
Review - The Dinner
Dan Slevin reviews the third heavyweight adaptation of Herman Koch's acclaimed novel, starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan and Rebecca Hall. Audio
Review - Atomic Blonde
Dan Slevin reviews the new Berlin-based spy thriller starring Charlize Theron, tracking down a mole as the wall comes down. Audio
At The Movies for 9 August 2017
Dan Slevin (filling in for Simon Morris) reviews Atomic Blonde, The Dinner and The Big Sick. Video, Audio
Where to watch old movies
With so many video stores closing down, how do film fans get to see old movies? Dan Slevin has been checking out the offerings on TCM (Channel 38 on Sky). Audio
Where There is Life
For four years, Wellington filmmaker Gwen Isaac documented the Lee family after Margaret (wife of Stephen and mother of Imogen) was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. The resulting documentary is… Video, Audio, Gallery
Okja review
Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ahn-Seo Hyun and a CGI super-pig star in Okja, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore review
Dan Slevin reviews the winner of the drama prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival, starring Melanie Lynskey. Audio
War Machine review
Dan Slevin reviews the Brad Pitt vehicle War Machine from Plan B and Netflix. Audio
At The Movies: 2 August 2017
Dan Slevin reviews three films exclusively on Netflix: Brad Pitt in War Machine; Melanie Lynskey in I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore and Okja, from Korean director Bong Joon-Ho. Video, Audio
Dan Slevin on hacking films
Last week at this time, our technology correspondent Paul Brislen confessed to having his email hacked and that prompted our regular Tuesday movie guy, Dan Slevin from RNZ Widescreen, to think of some… Audio
The card magician who is also blind
Sixty-two year old Richard Turner is one of the world's greatest card magicians, yet he's completely blind. The documentary, Dealt is screening at the NZ International Film Festival, and traces his… Audio, Gallery
From Delhi's shantytowns to corridors of power
Two filmmakers in India are caught up in a landmark censorship battle to show their movie after the country's censor board refused to certify it. Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla have directed An… Audio
Review: Nevertheless by Alec Baldwin
In his memoir Nevertheless, Alec Baldwin spends a great deal of time worrying about money, says Dan Slevin.
#52 Films by Women #10: Paris Can Wait
Paris Can Wait is a melancholy debut feature from a woman who has been around the movie business for nearly 60 years, says Dan Slevin. Video
Review - Paris Can Wait
80-year-old-Eleanor Coppola is the wife of Oscar-winner Francis Coppola and she's made her first feature film, Paris Can Wait, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
Review - Baby Driver
Dan Slevin reviews Edgar Wright's music-inspired heist thriller, Baby Drive, which features lots of car chases. Audio
