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Ouch! The Rutles reconsidered
English vocal group The Rutles, were overshadowed by their contemporaries but, according to Dan Slevin from RNZ Widescreen, the group is now due for a renaissance. Video, Audio
Moana costume pulled from sale
A children's costume on sale as Disney merchandise for the movie Moana has been taken off the shelves following cultural criticism. Audio
Film Review: Richard Swainson
Richard Swainson reviews The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years and The Secret Life of Pets. Audio
The Trials and Tribulations of Miss French
Sydney-based Julie Foa’i has been the manager of South Pacific Fusion group Te Vaka since it began. The now-Australia based group has had global success, which looks to be expanded on with them being… Audio
The Secret Life of Pets Review
An animated comedy for all ages, featuring the voices of Louis CK and Kevin Hart. Audio
The Rehearsal Review
Alison Maclean's adaptation of Eleanor Catton's novel about young love, scandal and theatre school. Audio
Pete's Dragon Review
A boy and his invisible dragon. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford and a Weta-created dragon called Elliot. Audio
At The Movies for 21 September 2016
On At The Movies, Simon Morris reviews the sentimental remake of Disney's Pete's Dragon, and a rival animated hit, The Secret Life of Pets. And he looks at the film based on a very literary New… Audio
Bookmarks with Roseanne Liang
Filmmaker Roseanne Liang first came to notice with Banana in a Nutshell, a documentary based on her own life and cross-cultural romance with a European Kiwi. It won a number of awards, including SPADA… Audio
Dan Slevin on Field of Dreams
Every year RNZ's film guy, Dan Slevin, rewatches Field Of Dreams. And every time he finds something new. Field of Dreams is a 1989 American film directed by Phil Alden Robinson, who also wrote the… Audio
Rancho Notorious 4/17: Something about dragons
While Kailey enjoys the Toronto International Film Festival, Dan reviews Pete's Dragon with Phil Smith and chats to Steve Newall from FLicks about the year in film (so far). Audio
A Flickering Truth: NZ doco submitted for Oscars
Kathryn Ryan talks to Auckland film maker Pietra Brettkelly, whose documentary about efforts to preserve Afghanistan's film archive is New Zealand's submission for next year's Academy Award. Video, Audio, Gallery
Sully review
The true story of the airline pilot who crash-landed a passenger plane into the Hudson River. Directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks. Audio
Blood Father review
The return of Mel Gibson in an action drama about a father and daughter on the run. Audio
Sausage Party review
A foul-mouthed animated feature about sentient edibles. Starring Seth Rogen, James Franco and Kristen Wiig. Audio
At The Movies for 14 September 2016
On At The Movies, Simon Morris looks at three films aimed at men - Sully, starring Tom Hanks as a real-life hero… Blood Father, in which Mel Gibson attempts to redeem himself… and perpetual party-dude… Audio
Ella Edward on The Rehearsal
The feature film version of Eleanor Catton's book The Rehearsal is released in theatres tomorrow. We meet one of the film's young stars, Ella Edward who plays Isolde - whose sister has been caught in… Audio
1971 – Not a bad year at the movies after all
Last month English writer David Hepworth told Jesse Mulligan that “there wasn’t a huge amount going on at the cinema in 1971”, but Dan Slevin suggests otherwise. Audio
Dan Slevin: 1971 in film
In response to our recent interview with music journalist David Hepworth, in which he argued that 1971 was the greatest ever year in music, RNZ's film guy, Dan Slevin is seeing if the same can be said… Audio
