Movies

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

Our expert today is Hollywood screenwriter Gary Whitta, who co-wrote 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'.  Audio

Superman and his descendants launched a fascination with technological superism that continues today. Iwan Rhys Morus is professor of history at Aberystwyth University in Wales and has recently… Audio

Graeme reviews The Discovery, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Amores Perros. 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

The theme for the competition is 'Finding our way home', we speak to producer Ainsley Gardiner.  Audio

Graeme Tuckett talks about justwatch.com/nz which he says everybody needs in their life right now. 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