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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
This week's picks include new Sofia Coppola film Priscilla, and two movies about life in freezing conditions: Society of the Snow and Mads Mikkelsen's classic Arctic. Audio
Film Review with Dom Corry
Today Dom talks to Jesse about wrestling drama The Iron Claw, Elvis-adjacent biopic Priscilla and Australian crime drama Force of Nature: The Dry 2. Audio
Review: Perfect Days
Perfect Days is a sweet Japanese character study, directed by German auteur Wim Wenders (Paris Texas), about a middle aged man content to clean Tokyo's famous public toilets. Starring Koji Yakusho (… Video, Audio
Review: The Iron Claw
The Iron Claw is based on the real-life story of a family of superstar wrestlers, the Von Erichs, and the astonishing run of tragedy that stalked them. Stars Zac Efron (The Greatest Showman), Lily… Video, Audio
Review: The Color Purple
Tony-winning musical of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Color Purple returns to the big screen. Produced (but not directed) by Steven Spielberg, it features Oscar nominee Danielle Brooks. Video, Audio
Review: The Kitchen
The Kitchen is a dystopian future movie that is all about the here and now, Dan Slevin says. Video
Film Review: Sam Hollis
Today RNZ Afternoons producer Sam Hollis talks to Jesse about All Of Us Strangers and Mean Girls. Audio
Five Film Society highlights for 2024
Wellington Film Society announced their 2024 programme today and Dan Slevin singles out five titles that should be essential viewing for film fans. Video
Libby Hakaraia honoured with the Merata Mita Fellowship
The Robert Redford-founded Sundance Film Festival is one of the biggest annual film events on the calendar. Earlier this week our own Libby Hakaraia was announced as the recipient of this years Merata… Audio
Where can we find old movies?
Not every movie ever made has made it to streaming services. What happens to the off-beat, lesser-known or straight-up-bad films of yester-year? Audio
All of Us Strangers
Andrew Haigh’s film about a lonely screenwriter who returns to his family home for inspiration is reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
The Holdovers
Dan Slevin reviews the new film from director Alexander Payne about a curmudgeonly boarding school history teacher who has to babysit the kids who can’t go home for the holidays. Audio
At The Movies for 24 January
Dan Slevin summarises the fifteen mainstream films that featured in cinemas between Boxing Day and Wellington Anniversary, and reviews All of Us Strangers in which a lonely screenwriter who returns to… Audio
A Summer Summary
If you spent the last month on a beach and not in a cinema, what did you miss? Dan Slevin briefly summarises the fifteen mainstream films that featured in cinemas between Boxing Day and Wellington… Audio
Blue Smoke: Songs for New Zealand Films
For years, the idea of a thriving New Zealand film industry was a dream that seemed against the odds: financial, and the cultural cringe. But eventually regular film production began. This episode of… Audio
Review: Night Swim
There’s nothing that can’t be haunted at the movies, says Dan Slevin. Video
Wim Wenders: Behind the camera on new film Perfect Days
German film maker Wim Wenders brings his introspective style to the big screen this year with new film Perfect Days, which follows ageing bathroom attendant Hirayama as he goes about his day in Tokyo… Audio
Review: The Boys in the Boat
Dan Slevin says that The Boys in the Boat really is the kind of film they don’t make anymore. Video
Review: Two Tickets to Greece
Old friends rekindle their teenage friendship in a film that belatedly discovers some bite, reports Dan Slevin. Video
Review: Dream Scenario
Nicolas Cage is at his watchable best in this satirical take on influencer culture, says Dan Slevin. Video