Widescreen
RNZ’s online guide to what’s playing on our screens — with Dan Slevin.
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52 films by women #12: Mudbound
With Mudbound, African-American director Dee Rees announces herself as a filmmaker to reckon with, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: The Leftovers & The Young Pope
Dan Slevin says two shows from HBO prove television is tackling the biggest themes in very interesting ways. Read more
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Preview: Cinema Italiano Festival
If you still have any room left on your credit card after the New Zealand international Film Festival, Dan Slevin recommends you splurge on the latest festival celebrating Italian cinema which is on… Read more
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Review: 6 Days
Toa Fraser’s real-life hostage thriller 6 Days is a reminder of a more innocent age of terrorism, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Nevertheless by Alec Baldwin
In his memoir Nevertheless, Alec Baldwin spends a great deal of time worrying about money, says Dan Slevin. Read more
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#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. Read more Video
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Digging deeper into the NZIFF
Dan Slevin previews some of the less-heralded features in this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival. Read more
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Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been expanded to include Spider-Man – and, according to Dan Slevin, it is now so unwieldy it only works as sitcom. Read more
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Preview: NZIFF Autumn Events
The nights are getting longer and Dan Slevin recommends we spend more of them enjoying all the film festivals that are arriving in cinemas. Read more
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Fifty greatest films: Playtime
Tati’s modern masterpiece can now be seen at its very best, but newcomers might want to start with his earlier films, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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52 films by women #9 - Raw
Raw announces Julia Ducournau as a name to remember and a talent to reckon with, according to Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Rancho Notorious 5/03: “Raw Like Sushi”
Recorded on Anzac Day, Dan and Kailey discuss Raw and The Young Pope, update #52filmsbywomen and explain why this is the last episode for a while. Read more Audio
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52 Films by Women #8 - A United Kingdom
Arriving on home video this weekend, the true life story of an African prince and his middle class English bride feels like it owes more to its BBC origins than its director. Read more
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Fifty greatest films: Gertrud
If you are looking for an introduction to the work of the Danish master, Carl Th. Dreyer, his final film probably isn’t the best place to start, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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52 films by women #7 - The Night Porter
Roger Ebert famously called Liliana Cavani’s post-holocaust potboiler “despicable” but Dan Slevin says it has earned a place in European cinema history. Read more Video
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Fifty greatest films: Histoire(s) du cinéma
Tantalisingly rare, Godard’s challenging documentary is said to be the high point of the great director’s “late period”. Read more Video
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52 films by women #6 - Before I Fall
It would be a shame if Before I Fall was reduced to something as simple as “Teen Groundhog Day” when it has more to offer, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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French Film Festival preview
Dan Slevin previews the 11th annual French Film Festival which opens in Wellington tonight. Read more
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Rancho Notorious 5/02: Pork Pies
Dan and Kailey are joined by Hayden Frost from the Never Repeats podcast (who are watching every single NZ film from 1977 to the present day) to discuss the new remake of Goodbye Pork Pie and RNZ… Read more Video, Audio
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52 films by women #3 - Europa, Europa
Polish director Agnieszka Holland has directed 14 feature films in a 45-year career. Dan Slevin starts with her best-known picture. Read more Video
Widescreen
Widescreen is a curated corner of the RNZ website dedicated to what’s on our screens. Producer and presenter Dan Slevin reviews the biggest and the smallest new cinema releases, highlights the best and worst of the direct-to-video and streaming sectors plus interviews with fascinating film people, podcasting with some of New Zealand’s smartest film brains and highlights of all the great movie content produced by other bits of Radio New Zealand.
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