Widescreen
RNZ’s online guide to what’s playing on our screens — with Dan Slevin.
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Video: Mahana interview with Temuera Morrison and Akuhata Keefe
Widescreen’s Dan Slevin chats to Kiwi screen legend Temuera Morrison and screen debutant Akuhata ‘Augs’ Keefe about their new film, Mahana. Read more Video
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Rancho Notorious 4/7: “Actually, there is such a thing as ‘society’.”
Kailey and Dan are joined by Chris Hormann, President of the Wellington Film Society, to talk about this year’s programme and the health of the film society movement across New Zealand. Dan interviews… Read more Video, Audio
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Weekend RNZ highlights (29 February)
The best of this weekend’s film coverage on RNZ including Lee Tamahori meeting Kim Hill and Three Wise Cousins director Stallone Ioasa talking to Simon Morris. Read more Audio
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Concussion and The Lady in the Van on Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
Dan Slevin filled in for Richard Swainson this afternoon to review new films starring Will Smith and Dame Maggie Smith. Read more Video, Audio
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Widescreen’s best of the web (19 February)
Our pick of the best* and most interesting screen-related articles and features from around the web including accent coaching, who really wrote Joy and where did David Milch’s $100m go? Read more Video
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Video: Dad’s Army review
The new version of the beloved British TV series fails to reach the heights of the original but everyone involved seems to be having fun, reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video, Audio
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Rancho Notorious 4/6: “Dead Right or Dead Wrong”
Kailey and Dan discuss the week’s film news including Baftas and the Berlinale, review Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool and Cate Blanchett in Carol and Dan interviews Sébastien Donnadieu, new director of the… Read more Video, Audio
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Review: Carol
Carol is the greatest achievement of Todd Haynes’ career to date and Dan Slevin thinks he knows why people love it so. Read more Video, Audio
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Online viewing picks of the week (12 February)
The best* online video we’ve been watching over the last seven days including Depp plays Trump, Reclaiming the Hollywood Romcom and the cinematic inspirations for Mad Men. Read more Video
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Video: Zoolander 2 review
Zoolander 2 is an indulgent mess that even fans may want to avoid, according to Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Widescreen’s best of the web (10 February)
Our pick of the best* and most interesting screen-related articles and features from around the web recently including ageing costumes for Suicide Squad, are we witnessing the end of the ending and… Read more
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Steve Jobs review
Dan Slevin says that Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs is a brilliant portrait of a flawed but mostly fictional tech tycoon. Read more Video, Audio
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Home Video: Utu Redux review
The home video release of Geoff Murphy’s Utu Redux is a handsome and essential collector’s item for Kiwi film fans, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video, Audio
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Online viewing picks of the week (5 February)
The best* online video we’ve been watching over the last seven days including Bresson’s hands, Seinfeld compared with Madame Bovary and the Russian Mad Men. Read more Video
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Rancho Notorious 4/5: The Producers
A temporarily Kailey-free episode featuring interviews with two of New Zealand's most successful screen producers: Two-time Oscar nominee Finola Dwyer (Brooklyn) and 2016 Sundance success Carthew Neal… Read more Audio
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Book Review: But Enough About Me by Burt Reynolds
Karim Dickie spent his summer break reading legendary movie star Burt Reynolds’ autobiography. Read more Audio
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Rancho Notorious 4/4: Spotlight on the media
Dan and Kailey are joined by Colin Peacock from Mediawatch to discuss the acclaimed drama Spotlight as well as other recent prestige pictures. Read more Video, Audio
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Home Video: Jackie & Ryan
First of a new segment at Widescreen – home video reviews. The first instalment features an unpromising romance between Katherine Heigl and Ben Barnes: Jackie & Ryan Read more
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Widescreen’s best of the web (w/e 15 January)
Our pick of the best* and most interesting screen-related articles and features from around the web recently including appreciations of David Bowie and Alan Rickman, DiCaprio and Hardy’s career… Read more Video
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Video: The Revenant review
Alejandro González Iñárritu's unflinching story of survival and revenge on the frontier is one the most brilliant - and challenging - achievements of the cinematic century so far, according to Dan… Read more Video, Audio
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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