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Dan Slevin previews three titles from this year’s DocEdge festival, on the understanding that the full programme is so diverse this small selection can’t possibly be representative of the whole. Read more Video

Theatrical exhibition is bouncing back and there’s no better evidence than the new seven-screen Event complex at Queensgate in Lower Hutt. Read more

This festival has always been a highlight of Dan Slevin’s cinema year and the latest edition has not let him down. Read more

Of all the directors with multiple entries in the Sight & Sound Top 50, Carl Theodor Dreyer may be the one we are least familiar with these days, says Dan Slevin Read more Video

Nothing heralds the end of summer like the return of your local film society, reports Dan Slevin. Read more

Quentin Tarantino’s first non-fiction book is a slice of cinematic history in the director’s own inimitable voice, reports Dan Slevin. Read more

At 48th-equal in the latest Sight & Sound 50 Greatest Films list, Wanda is the first bolter, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video

Truffaut’s The 400 Blows might be the finest film about childhood of all time, according to Dan Slevin. Read more Video

The sequel to the successful 2011 Shrek spinoff has finally arrived and Dan Slevin says it could be another keeper – but maybe not for the very little ones. Read more Video

There is a new Sight & Sound critics' survey of the greatest films of all time and Dan Slevin is going through the top 50 one at a time. Equal 50th is Aotearoa’s The Piano. Read more Video

If you are of a mind that would like to have your eyes gently moistened by the Hanks family, then has Dan Slevin got a deal for you! Read more Video

Dan Slevin reviews a two-part documentary on Neon about one of the most shocking crimes of the last ten years. Read more Video

With the return of the French Film Festival to cinemas this week, Dan Slevin has previewed a few of the titles. Read more Video

Dan Slevin has tasted this year’s cinematic celebration of the curated world around us. Read more Video

Dan Slevin is pleased to see Scandinavian films given a cinema spotlight. Read more Video

Dan Slevin reflects on his changing viewing habits as the pandemic drags on. Read more

This is a special episode of the podcast Rancho Notorious  (on a 30-month hiatus) featuring an interview with the writer and director Mike Mills about his wonderful new film C’mon C’mon. Read more Audio

Dan Slevin salutes a book surveying the late film festival director’s erudite and gracious programme notes and introductions and pays tribute to a life dedicated to bringing audiences to great movies.

Dan Slevin previews some of the titles in this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival. Read more

The French Film Festival is back and Dan Slevin casts his eye over some highlights. Read more Video