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Can You Ever Forgive Me? proves that Melissa McCarthy has the dramatic chops to go with her abundant comedic skills, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video

Australia gets a turn at Netflix’s production billions with the supernatural thriller Tidelands, one of Dan Slevin’s picks of the week. Read more Video

Russell Brand’s new stand-up special is vintage Brand but be aware of which version you are getting, advises Dan Slevin. Read more Video

This week’s streaming highlight is Netflix’s first masterpiece, advises Dan Slevin. Read more Video

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is the perfect palate-cleanser between the heavier offerings of TV’s ‘golden age’, according to Dan Slevin. Read more Video

Dan Slevin recommends Daniel Day-Lewis' last film as this week's new-to-streaming highlight. Read more Video

John le Carré’s obsession with con artists, philanderers, fabulists and fibbers informs the new adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is another win for Netflix - and the Coen Brothers - and is worth a month's subscription on its own, according to Dan Slevin. Read more Video

‘What ifs’ dominate the new TV landscape this week, says Dan Slevin: What if Poland was still communist? What if all of Dickens’ characters lived in the same town and knew each other? Read more Video

Netflix continues to release one great new film a week, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video

The director commentaries on Mission: Impossible – Fallout makes the Blu-ray worth watching, says Dan Slevin. Read more

Jason Momoa’s Frontier is a bingeing highlight but Escape at Dannemora is the best streaming option this week, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video

It’s comedy or tragedy this week on Netflix, according to Dan Slevin. Read more

Season two of The Deuce prioritises its female characters at the same time that it risks romanticising their world, writes Dan Slevin. Read more Video

Orson Welles’ final film, The Other Side of the Wind, is a self-absorbed but still virtuoso performance, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video

Recent seasons of already popular shows dominate this week's new-to-streaming listings, writes Dan Slevin. Read more Video

A big selection of classics from the Australian New Wave of the 70s and 80s is Dan Slevin’s highlight of this week’s new-to-streaming feature films. Read more Video

Dan Slevin says SoHo’s Howards End is a satisfyingly modern take on an Edwardian classic. Read more Video

The Heart Dances reveals more of the tribulations involved in putting on a show than anyone involved was expecting, says Dan Slevin. Read more

Cargo was picked up by Netflix at the 2017 Adelaide Film Festival. Dan Slevin wonders when Netflix will come shopping at NZIFF. Read more Video