Widescreen
RNZ’s online guide to what’s playing on our screens — with Dan Slevin.
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NZIFF 2019 - Off the Beaten Track
Dan Slevin delves deeper into the 2019 film festival programme. Read more Video
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The Best (ex-festival) Films New to Streaming
If you can’t get to the International Film Festival – or it can‘t get to you – Dan Slevin suggests some ways you can have a festival at home. Read more Video
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NZIFF 2019: Three Women
This year’s film festival features three documentaries about strong-willed, opinionated and fascinating women. Dan Slevin has seen them. Read more Video
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RN 05/05: “Back to the Festival”
10 Jul 2019After another year off (!), Dan and Kailey have reconvened at Rancho Notorious for a special episode looking ahead to the 2019 New Zealand International Film Festival. Read more Audio
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Overthinking Us
Us is out on home video today. Dan Slevin looks at some of the critical responses to the ideas behind one of the most creative films of the past ten years. Read more
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NZIFF 2019: Ten movies to keep an eye on
The line-up for the New Zealand International Film Festival has been revealed. Dan Slevin suggests 10 titles to look out for in this year’s festival. Read more
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Review: Scotch - A Golden Dream
The history and culture of Scottish whisky is lovingly portrayed in this low-budget documentary, reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: The Secret Life of Pets 2
The best bits of The Secret life of Pets 2 would work just fine as shareable clips online, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: The Ideal Palace
Fans of French cinema – and France itself – should seek out The Ideal Palace, reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: I Am Mother
I Am Mother from Netflix is a high concept science fiction film where the execution doesn’t quite live up to its grand ideas, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Knock Down the House
Dan Slevin reviews a documentary about American politics that isn’t about Donald Trump, and isn’t depressing. Read more Video
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Review: Good Omens
Good Omens tries to trade on an affable relationship between an angel and demon but they, and the show, run out of gas before the end, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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The best TV new to streaming this month
Netflix wins on volume in this week’s new streaming TV, according to Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Preview: Rialto Channel’s Creative Minds season
Dan Slevin previews four documentaries from Rialto Channel about the lives of artists. Read more
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Review: Catch-22
George Clooney’s TV adaptation of Joseph Heller’s World War II satire Catch-22, is darker than Mike Nichols’ 1970 feature film version but is still well worth watching, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is a hot mess but could only be a Gilliam film and that's a good thing, reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Preview: Documentary Edge Film Festival 2019
Dan Slevin previews this year‘s Documentary Edge film festival. Read more Video
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Review: Brightburn
Brightburn asks, what if Superman had turned up in that cornfield as a baby but he wasn't destined to be on our side? Dan Slevin reports. Read more Video
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Review: Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Ryan Reynolds and some great cinematography make Pokémon Detective Pikachu a much better film than it has any right to be, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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The best movies new to streaming this week
Dan Slevin picks some highlights from the recent additions to Kiwi streaming services. Read more
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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