Widescreen
RNZ’s online guide to what’s playing on our screens — with Dan Slevin.
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Review: Disney’s Wish
Disney celebrates its centenary with a coldly calculated confection, reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Fifty best films: Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot is still the only pure comedy in the Sight & Sound list of the top 50 films of all time, reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Where has all the classic television gone?
The rest of the world gets to enjoy decades of great television on dozens of different streaming services. What is there for New Zealand, asks Dan Slevin. Read more
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Christmas entertainment - the 2023 vintage
Dan Slevin samples three out of the dozens of new Christmas entertainments that are new to streaming this holiday season. Read more Video
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Fifty best films: Á bout de souffle (Breathless)
What was once notoriously avant garde is now stylistically familiar, says Dan Slevin. Read more
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Is there a future for physical media?
The market for DVD and Blu-ray is shrinking along with the shelf space, but is it really the end for physical media, asks Dan Slevin. Read more
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Neon at a Crossroads
Sky’s price rises show that competition for content is a bigger concern for them than competition for eyeballs, says Dan Slevin. Read more
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Fifty best films: Rear Window
Up from number 54 to 38 in the 2022 Sight & Sound 2022 Top 50, Hitchcock's Rear Window is almost flawless entertainment, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Grindhouse gets the full Blu-ray treatment
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’ celebration of cheap and nasty filmmaking, Grindhouse, comes home in a paradoxically beautiful package, reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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ThreeNow: Is there anything for film lovers?
The free streamer has had a facelift, with performance and reliability improvements, but has the feature film offering also improved, asks Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Fifty best films: Bicycle Thieves
What was originally a neorealist classic about a specific time and place has become a universal portrait of the grinding tragedy of poverty, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Next Goal WIns – the original documentary
This 2014 film is one the most uplifting and positive sports movies of all time, according to Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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What is the best sitcom on TV and why is it Upload?
Now in its third season, Prime Video’s high tech satire hits new heights, reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Fifty best films: Rashomon
Dan Slevin makes his first trip to Japan in his survey of the Sight & Sound top 50 films of all time. Read more Video
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Monster Review: Shin Ultraman
Japan’s infatuation with monsters continues with the brilliantly weird Shin Ultraman, reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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David Fincher – auteur?
His latest film, The Killer, is streaming on Netflix, so Dan Slevin looks at three older David Fincher works to see if they provide clues to help us appreciate him. Read more
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Fan Service – Is big brand TV leaving general audiences behind?
Dan Slevin has watched three recent streaming series that try – sometimes not all that hard – to entertain a casual viewer while delivering thrills to long-time fans. Read more Video
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Fifty best films: Killer of Sheep
Dan Slevin says the elevation Charles Burnett’s film to the top 50 shows how the cinema canon is changing. Read more Video
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Jennifer Connelly – an appreciation on disc
With a brave new film in cinemas, Jennifer Connelly is on the radar once again. Dan Slevin looks at a Blu-ray box set celebrating her four-decade career. Read more Video
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Halloween Special: Introducing Shudder (from AMC+)
If your plan is to stay home for Halloween, choosing Shudder will give you all the frights you need, says Dan Slevin. 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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