Widescreen
RNZ’s online guide to what’s playing on our screens — with Dan Slevin.
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Review: Puss in Boots- The Last Wish
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
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Fifty Greatest Films: The Piano
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
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Review: A Man Called Otto
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
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Review: Undercurrent – The Disappearance of Kim Wall
Dan Slevin reviews a two-part documentary on Neon about one of the most shocking crimes of the last ten years. Read more Video
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Preview: 2022 French Film Festival
With the return of the French Film Festival to cinemas this week, Dan Slevin has previewed a few of the titles. Read more Video
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Preview: 2022 Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival
Dan Slevin has tasted this year’s cinematic celebration of the curated world around us. Read more Video
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Preview: 2022 Scandi Film Festival
Dan Slevin is pleased to see Scandinavian films given a cinema spotlight. Read more Video
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Film criticism during a pandemic slump
Dan Slevin reflects on his changing viewing habits as the pandemic drags on. Read more
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Interview: Mike Mills & C’mon C’mon
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
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Book Review: The Gosden Years
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.
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2021 New Zealand International Film Festival
Dan Slevin previews some of the titles in this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival. Read more
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Preview: 2021 French Film Festival
The French Film Festival is back and Dan Slevin casts his eye over some highlights. Read more Video
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Ken Burns’ Country Music
Dan Slevin has high praise for Ken Burns’ latest examination of American cultural history. Read more Video
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Preview: 2021 Māoriland Film Festival
Dan Slevin rates the Māoriland film Festival as one of the most important and entertaining as any on the calendar. Read more Video
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Interview: The creative team behind Raya and the Last Dragon
Raya and the Last Dragon is the latest production from the famous Disney Animation studios and the first to be set in South East Asia, even if Kumandra is a fictional representation melding several… Read more Video
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Interview: Raya’s Head of Story, Fawn Veerasunthorn
Raya and the Last Dragon hits cinema screens (and Disney+) this weekend and Dan Slevin sat down (over Zoom) with Raya’s Head of Story, Fawn Veerasunthorn. Read more Video
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High Society
Dan Slevin looks forward to an autumn, winter and spring of great cinema at his local film society. Read more Video
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Review: The Midnight Sky
George Clooney’s new film deserves the biggest and best screen you can find – and as much of your attention as you can spare – reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Nomadland
Dan Slevin describes Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland as “a kind of miracle”. Read more Video
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Review: Sound of Metal
Sound of Metal is a groundbreaking presentation of the deaf experience anchored by one of the finest performances of 2020, reports 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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