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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. Video

This year’s film festival features three documentaries about strong-willed, opinionated and fascinating women. Dan Slevin has seen them. Video

Dan Slevin interviews Kiwi cinema icon Ant Timpson who 25 years ago started the Incredibly Strange Film Festival and has just directed his first feature film, Come to Daddy. Audio

Australian director Claire McCarthy and screenwriter Semi Chellas adapt Lisa Klein's novel reimagining Hamlet from Ophelia's point of view. Review by Dan Slevin. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews the latest instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in which teenage Peter Parker tries to have a normal life while still being forced to save the world. Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and reviews the new Spider-Man movie, Far From Home plus a new film reimagining Shakespeare's Hamlet from Ophelia's point of view and also interviews Kiwi… Audio

After 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. Audio

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.

The first Korean movie to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes, this satirical thriller has been rushed into cinemas and is reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews a high concept British rom-com in which one struggling musician becomes the only person alive to remember The Beatles. Written by Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral… Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and this week he reviews three new films: Toy Story 4, Yesterday and Parasite. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews the latest animated feature from Pixar starring Tom Hanks as Woody and Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear. Audio

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.

The history and culture of Scottish whisky is lovingly portrayed in this low-budget documentary, reports Dan Slevin. Video

The best bits of The Secret life of Pets 2 would work just fine as shareable clips online, says Dan Slevin. Video

Fans of French cinema – and France itself – should seek out The Ideal Palace​, reports Dan Slevin. Video

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. Video

Dan Slevin reviews a documentary about American politics that isn’t about Donald Trump, and isn’t depressing. Video

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. Video

Netflix wins on volume in this week’s new streaming TV, according to Dan Slevin. Video

Dan Slevin previews four documentaries from Rialto Channel about the lives of artists.