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As the New Zealand International Film Festival makes its way around the country, Dan Slevin reports on his experience of the Wellington event including three films directed by women: The Innocents, …

Daughters of the Dust was the first film by an African-American woman to get a US theatrical release and then it disappeared. Luckily for us, says Dan Slevin, Netflix is now streaming it for everyone.

If you still have any room left on your credit card after the New Zealand international Film Festival, Dan Slevin recommends you splurge on the latest festival celebrating Italian cinema which is on…

Recorded on Anzac Day, Dan and Kailey discuss Raw and The Young Pope, update #52filmsbywomen and explain why this is the last episode for a while. Audio

Dan and Kailey are joined by Hayden Frost from the Never Repeats podcast (who are watching every single NZ film from 1977 to the present day) to discuss the new remake of Goodbye Pork Pie and RNZ… Video, Audio

New Zealand book publishers are facing what could prove to be the most challenging time in their history. Sales are down to a fraction of usual levels and the future is looking very uncertain…

Dan and Kailey are joined by Colin Peacock from Mediawatch to discuss the acclaimed drama Spotlight as well as other recent prestige pictures. Video, Audio

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. Video

Two entries in the Sight & Sound Top 50 greatest films of all time share 43^rd place and while both are a challenge to track down, this Soviet classic rewards all the effort, according to Dan Slevin. Video

Fellini’s 1960 Palme d’Or winner is one of the icons of 20th century cinema and currently 39th (equal with The 400 Blows) in the Sight & Sound Top 50 films of all time, reports Dan Slevin. Video

New Zealand director Justin Pemberton’s adaptation of Thomas Piketty’s magnum opus Capital in the 21st Century opens in cinemas this weekend. Dan Slevin spoke to him about turning a dense economics… Video

Julieta, the latest film by Spanish iconoclast Pedro Almodóvar, arrives in cinemas today so Dan Slevin thought he would prepare by watching (or re-watching) three more of his post-2000 productions –… Video

The video version of the official RNZ Force Awakens review, except with 500 all-new words to go with the pictures. Video

The world of horror movies is a broad church - and often a satanic one for that matter, writes Dan Slevin. He's picked 10 you should put on your watch list and then make sure you're not alone when you…

This Sunday on Standing Room Only RNZ National 12.30pm-4pm we're playing music from films by New Zealand women as we hear from the NZ Film Commission, after 12.30pm live, from the Berlin International…

The “Cool Britannia” crime caper film recharged British film and launched several careers in the late 90s. With Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle and Jason Statham’s The Beekeper aiming to launch new… Video

Timed perfectly to slip in under cover of the multiple Captain Marvel reviews appearing in outlets big and small, here’s Dan Slevin’s review of the other giant superhero fantasy film featuring a… Video

Kailey and Dan are joined by Chris Hormann, President of the Wellington Film Society, to talk about this year’s programme and the health of the film society movement across New Zealand. Dan interviews… Video, Audio

The best* online video we’ve been watching over the last seven days, including Star Wars reimagined as James Bond, Cannes favourites since 2010 and how an editor thinks and feels. Video