Movies
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review Dan Trachtenberg's 2022 Predator prequel Prey (Disney+), eight-part western-noir series The Lowdown (also Disney+) starring Ethan Hawke. Audio
Sex with 1000 men in 12 hours: why Bonnie Blue is neither a feminist nor a monster
Thanks to a controversial new documentary, adult content creator Tia Billinger - stage name Bonnie Blue - has become a household name.
At The Movies - Eat The Rich - Revised
Dan Slevin reviews two new films in cinemas and one streaming on Prime Video. Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone (in her fourth collaboration with director Jorgos Lanthimos) star in a black comedy about a… Audio
Review : Hedda
Dan Slevin reviews Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson's adaptation of Ibsen's classic play about a frustrated, ambitious and manipulative woman who goes to great lengths to support her husband's career Audio
At The Movies - Eat The Rich
Dan Slevin reviews two new films in cinemas and one streaming on Prime Video. Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone (in her fourth collaboration with director Jorgos Lanthimos) star in a black comedy about a… Audio
Review : Bugonia
Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone (in her fourth collaboration with director Jorgos Lanthimos) star in a black comedy about a desperate young man who kidnaps a wealthy pharmaceutical executive believing… Audio
At The Movies - Eat The Rich
Dan Slevin reviews two new films in cinemas and one streaming on Prime Video. Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone (in her fourth collaboration with director Jorgos Lanthimos) star in a black comedy about a… Audio
Review : Good Fortune
Dan Slevin reviews a comedy about a low-level angel (Keanu Reeves) who tries to save a struggling gig worker (Aziz Ansari) in present day Los Angeles. Audio
Three-time Oscar nominee Diane Ladd dies at 89
Her death was announced by her actor daughter Laura Dern, who says she died at home in California.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan for some Friday night reviews.
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What is it like for kids to act in scary movies?
Some directors played off the genuine fear in their child actors while others protected their young talent.
Why do we love horror movies?
Mathias Clasen, associate professor and director of the Recreational Fear Lab at Aarhus University in Denmark is a horror researcher., and he joins Emile Donovan. Audio
Too scared to watch horror movies? Here are five to ease you into the genre
From a twisted take on Freaky Friday to a deeply satisfying 'eat the rich' fable, here are some Halloween movies that might give you a jolt but won't keep you up at night.
'Frodo at your wedding': Shock as Hollywood star gatecrashes Hobbiton ceremony
"I mean, if you're going to have a wedding crasher at a Hobbiton wedding, who better than Elijah Wood?"
Sam The Trap Man says there's an art to building a long drop
Gisborne conservationist Sam Gibson serves up "chuckly yarns" on Instagram. But in a new documentary, he argues the loss of our native forests is no joke.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan with some viewing recommendations for your long weekend. Audio
The mathematician who tried to game a national lottery
In Cork in the early 1990s Stefan Klincewicz spotted a flaw in the Irish national lottery and put his prodigious mathematical mind to exploiting it.
Review : Black Phone 2
Dan Slevin reviews a horror sequel set in a snowy Christian youth camp. Audio
Review : Mr Scorsese
Dan Slevin reviews a five-part Apple TV documentary series about the legendary director Martin Scorsese. Audio
At the Movies - Rebels and Renegades
Dan Slevin reviews two new films in cinemas: In Roofman, Channing Tatum plays an escaped convict who hides out in a toy store; Black Phone 2 is a horror sequel set in a snowy Christian youth camp; and… Audio