Widescreen
RNZ’s online guide to what’s playing on our screens — with Dan Slevin.
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Review: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
The crime committed by Aquaman is how much it cost to make, not anything on the actual screen, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Poor Things
Poor Things is very entertaining but is it really OK to laugh, asks Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Anyone But You
Dan Slevin says that it’s the Shakespeare that works best in this modern update of Much Ado About Nothing. Read more Video
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Review: One Life
Sir Anthony Hopkins carries this moving drama about one of the 20th century’s unsung heroes, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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White Lotus' Mike White gets his ducks in a row with Migration
Adults will groan at some of the jokes, but this animated duck fantasy shouldn’t bore younger filmgoers, says Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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Review: Rebel Moon – Part One – A Child of Fire
Zack Snyder’s first film for Netflix reeks of rotting carcases of the failed Star Wars knock-offs that it feeds from, reports Dan Slevin. Read more Video
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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
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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