Dan Slevin
Movie review - All We Imagine as Light
Dan Slevin reviews the winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2024, an Indian drama about three women navigating love and friendship in modern Mumbai. Audio
Movie review - Paddington in Peru
The third film in the popular franchise sees the most famous refugee bear in the world finally get a UK passport so he can visit his beloved Aunt Lucy at the Home for Retired Bears in Peru. There he… Audio
Movie review - A Real Pain
Estranged cousins, played by writer-director Jesse Eisenberg and Succession's Kieran Culkin, travel to Poland to honour their beloved grandmother by taking a Holocaust tour. Dan Slevin reviews. Audio
At the Summer Movies - Happy New Year!
Dan Slevin reviews three new films in cinemas: Paddington in Peru sees our favourite refugee bear visiting his Aunt Lucy at the Home for Retired Bears and stumbling across a mystery; in All We Imagine… Audio
The Lion King, Anora and the Better Man
Dan Slevin reviews three new films arriving in cinemas for the summer holidays. Mufasa: The Lion King is a prequel about the patriarch Mufasa and how he came to lead the animals of Pride Rock. Anora… Audio
Movie review - Mufasa The Lion King
Dan Slevin reviews a prequel for the popular Disney musical franchise, directed by Oscar winner Barry Jenkins and featuring the voices of Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Tiffany Boone. Audio
Movie review - Better Man
Biography of Robbie Williams in which the English pop star is portrayed as a performing chimpanzee (digitally created by New Zealand's Weta Digital). The film is directed by Michael Gracey (The Great… Audio
Movie review - Anora
The 2024 winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or is a comedy/drama about a Brooklyn lap dancer (Mikey Madison) who is given a shot at new life when the big spending son of a Russian oligarch falls head over… Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Maggie Tweedie to review Mufasa: The Lion King (2024), documentary Sugarcane (2024), and a selection of free-streaming family movies on ThreeNow: The… Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic reviews The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024), Christmas horror-comedy It's A Wonderful Knife (2023), and free streaming option British sci-fi Attack the… Audio
Is the age of the "moviestar" over?
Resident Nights screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to debate whether the glittering age of the moviestar is over. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Tonight critic Dan Slevin covers The Movie Teller (Scherfig, 2023), Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways, and Hunting Aotearoa. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review the new films Taki Rua Theatre - Breaking Barriers & Moana 2, the miniseries Agatha All Along and the Tom Cruise classic Edge of… Audio
A galaxy of great film scores
A new documentary gives film critic Dan Slevin an opportunity to rave about movie composer John Williams. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident film critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan with some picks for the weekend. Audio
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review the new Gladiator II film, Australian indie film Time Addicts, Naga which is set in Saudi Arabia and the classic British… Audio
Movie review - Memoir of a Snail
Oscar-winning Australian animator Adam Elliot's latest feature is a tragicomedy about twins separated after the death of their father and their eventual recovery. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
Movie review - Saturday Night
Jason Reitman's comedy focuses on the chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the debut of the famous television variety show Saturday Night Live. Dan Slevin reviews. Audio
Movie review - Music by John Williams
Dan Slevin reviews a documentary about the legendary screen composer, John Williams, and his seven decade career in Hollywood. Audio
At the Movies for 13 November 2024
Dan Slevin reviews Music by John Williams, a Disney+ documentary about the legendary film composer; Australian animated tragicomedy, Memoir of a Snail, and Saturday Night, a comedy about the birth of… Audio
