At The Movies

Riviera Revenge is another popular comedy from French comedy master Ivan Calbérac (The Tasting). A long-married couple’s lives are upended when some 40-year-old letters prove the wife had a brief affair on the Côte d’Azur. The husband plans belated vengeance! Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Together features real-life husband and wife Dave Franco and Allison Brie as a couple who find themselves getting closer than they intended, with horrific consequences. Co starring Damon Herriman (Charles Manson in Once upon a time in Hollywood). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

When Fall Is Coming is a Hitchcock-style thriller about a woman who finds herself accused of planning to murder her own daughter to get custody of her grandson. She enlists an unlikely ally to clear her name. Directed by the versatile François Ozon (Potiche) it features French theatre star Hélène Vincent. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Simon Morris looks at three films that aim at very specific audiences – horror film Together, and from France, an elegant mystery thriller called When Fall Is Coming, and a traditional French sex farce, Riviera Revenge. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Dan Slevin reviews two new films in cinemas: In The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the first family of the Marvel Cinematic Universe defend Earth from a planet eating supervillain; The Life of Chuck is a moving adaptation of a Stephen King novella; and Dan interviews film critic Richard Scheib about his new book, A Viewing Guide to the Pandemic. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Dan Slevin reviews a moving adaptation of a Stephen King novella about life, death and mathematics. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Dan Slevin interviews film critic Richard Scheib about his new book - a comprehensive survey of films about plagues and contagion. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

The first family of the Marvel Cinematic Universe defend Earth from a planet eating supervillain – reviewed by Dan Slevin. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Dan Slevin reviews four new films in cinemas: In Friendship, cringe comedian Tim Robinson plays a middle-aged man who thinks he’s found a lifelong pal; The Divine Sarah Bernhardt is a biopic about the world’s first global superstar; I Know What You Did Last Summer reboots the 90s slasher franchise; and in Four Letters of Love, the west of Ireland is the setting for a romantic miracle. Go to this e...

Dan Slevin reviews an adaptation of the bestselling Irish romantic novel starring Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Dan Slevin reviews a remake-slash-reboot of the 90s horror franchise feature g three of the original stars. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Dan Slevin reviews a biography of the French actress who dominated the stage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and became the first global superstar. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

“Cringe” comedian Tim Robinson plays a middle-aged man who thinks he’s found a lifelong pal in Tim Rudd’s TV weatherman – reviewed by Dan Slevin. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Dan Slevin reviews three films in local cinemas: In Superman, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn reboots the Man of Steel legend; in Bride Hard, Australian comic Rebel Wilson plays a secret agent bridesmaid saving a wedding from a gang of terrorists; and in the absurdist Canadian comedy, Universal Language, a depressed man returns home to snowy Winnipeg to try and find himself. Go to this...

Dan Slevin reviews an absurdist Canadian comedy about a depressed man who returns home to snowy Winnipeg to try and find himself. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Dan Slevin reviews an action comedy in which Australian comic Rebel Wilson plays a secret agent bridesmaid saving a wedding from a gang of terrorists. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn reboots the Man of Steel legend, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Simon Morris talks to NZ International Film Festival Director Paolo Bersolin about the programme for 2025. After a rocky few years, Bersolin promises this year’s selection accentuates the positive. Featuring award winners from around the world, a New Zealand selection saluting Jacinda Ardern, Don McGlashan and Fred Dagg, two Beatle-adjacent movies and a famous chainsaw massacre! Go to this episode...

F1 – Formula One racing, and movie star’s movie star, Brad Pitt... What more could anyone want? Producer Jerry Bruckheimer returns to the scene of his Nineties Tom Cruise hit Days Of Thunder with more of the same. Featuring Javier Bardem (Dune), Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) and newcomer Damson Idris (TV’s Snowfall). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

The Great Lillian Hall sees multi award winning Jessica Lange play a legendary Broadway star suddenly confronted with a possible life and career-changing disability. Features Kathy Bates and Pierce Brosnan, it's directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Michael Cristofer. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Simon Morris looks at three films that reflect a little more effort on the part of their makers – the star-studded Formula One spectacle, F1, a well-scripted tale from Broadway’s theatre district, The Great Lillian Hall starring Jessica Lange, and France’s hugely successful film version of the classic The Count Of Monte Cristo. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

The Count Of Monte Cristo tells the story of a man wrongfully convicted, determined to take revenge on those who wronged him. The first French film version of Alexandre Dumas’ classic tale for 50 years, it’s produced by the same team who made the recent Three Musketeers films. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

28 Years Later sees the return of director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland to the zombie apocalypse they created 23 years ago. Now survivors settle on a small island, leaving the mainland to the rapidly mutating infected. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and newcomer Alfie Williams as the 12-year-old hero Spike. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Elio is the latest from Pixar Films – the story of a lonely, space-obsessed boy who dreams of being abducted by aliens. With an original story by Adrian Molina (Coco), Elio features the voices of Zoe Saldaña (Avatar), Brad Garrett (Ratatouille) and Shirley Henderson (Bridget Jones). Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Simon Morris takes a look at an unusually blokey collection of movies this week, including the return of the “infected” in Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later, a documentary about the films of long-time partners, producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory, and Pixar’s Elio, about a boy who gets his wish – to be abducted by aliens! Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details