Dan Slevin

Gentleman of Silverstream. Writer, broadcaster and sometime CEO. Reviewer of films at substack.funeralsandsnakes.net and RNZ.

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2025-04-04 00:45:48

As a former Hudson the Cookie Bear myself, I feel sad to see the end of this era. Not to mention the lost future employment opportunities ...
https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/food-wine/griffins-dump-cookie-bear-pack-refresh?fbclid=IwY2xjawJYciBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZLEG7WyzukSGxCSSr0_eT-K5KrhxlLv43r6tu_oE35rB-by1J2xXT_w7w_aem_nPeRt8GuwGz8IC1HS0s21w&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=New%20Zealand%20s%20first%20musical%20sitcom%20hums%20with%20charm%20and%20joy&utm_campaign=Rec%20Room%20-%20April%204

2025-03-06 01:30:30

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And to celebrate our 400th, we are offering a 50% discount on a full-year paid subscription! https://substack.funeralsandsnakes.net/400

2025-03-06 01:30:06

Later today, I'll send out the 400th edition of my newsletter. Today's recommendation is Toa Fraser's Dean Spanley (which you can rent at AroVision). If you sign up now, you'll get the newsletter in your inbox at a quarter past three.
https://substack.funeralsandsnakes.net
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2025-01-21 02:26:31

The newsletter is back after the holiday interruptions with regular editions landing at 3.15 each weekday. Today, I own up to all the gaps in my David Lynch knowledge.
https://substack.funeralsandsnakes.net/p/something-to-watch-tonight-tuesday-3b6

2025-01-16 23:43:01

The lovely web folk at RNZ have turned my short segment on FLOW from At the Summer Movies into a review you can read. Or you can read along with the audio for the full 3D experience.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/539216/review-animation-flow-has-no-dialogue-but-is-still-one-of-the-best-movies-of-2025

2025-01-08 06:10:46

20-something minutes away from episode three of At the Summer Movies on RNZ. This week: Conclave, Nosferatu, The Room Next Door and (bonus material) Juror #2! 101FM in Aotearoa NZ.
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2024-12-31 22:14:30

The second edition of At the Summer Movies plays on RNZ National tonight at 7.30. In this show I'll be reviewing Paddington in Peru, All We Imagine as Light and A Real Pain. Something for everyone, I imagine! The streamable/downloadable podcast version should be online at the same time.
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2024-12-25 04:13:32

Looking for something to listen to after the King’s Speech? Tune in to RNZ National at 7.30 to hear me hosting At the Summer Movies. Or download the podcast version to listen to later on. MUFASA: THE LION KING, ANORA and BETTER MAN reviewed by yours truly.

2024-12-10 05:29:09

RNZ asked me to write about my best movies of the year and I misunderstood the brief and have to rewrite it. But, this first draft won’t go to waste. Here’s my survey of the 2024 year in cinema - free to all at Funerals & Snakes.
https://substack.funeralsandsnakes.net/p/something-to-watch-tonight-tuesday-cc4

2024-12-02 02:33:26

Bumper weekly new releases edition of Funerals & Snakes just landed in mailboxes all over the world*. This week I'm looking at Heretic, Moana 2, Taki Rua Theatre - Breaking Barriers, Memory and There's Still Tomorrow in cinemas and Joy on Netflix.
* Genuinely have subscribers in the UK, Ireland, Canada, India and Australia now.
https://substack.funeralsandsnakes.net/p/monday-new-releases-2-december-2024

2024-11-29 09:33:53

Great chatting with Emile on RNZ Nights just now. Reviewed Taki Rua-Breaking Barriers and Moana 2 and argued that the second one wouldn’t exist without the first one. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/2018966397/short-cuts-with-dan-slevin

2024-11-13 22:34:59

I had a great time yesterday filling in for Simon Morris on RNZ's flagship film show, At the Movies. I reviewed Music by John Williams (Disney+), Memoir of a Snail and Saturday Night (both in cinemas). You can listen to the podcast version here. It's also broken into individual segments if that's what you prefer.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/atthemovies?share=100df866-cdca-4e5e-83f0-5233e1f84560
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2024-11-12 20:59:45

I'm in the studio prepping tonight's RNZ At the Movies. Memoir of a Snail, Saturday Night and Music by John Williams are the topics. On air around 7.30 tonight and online shortly afterwards.

2024-11-10 20:07:19

Wellington friends! The Cinema Italiano Festival has made it here after its long journey around the country. I previewed a few of the films just before the tour kicked off back in April.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/widescreen/story/2018934476/preview-2024-italian-film-festival

2024-11-06 00:27:12

I’m determined not to be one of those people who tries to take advantage of online turmoil but I’m hosting At the Movies tonight on RNZ (download only - there’s an election on). HEAD SOUTH, HERE, A DIFFERENT MAN. Good radio, you won’t regret it. https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/atthemovies

2024-11-04 22:22:03

NZ On Screen have been celebrating 30 years of Greenstone TV and I was asked to profile one of their luminaries, Andrea Lamb. She produced and directed many of Aotearoa's favourite reality shows including Changing Rooms, The Zoo and Motorway Patrol. She was a lovely interview and I'm pleased at how it rolled out.
https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/andrea-lamb/biography

2024-10-25 08:13:12

In about half an hour I'll be chatting with Emile Donovan on RNZ Nights about Kate Winslet's new film LEE, the website NZ Film On Demand and the Damon/Blunt romantic fantasy THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU on @TVNZ Plus. 101FM or online.

2024-10-10 01:20:52

The Show Me Shorts Film Festival starts today and, based on the five films I've seen, it's a good 'un. I wrote this preview of the programme for RNZ:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/530331/show-me-shorts-five-of-the-best-films-to-see-at-the-festival

2024-10-07 21:37:42

Last night I was delighted to be invited to celebrate 20 years of Shoreline Partners' sponsorship of Circa Theatre. I'm very proud of my old university mate Brian Steele, who has proved his commitment to Wellington arts and culture over and over again. In his 'thank you' speech he challenged anyone with the capacity to join him in this wonderful mission. Top stuff.

2024-07-24 00:31:09

My parents are celebrating their 58th wedding anniversary today isolating at home because they both have Covid. That sucks. Thank goodness for vaccines and Paxlovid or it could be even worse.

2024-06-08 06:42:35

Tonight’s Hollywood at Home: RUN LOLA RUN (Tykwer, 1998). It’s getting a celebratory run in cinemas at the moment but I have it in the brilliant Sony Pictures Classics 4K UHD 30th anniversary box set so we’ll be enjoying it on disc.
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2024-04-10 10:57:26

Arthur.
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2024-04-03 21:02:01

The lovely people at NZ On Screen asked me to write an appreciation of Rob Sarkies' great human drama Out of the Blue. I'd love you to go and read it because a) I think it's one of the best things I've done recently and b) they'll ask me to do some more.
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/out-of-the-blue-2006/background/dan-slevin

2023-12-20 07:50:02

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@npub1fha…3ru0 So much respect for Alice. I’m a subscriber myself.

2023-12-20 03:12:22

Later today, I'll be presenting the last At the Movies of the year for RNZ National - after the news at 7. If you want something to read while you are waiting, I wondered why there was so little classic television available from local streaming services (and managed to find a few things to recommend).
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/widescreen/story/2018920150/where-has-all-the-classic-television-gone

2023-10-26 11:34:53

I wrote a thing for RNZ and they put it up on FB. Tell me that more than half of these “likes” are real people. Or real followers/listeners of RNZ.
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2023-10-25 01:10:36

The Terror-Fi Film Festival opens tonight in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland, so I wrote a preview for RNZ.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/widescreen/story/2018907392/preview-terror-fi-festival