Critic Kate Rodger shares the best picks for the school holidays, her take on The Drama and reacts to the Emmy nods for Prime Minister.

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Kate Rodger explores dark comedy, The Drama, school holiday option Super Mario Galaxy and reflects on ten years of Hunt For The Wilderpeople

The Drama movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zmKcUa4Xxk

Super Mario Galaxy Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX9kXRRJlPw

Hunt For The Wilderpeople: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tICv8QH3oM0

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Nights’ resident screen critic Dan Slevin marks 10 years of the Kiwi classic Hunt for the Wilderpeople, back in cinemas this weekend. He also reviews Resurrection, a delirious Chinese sci-fi arthouse film on AroVision, and revisits Housebound, starring Rima Te Wiata, now streaming free on Māori+.

Nights’ resident screen critic, Dan Slevin celebrates the 10th anniversary of the classic kiwi movie, Hunt for the Wilderpeople which is back on the big screen in cinemas this weekend

He also takes a look at Resurrection the delirious Chinese sci-fi arthouse epic by one of the most exciting directors in the world and streaming on AroVision.

Plus, Housebound, another local feature that got full value out of national treasure, Rima Te Wiata, streaming free on Māori+

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Michelle Langstone reviews three films: a tender, graphic love story, the final Peaky Blinders chapter, and a big-budget children's adaptation that got everything wrong. Pillion, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, and The Magic Faraway Tree, on Culture 101.

Pillion – https://youtu.be/aTAacTUKK00

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man – https://youtu.be/lcvUGs3xaDM

The Magic Faraway Tree – https://youtu.be/3aHYFwvoGek

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Dan Slevin reviews horror highlights, including Alexandra Heller-Nicholas’ 1000 Women in Horror documentary. He also notes The Babadook streaming free on Brollie, and the cinema release They Will Kill You, where a maid uncovers a deadly cult.

Nights’ resident screen critic, Dan Slevin, takes a look at horror films including Alexandra Heller-Nicholas’ book 1000 Women in Horror which has been made into a documentary on AMC+/Shudder.

Also, one of the key examples chosen in that film, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdmZABM_9H0is streaming for free on Brollie.

And in cinemas, They Will Kill You is a comedy horror about a woman (Zazie Beetz) who takes a job as a maid in a mysterious hotel to try and find her missing sister, but realises that she’s now required to be a human sacrifice for a group of immortal devil worshippers.

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Afternoons film critic Kate Rodger gives her take on films 'If I had Legs I'd Kick You' and 'No Tears on the Field'.

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Nights’ resident screen critic Dan Slevin is back with three picks: one in cinemas, one on streaming, and one you can watch entirely for free.

Nights’ resident screen critic Dan Slevin reviews Project Hail Mary, a science fiction film in which Ryan Gosling plays an unwilling microbiologist, alone on the edge of the galaxy trying to stop all the stars from dying. When he realises he’s not alone, the fun really begins. In cinemas now.

On paid streaming, Disney+ has Skeleton Crew, an eight-part adventure set in the Star Wars universe. Four school friends from a supposedly safe planet accidentally hitch a ride on a starship and end up at the mercy of space pirates led by Jude Law.

Dan’s free streaming pick is on YouTube: United States of Beauty, a 40-minute meditative film stitched together from still photographs taken aboard the International Space Station.

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Film critic Dan Slevin reviews Kiwi doco No Tears on the Field, I Swear, a biography of a Tourette's Syndrome activis and Pixar's animated comedy, Hoppers.

I Swear Movie Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeWqQN3snCU

No Tears On The Field Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArCkvrgwMRE

Hoppers Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PypDSyIRRSs

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