Short-Cuts on Nights: British and Irish Film Festival, The Frighteners and Gnomes

Nights' Dan Slevin, is one of the best film reviewers in any medium, consistently convincing, insightful, unpretentious, perceptive, thoughtful and articulate. He joins Emile Donovan on Nights every Thursday, and here's what's caught his eye this week.

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review

IN CINEMAS

The 2026 British and Irish Film Festival started yesterday across the country

Dan previews three of the 25 titles in the programme: WICKER ; THE THREE URNS  and DEREK VS DEREK 

PAID STREAMING - Digital rental

The Frighteners. This week is the 30th anniversary of one of the first big international movies to come out Wellington and one of the best comedy horrors of all time.

FREE STREAMING - TVNZ+

Gnomes  Australian six-part comedy horror TV series starring Asa Butterfield as a small-town cop dealing with an army of murderous gnomes led by Tess Haubrich as the Gnome Queen.

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details