Curl up and enjoy the Indoor Cinema Collection

Bring the world to your living room with a smorgasbord of international stories in this SBS On Demand movie collection.

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L-R: Broker, Good Time, After Yang, Shiva Baby. Credit: SBS On Demand

It’s that special time of year when that feeling of FOMO dissipates, when the warm, inviting light of a good fire or the comfort of a heater draws you in, and the familiar glow of an LED screen holds your gaze. Sure, you could be braving the crowds at whatever winter gathering takes your fancy, or you could be recreating your favourite film festival at home.

From modern romances to life affirming dramas, whether recreating that European summer holiday that forever lives in your memory or escaping to exotic far flung corners of the globe through an array of colourful characters - the indoor cinema collection has movies for every mood and taste.

Good Time

A strong entry into the “One Crazy Night” movie genre, this sense-jarring head trip of a film follows the trials and tribulations of Connie (Robert Pattinson) as he sets out on a misguided quest to bust his younger brother out of jail after a robbery goes wrong. Anyone who knows the work of directing duo the Safdie brothers (Josh and Benny) will quickly recognise the storytelling trademarks on display here: trippy visuals, a synth laden soundtrack, and a seemingly limitless roster of deplorable yet empathetic characters who often feel like real people plucked off the street. Uncut Gems may get a lot of the attention when it comes to the Safdies, but Good Time walked, so that Adam Sandler could run.

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Good Time

Crime drama •
thriller •
2017

Petite Maman

This gorgeous follow up to director Celine Sciamma’s blistering debut feature Portrait of a Lady on Fire is the perfect antidote to the starkest of winter days - as if someone effortlessly combined the high concept antics of Back to the Future with the charm and whimsy of a Hayao Miyazaki film. With an ingenious premise involving an eight-year-old girl with the ability to momentarily be transported back in time to play with her own mother at the same age she is, Petit Maman is a highly effective rumination on family and the innocence of childhood. Its ability to capture the deep, emotional connection shared between mothers and daughters is nothing short of breathtaking, and at a positively brisk 73 minutes in length, it’s so nice you’ll have time to watch it twice.

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Petite Maman

drama •
2021

Flee

The first film to be nominated for Animated Feature, International Feature and Documentary Feature at the same Oscars, this genre-bending film from Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen documents the incredible escape of refugee Amin Nawabi from Afghanistan to Denmark when he was just a small boy. Made up of a collection of interview segments conducted by Rasmussen who grew up with Amin in Denmark, Flee cleverly intersperses aspects of Amin’s past and present to paint a striking picture of a turbulent life, rendered in bleak but beautiful detail through striking imagery and first-rate storytelling.

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Flee

animated •
documentary •
2021

After Yang

This quiet, understated film about the moments we take for granted in our lives and the yearning for what makes us truly human is a brilliant merging of Sci-fi and drama that recalls films like HER. The story unfolds through the eyes of teenager Yang, a synthetic humanoid gifted by parents Jake (Colin Farrell) and Kyra (Jodie Turner-Smith) to their adoptive daughter Mika, as a means of connecting with her Asian culture. When Yang's internal systems prematurely reach their end of life and the family must mourn the loss of their fourth member, we witness fragments of Yang’s life as through his own personal memory bank - revealing a deeper connection to the world around him than perhaps his human counterparts. The delightfully choreographed opening dance sequence will have you hooked from the opening frame.

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After Yang

drama •
Science fiction •
2021

The Worst Person in the World

Every generation has its tales of existential angst as told through the eyes of young adults, whether it’s the slacker movement of the early nineties or the late noughties anxiety of shows like Girls. The Worst Person in the World may very well be the perfect film to speak to the everyday reality of what it means to be a young person making their way through the world in the early 2020s. Dealing with the phase of life between your twenties and thirties, this French comedy pulls at the heartstrings and taps on the funny bone in increasingly unexpected ways, as talented writer Julie clings from one relationship to another, all while pondering what she really wants out of life. It’s sharply observed, brilliantly written and perhaps most surprising of all, given the long list of poor choices the main character makes throughout the film, it’s utterly charming.

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The Worst Person in the World

comedy •
drama •
2021

Shiva Baby

Sometimes a film comes along that is so specific, so uniquely fresh, that it could only have come from a place of truth. And with Shiva Baby, writer/director Emma Seligman hilariously mines aspects of her own life to tell the story of a young artist whose strict Jewish upbringing crosses paths with her exploratory sex life in the most unlikely of places: a family funeral. Based on a short film of the same name which also starred lead actress Rachel Sennott, this quirky little film features an expertly observed script and a cast of larger-than-life characters that has all the makings of a future cult classic. Such was the success of the killer comedic pairing of actress and director, Seligman and Sennott would quickly reteam for the equally hilarious 2023 film Bottoms.

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Boiling Point

You’ve seen him in everything from Guy Ritchie classics to Martin Scorsese masterpieces, but even if you don’t know his name, you will absolutely remember the face of Stephan Graham. Having made his name playing a string of strong supporting characters, here Graham gets a rare opportunity to fire on all cylinders in a delicious lead role that’s worthy of his considerable acting talents. Based on a short film of the same name and shot in a single unbroken take, the immediacy of Boiling Point is evident in every frame, as we follow head chef Andy during the busiest night of the year in a high-end London restaurant, in which he tries to successfully navigate a packed house of irate diners, a dodgy debt collector and more than a few inner demons along the way. If you loved the anxiety inducing antics of The Bear, then consider this the entree that inspired the main course.

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Boiling Point

drama •
thriller •
2021

Broker

Starring a post-Parasite Song Kang-Ho in the role that won him Best Actor at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, this surprisingly poignant drama revolves around a fascinating subject - “baby boxes”, a system whereby young mothers can drop off unwanted babies in a safe and anonymous manner. Kang-Ho plays Ha Sang-Hyung, who when we first meet him has a rather questionable means of making money - plucking these babies at random and selling them off on the adoption black market. But when Ha Sang-Hyung and his partner in crime are discovered by the mother of one of the would-be adoptees, the two men find themselves on an unlikely road trip to meet the adoptive parents, leading them to question not only their motives, but the entire course of their lives. Deep in its themes but broad in its approach, Broker is the kind of intelligent yet entertaining storytelling that Korean cinema does best.

Broker is streaming now at SBS On Demand.