- Audio Description (AD) available for The Wolf of Wall Street, Foxcatcher, The Big Short and A Private War
- Closed Captions (CC) available for The Big Short and Midnight in Paris
The Wolf of Wall Street
Saturday 3 December, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / Streaming after at SBS On Demand
MA15+, AD
USA, 2013
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Language: English
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Jon Bernthal
What's it about?
Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio) is Long Island penny stockbroker who serves almost two years in prison for refusing to co-operate in a huge 1990s securities fraud case that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including mob infiltration. Based on Belfort's memoir of the same name, and nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director (Scorsese), Actor (DiCaprio), Supporting Actor (Hill) and Adapted Screenplay.
Foxcatcher
Sunday 4 December, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / Streaming after at SBS On Demand
M, AD
USA, 2013
Genre: Biography, Drama, Crime
Language: English
Director: Bennett Miller
Starring: Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Rufallo, Vanessa Redgrave
What's it about?
US Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark (Tatum) and Dave Schultz (Ruffalo) join Team Foxcatcher. As they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul under the tutelage of John du Pont (Carrell), John's his self-destructive behaviour threatens to consume them, and destroy their chances of winning gold. Winner of the Best Director at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula
Saturday 10 December, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / Streaming after at SBS On Demand
MA15+
South Korea, 2020
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Language: English, Korean
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Starring: Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun, Lee Re, Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Min-jae, Koo Kyo-hwan
What's it about?
This sequel to the blockbuster zombie thriller Train to Busan follows a soldier who must battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.
This sequel to the blockbuster zombie thriller Train to Busan follows a soldier who must battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.
The Big Short
Sunday 11 December, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / NOTE: No catch-up at SBS On Demand
M, AD, CC
USA, 2015
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Language: English
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Brad Pitt
What's it about?
Based on the non-fiction book by Michael Lewis ('The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game'), The Big Short tells the story of bond and real estate derivative geeks who saw the housing crash of 2008 coming and bet against the collateralised debt obligation bubble, thus striking it rich. Winner of the 2016 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
A Private War
Saturday 17 December, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / Streaming after at SBS On Demand
MA15+, AD
USA, 2018
Genre: War, Drama
Language: English, Spanish, Italian
Director: Matthew Heineman
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander, Stanley Tucci, Corey Johnson
What's it about?
In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin (Pike) is one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time. Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless. Her mission to show the true cost of war leads her and renowned war photographer Paul Conroy (Dornan), to embark on the most dangerous assignment of their lives in the besieged Syrian city of Homs.
In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin (Pike) is one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time. Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless. Her mission to show the true cost of war leads her and renowned war photographer Paul Conroy (Dornan), to embark on the most dangerous assignment of their lives in the besieged Syrian city of Homs.
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Blackbird
Sunday 18 December, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / Streaming from 2/12 at SBS On Demand
M
UK, USA, 2019
Genre: Drama
Language: English, Hungarian
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska, Sam Neill, Lindsay Duncan, Rainn Wilson
What's it about?
Lily (Sarandon) summons her daughters, Jennifer (Winslet) and Anna (Wasikowska), for one final family reunion before she ends her battle with a terminal illness. Amid the bittersweet farewell, unresolved feelings surface. Directed by the late Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Le Week-End).
Lily (Sarandon) summons her daughters, Jennifer (Winslet) and Anna (Wasikowska), for one final family reunion before she ends her battle with a terminal illness. Amid the bittersweet farewell, unresolved feelings surface. Directed by the late Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Le Week-End).
Midnight in Paris
Saturday 24 December, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / Now streaming at SBS On Demand
PG, CC
Spain, 2011
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
Language: English
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Léa Seydoux
What's it about?
Vacationing in contemporary Paris with his fiancee (McAdams), an insecure writer (Wilson) is whisked back in time and meets Jazz Age giants of art and literature. The most commercially successful film to date from Woody Allen, who won the Best Original Screenplay at the 2012 Academy Awards.
The King's Speech
Sunday 25 December, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / NOTE: No catch-up at SBS On Demand
M
UK, 2010
Genre: Drama, History
Language: English
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, Jennifer Ehle
What's it about?
After the death of his father King George V and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII, Bertie, who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of England. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife Elizabeth arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue. Winner of the 2011 Academy Award for Best Picture.
After the death of his father King George V and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII, Bertie, who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of England. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife Elizabeth arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue. Winner of the 2011 Academy Award for Best Picture.
The Truth
Saturday 31 December, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / Streaming after at SBS On Demand
PG
France, Japan, 2019
Genre: Drama
Language: English, French
Director: Hirokazu Kore-Eda
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Clémentine Grenier, Manon Clavel
What's it about?
Fabienne (Deneuve) is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir (Binoche) returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed. The first English language feature from acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, Our Little Sister).
Drive My Car
Sunday 1 January, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / Now streaming at SBS On Demand
MA15+
Japan, 2021
Genre: Drama
Language: Japanese
Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Park Yu-rim
What's it about?
Yusuke Kafuku (Nishijima), a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife (Kirishima), accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theatre festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki (Miura), an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled. Based on a short short by Haruki Murakami, and winner of the 2022 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Yusuke Kafuku (Nishijima), a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife (Kirishima), accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theatre festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki (Miura), an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled. Based on a short short by Haruki Murakami, and winner of the 2022 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Summerland
PG, AD
UK, 2020
Genre: Drama, War, Romance
Language: English
Director: Jessica Swale
Starring: Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lucas Bond, Penelope Wilton, Tom Courtenay
What's it about?
During World War Two, reclusive Englishwoman Alice Lamb (Arterton) finds her life up-ended when a young evacuee (Bond) from the London Blitz is left in her care. Initially resolving to be rid of him, she finds herself opening her heart in this moving story of womanhood, love and friendship. Co-starring Belle's Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Alice's lover from university.
Resistance
M
France, Germany, UK, USA, 2020
Genre: War, History, Drama
Language: English
Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, Clemence Poesy, Matthias Schweighöfer, Géza Röhrig
What's it about?
Before he becomes known as the world-famous mime Marcel Marceau, aspiring Jewish actor Marcel Mangel (Eisenberg) joins the French Resistance during the war. He agrees to take part in a dangerous mission to save 123 Jewish orphans from the grasp of the Nazis and the ruthless Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (Schweighöfer) and take them to safety across the border to Switzerland. Co-starring Son of Saul star Géza Röhrig as Marceau's cousin and member of the French Jewish Resistance.
The Lady in the Van
M, AD, CC
UK, 2015
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Language: English
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Frances de la Tour, Gwen Taylor, Dominic Cooper
What's it about?
A memoir from acclaimed English playwright and author Alan Bennett is the basis for this film, centred on Miss Shepherd (Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parks her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeds to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudging favour becomes a relationship that will change both their lives.
A memoir from acclaimed English playwright and author Alan Bennett is the basis for this film, centred on Miss Shepherd (Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parks her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeds to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudging favour becomes a relationship that will change both their lives.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
M, AD, CC
USA, 2000
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Action
Language: English
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: George Clooney, John Turturro, Holly Hunter, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman
What's it about?
Based loosely on Homer's Odyssey, this Coen brothers (Fargo, No Country For Old Men) gem follows the misadventures of escaped con Ulysses Everett McGill (Clooney) and his none-too-bright sidekicks Pete (Turturro) and Delmar (Nelson). The trio tries to make its way back to Ulysses' Penelope (Hunter) before she can marry again. Nominated for two 2001 Academy Awards (Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.)
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The Flood
MA15+
Australia, 2020
Genre: Drama, Thriller, History, Western
Language: English
Director: Victoria Wharfe McIntyre
Starring: Alexis Lane, Shaka Cook, Dean Kyrwood, Dalara Williams, Karen Garnsey
What's it about?
Set during the second World War, this is the story of Jarah's (Lane) coming-of-age in a brutal and lawless land - growing from a sweet child to a strong, independent and ferocious woman taking on Australia's corrupt and bigoted system one bad guy at a time.
Ammonite
MA15+, AD
UK, 2020
Genre: Romance, Drama
Language: English
Director: Francis Lee
Starring: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Fiona Shaw
What's it about?
In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning (Winslet) and a young woman (Ronan) sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably. Directed by Francis Lee ().
Hope Gap
M, AD
UK, 2019
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: English
Director: William Nicholson
Starring: Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, Josh O'Connor, Aiysha Hart, Nicholas Burns
What's it about?
Grace (Bening) lives an idyllic life in a British seaside town, but her world soon comes crashing down when her husband (Nighy) of 29 years tells her he's leaving her for another woman. Through stages of shock, disbelief and anger, Grace ultimately regains her footing while learning it's never too late to be happy.
Benedetta
MA15+
Belgium, France, Netherlands, 2021
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Language: French, Latin
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia, Lambert Wilson
What's it about?
A 17th-century nun (Efira) becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice (Patakia). But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core. From legendary Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, the provocateur behind modern Hollywood classics Robocop, Total Recall and Basic Instinct, and who made a triumphant return to European production with 2006's Black Book and 2016's Elle.
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