[ad_1]
- Audio Description (AD) available for A United Kingdom, The Pianist, All Quiet on the Western Front, Five Flights Up, The Lady in the Van, The Duke of Burgundy, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Taxi Driver
- Closed Captions (CC) available for Into the Arms of Strangers, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, A United Kingdom, The Pianist, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Lady in the Van, The Duke of Burgundy, Storm Boy, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Taxi Driver
- This week’s SBS World Movies channel premieres include The Wall, Enigma, Act of Valour, The Lady in the Van, Dead Again, The Man With the Answers and Everybody’s Fine
WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
6:20pm
PG, CC
UK, USA, 2000
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Language: English
Director: Mark Jonathan Harris
Narrator: Judi Dench
What’s it about?
For nine months prior to World War II, Britain conducted an extraordinary rescue mission, opening its doors to over 10,000 Jewish and other children from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. These children, or Kinder in German, were taken into foster homes and hostels in Britain, expecting eventually to be reunited with their parents. The majority of them never saw their families again.
The Wall
8:30pm
MA15+
USA, 2017
Genre: War, Thriller, Drama
Language: English
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena, Laith Nakli
What’s it about?
This tense psychological thriller follows two American soldiers pinned down by an Iraqi sniper, with nothing but a crumbling wall between them. Their fight becomes as much a battle of will and wits as it is of lethally accurate marksmanship. Directed by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow).
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
10:25pm
MA15+, CC
China, UK, USA, 2016
Genre: Drama, War
Language: English
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund, Vin Diesel, Steve Martin
What’s it about?
Ang Lee’s (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain) film adaptation of the widely acclaimed, bestselling novel is told from the point of view of 19-year-old private Billy Lynn (Alwyn) who, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a hero after a harrowing Iraq battle and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour. Through flashbacks, culminating at the spectacular halftime show of the Thanksgiving Day football game, the film reveals what really happened to the squad.
THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER
A United Kingdom
6:25pm
PG, AD, CC
UK, 2016
Genre: Drama, History
Language: English
Director: Amma Asante
Starring: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton, Jack Davenport
What’s it about?
The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire – their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.
Enigma
8:30pm
M
UK, 2001
Genre: Mystery, Drama, Thriller, Romance, War
Language: German, English
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
What’s it about?
During World War Two, the British authorities discover that Nazi U-boats have unexpectedly changed the code of their Enigma machines – thus endangering the lives of thousands of Allied sailors. They enlist the help of Tom Jericho, a brilliant young code breaker. But Tom also needs to solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves, who is suspected of being a spy.
The Pianist
10:40pm
MA15+, AD, CC
France, Poland, UK, 2002
Genre: Drama, War
Language: English, German, Russian
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Adrien Brody, Maureen Lipman, Thomas Kretschmann, Emilia Fox, Frank Finlay
What’s it about?
Wladyslaw Szpilman (Brody), a Polish Jewish radio station pianist, sees Warsaw change gradually as World War II begins. Szpilman is forced into the Warsaw Ghetto, but is later separated from his family during Operation Reinhard. From this time until the concentration camp prisoners are released, Szpilman hides in various locations among the ruins of Warsaw. Winner of the Palme D’Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and Best Actor (Brody) at the 2003 Academy Awards.
FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER
All Quiet on the Western Front
5:40pm
PG, AD, CC
UK, USA, 1979
Genre: Drama, History, War
Language: English
Director: Delbert Mann
Starring: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm, Patricia Neal
What’s it about?
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer (Thomas) is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.
Act of Valour
8:30pm
MA15+
USA, 2012
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Language: English
Director: Scott Waugh, Mike McCoy
Starring: Roselyn Sánchez, Drea Castro, Raul Canizales II, Kenny Calderon, Jeffrey Barnachea
What’s it about?
A look into the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained group of warriors in the modern world. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plotagainst the U.S., a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the valiant men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home.
Jirga
10:30pm
M
Australia, 2018
Genre: Drama, War
Language: English
Director: Benjamin Gilmour
Starring: Sam Smith, Mohammad Mosam, Kefayat Lag Humani, Naqibullah Khan Shinwari
What’s it about?
Made under extraordinary and extremely dangerous conditions, and skirting the line between documentary and fiction, this film tells the emotional story of a former Australian soldier who travels to Afghanistan to seek forgiveness.
SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER
Our Little Sister
4:30pm
G
Japan, 2015
Genre: Comedy
Language: Japanese
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring: Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose, Shinobu Ōtake, Ryô Kase
What’s it about?
Three sisters Sachi, Yoshino and Chika live together in a large house in the seaside city of Kamakura. When their father absent from the family home for the last 15 years dies, they travel to the countryside for his funeral and meet their shy 14-year-old half-sister, Suzu. Bonding quickly with the orphaned Suzu, they invite her to live with them. From acclaimed director Hirokazu Koreeda (Shoplifters, Nobody Knows).
Five Flights Up
6:50pm
PG, AD
USA, 2014
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Director: Richard Loncraine
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Diane Keaton, Carrie Preston, Cynthia Nixon
What’s it about?
A dynamic duo must decide whether or not to sell their Brooklyn apartment of 40 years. Couple, Ruth (Keaton) and Alex (Freeman) have to contend with eccentric open house guests, their pushy realtor niece, and the health of their beloved family dog – all while navigating a New York on edge from what turns out to be a media-generated frenzy. Based on the novel Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment, which was hailed by Oprah and praised by the Los Angeles Times as ‘a brave, generous, nearly perfect novel.’
The Lady in the Van
8:30pm
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.
The Duke of Burgundy
10:30pm
MA15+, AD, CC
UK, Hungary, 2014
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Language: English
Director: Peter Strickland
Starring: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Eugenia Caruso, Zita Kraszkó
What’s it about?
Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia (Knudsen) and Evelyn (D’Anna) enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more conventional, while Evelyn tries to push their taboos even further. Directed by Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio, In Fabric).
SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER
Storm Boy
5:20pm
PG, CC
Australia, 1976
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Director: Henri Safran
Starring: Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil, Judy Dick, Tony Allison
What’s it about?
Mike (Rowe) is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father (Cummins). In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner (Gulpilil) and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.
Lost in Paris
6:55pm
M
Belgium, France, 2017
Genre: Comedy
Language: French
Director: Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel
Starring: Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel, Emmanuelle Riva, Pierre Richard
What’s it about?
Fiona (Gordon) is a Canadian librarian who flies to Paris and discovers that her 88-year-old aunt (Riva) is missing. As Fiona scours the city looking for her aunt, she encounters Dom (Abel), a friendly but annoying tramp who won’t leave her alone.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
8:30pm
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.)
Taxi Driver
10:30pm
MA15+, AD, CC
USA, 1976
Genre: Drama, Crime
Language: English
Director: Robert De Niro
Starring: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks
What’s it about?
Travis Bickle (De Niro) is an insomniac ex-marine who works the night shift as a taxi driver in 1970s New York. Chronically lonely and socially inept, he attempts to woo an attractive presidential campaign worker (Shepherd), but his misguided ideas about romance fall flat. Increasingly paranoid, Bickle fancies himself as the decaying city’s saviour, culminating in a political assassination plot and the violent ‘rescue’ of a child prostitute (Foster). A landmark portrait of psychosis from director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader.
MONDAY 14 NOVEMBER
Three Summers
6:00pm
M
Brazil, 2019
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Language: Portuguese
Director: Sandra Kogut
Starring: Regina Casé, Otávio Muller, Gisele Fróes, Rogério Fróes, Jéssica Ellen
What’s it about?
A charming, funny and biting comedy from Brazil. Over the course of three summers, the irrepressible housekeeper of a wealthy family relies on her resourcefulness to take advantage of whatever comes her way as her employers are caught up in a major corruption scandal.
Anthony Zimmer
7:50pm
M
France, 2005
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Language: French, Russian
Director: Jérôme Salle
Starring: Sophie Marceau, Yvan Attal, Sami Frey, Gilles Lellouche, Daniel Olbrychski
What’s it about?
Interpol and the Russian mafia are chasing Anthony Zimmer (Attal), a criminal genius responsible for money laundering in France. Zimmer has had extensive plastic surgery, and the only way to trace him is through his girlfriend Chiara (Marceau). When Francois, an ordinary man, speaks to Chiara on the train, he is mistaken for Zimmer, and thus becomes a target for the mob. The film was remade in 2010 with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie asThe Tourist.
Dead Again
9:30pm
M
USA, 1991
Genre: Thriller, Romance
Language: English
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi, Andy Garcia, Robin Williams
What’s it about?
In 1949 composer Roman Strauss is executed for the vicious murder of his wife Margaret with a pair of scissors. In 1990s Los Angeles a mute amnesiac woman shows up at an orphanage and private eye Mike Church is called in to investigate. Under hypnosis both the woman and Church seem to have a strange link back to the Strauss murder.
TUESDAY 15 NOVEMBER
The Man with the Answers
8:00pm
M
Cyprus, Greece, Italy, 2022
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: English, Greek, Italian, German
Director: Stelios Kammitsis
Starring: Vasilis Magouliotis, Anton Weil, Stella Fyrogeni, Pier Andrea Bosna, Vassilis Dimitroulias
What’s it about?
Ex-championship diver Victoras (Magouliotis) whiles away his days on the Greek coast, toiling away at a factory with only his dreams, medals and grandmother for company. When a phone call summons him to Germany, a simple road trip is the answer – that is until he crosses paths with the handsome Mathias (Weil) – a free-spirited hitchhiker who tempts Victoras to take the road not taken.
Everybody’s Fine
9:30pm
M
USA, 2009
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Director: Kirk Jones
Starring: Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo
What’s it about?
Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode (De Niro) looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children’s lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they’ve made them out to be.
[ad_2]
Source link