TV Movie Guide: 7 – 13 September | Movie News

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TV Movie Guide: 7 – 13 September | Movie News
TV Movie Guide: 7 – 13 September | Movie News

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THIS WEEK’S SBS WORLD MOVIES HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Audio Description (AD) available for Elsta Foy
  • Closed Captions (CC) available for Backstory: Serena vs. The Umpire, Becoming Bond, Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 and The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

 

WEDNESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER

Glastonbury: 50 Years and Counting
8:30pm, SBS VICELAND

M
UK, 2022
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Francis Whately
What’s it about?
Three years in the making, Francis Whately’s film is a social and musical history of the world’s greatest music festival, as told by its principal curators, Michael and Emily Eavis, and many of the artists who have appeared there between 1970 and 2019 – Billie Eilish, Florence Welch, Dua Lipa, Fatboy Slim, Noel Gallagher, Chris Martin and more.

Backstory: Serena vs. The Umpire
9:25pm, NITV (repeats Thursday 8 September, 12:00pm)

M, CC
USA, 2019
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Timothy M. Hogan
Starring: Serena Williams
What’s it about?
The story behind one of the biggest sports controversies of 2018, taking a look into Serena Williams’ intense clash with chair umpire Carlos Ramos during her loss to Naomi Osaka in the 2018 US Open women’s final.

Streaming after broadcast at SBS On Demand:

Becoming Bond
10:15pm, SBS VICELAND

M, CC
USA, 2017
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Language: English
Director: Josh Greenbaum
Starring: Josh Lawson, Jane Seymour, Jeff Garlin, Jake Johnson, George Lazenby
What’s it about?
The stranger-than-fiction true story of George Lazenby (who is featured as an interviewee), a poor Australian car mechanic who, through an unbelievable set of circumstances, landed the role of James Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), despite having never acted a day in his life. Then after being offered the next seven Bond films and a $1 million signing bonus, he turned it all down.

Streaming after broadcast at SBS On Demand:

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
12:00am, SBS VICELAND

M, CC
USA, 2019
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Language: English
What’s it about?
On October 2, 2018, Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. He never walked out. Within a matter of days, it was revealed that he had been murdered and dismembered by a 15-person Saudi hit squad. This documentary investigates whether Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, played any part in orchestrating the murder that shocked the world.

Streaming after broadcast at SBS On Demand:

 

THURSDAY 8 SEPTEMBER

Any Given Sunday
9:25pm, NITV (repeats Saturday 10 September, 9:30pm)

MA15+
USA, 1999
Genre: Drama, Sport
Language: English
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Al Pacino, LL Cool J, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, Dennis Quaid
What’s it about?
A veteran football coach (Pacino) struggles to hold his team together in the face of personal and professional crises, calling up an erratic quarterback (Foxx) in an attempt to save the season and prevent the owner (Diaz) from firing him. Directed by Oliver Stone (JFK, Platoon, Natural Born Killers).

NOTE: No catch-up at SBS On Demand

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
11:40pm, SBS VICELAND

MA15+, CC
USA, 2021
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Language: English
Director: Nick Scown, Julie Seabaugh
What’s it about?
Tragedy + Time + Comedy = Healing. From the immediate aftermath of 9/11 to today stand-up comedians, talk-show hosts, sketch performers, television animators and other entertainers explore the use of controversial jokes to unite and heal in the face of tragedy. Featuring Gilbert Gottfried, Doug Stanhope, Janeane Garofalo, David Cross, Marc Maron, Cedric the Entertainer, Nathan Lane and more.

 

FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

Blinky Bill the Movie
7:30pm, NITV (repeats Saturday 10 September, 10:00am)

G
Australia, 2015
Genre: Family, Animation, Adventure
Language: English
Director: Deane Taylor
Voice Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Toni Collette, Barry Humphries, Richard Roxburgh, Deborah Mailman
What’s it about?
Blinky Bill is a little koala with a big imagination. An adventurer at heart, he dreams of leaving the little town of Green Patch and following in his missing father’s footsteps. When Blinky discovers a mysterious marker that hints at his Dad’s whereabouts, he embarks on a journey that takes him beyond the boundary of Green Patch and into the wild and dangerous Outback.

Streaming after broadcast at SBS On Demand:

Love & Sex in Japan
10:15pm, SBS VICELAND

MA15+
France, 2016
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Antoine Lassaigne
What’s it about?
In the land of the Rising Sun, love and relationships are in danger. A quarter of all Japanese aged 30 to 40 are virgins and 50% of the population admits to not having sex regularly. Unsurprisingly, this has led to birth rates plummeting. But what are the reasons for this detachment from the world of love and sex?

 

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

Suspiria
12:55am, SBS VICELAND

MA15+
Germany, Italy, USA, 2018
Genre: Horror, Fantasy
Language: English, French, German
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler, Ingrid Caven, Sylvie Testud
What’s it about?
A darkness swirls at the centre of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe’s artistic director (Swinton), an ambitious young dancer (Johnson) and a grieving psychotherapist (also Swinton). Some will succumb to the nightmare, others will finally wake up… A bold reimagining of Dario Argento’s 1977 horror classic, directed by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your NameI Am Love).

 

SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

Johnny Handsome
9:25pm, NITV (repeats Saturday 9 March, 10:15pm)

M
USA, 1989
Genre: Crime, Drama
Language: English
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman, Forest Whitaker, Elizabeth McGovern
What’s it about?
A career criminal (Rourke) who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison. Directed by Walter Hill (The Warriors48 Hrs.)

Fear of a Black Quarterback
10:10pm, SBS VICELAND

M
USA, 2021
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Featuring: Donovan McNabb, Quincy Carter, Warren Moon, Shaun King
What’s it about?
National Football League quarterbacks are the face of the franchise. Too often, that face is white. For decades, NFL owners have marginalised Black quarterbacks. But the success of Black QBs, and calls for racial equality led by Colin Kaepernick, have led to positive changes.

Streaming after broadcast at SBS On Demand:

Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
11:45pm, SBS VICELAND

M
USA, 2018
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Dana Adam Shapiro
What’s it about?
The never-before-told story of Suzanne Mitchell, the fiercely-loyal den mother of the original Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Seen by many as regressive and exploitative, this diverse sisterhood of small-town ‘girls next door’ became a controversial pop culture phenomenon at the height of the Sexual Revolution, changing the game of football – and America – forever.

Streaming after broadcast at SBS On Demand:

Vice Versa: Chyna
1:15am, SBS VICELAND

MA15+
USA, 2021
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
What’s it about?
The rise and fall of wrestler Joanie Chyna Laurer, whose life was cut short in 2016. Her contributions to the WWE business and her pioneering work and her gripping tale of the “comeback” starting in 2015.

 

MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER

Elsta Foy
1:00pm, NITV

PG, AD
Australia, 2022
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: Dannielle Booth
What’s it about?
The story of a true maverick and renaissance woman Elsta Foy, a Walman Yawuru Elder of Broome and a pioneer of Indigenous health services, who became the first Indigenous health worker trained in WA.

Streaming after broadcast at SBS On Demand:

 

TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER

Headdress
11:50pm, NITV

G
Canada, 2017
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Director: JJ Neepin
Featuring: JJ Neepin, Nadya Kwandibens
What’s it about?
For First Nations communities, the headdress bears significant meaning. It’s a powerful symbol of hard-earned leadership and responsibility. As filmmaker JJ Neepin prepares to wear her grandfather’s headdress for a photo shoot she reflects on lessons learned and the thoughtless ways in which the tradition has been misappropriated.

Streaming after broadcast at SBS On Demand:

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