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How to watch Colin Firth and Toni Collette in The Staircase
Reviews are in for this dramatisation of one of true crime’s most unforgettable domestic murder mysteries.
How to watch the family-centric Assange documentary Ithaka
Assange’s father John Shipton fights to liberate his controversial son in this documentary turned into a 2-part series.
The 2022 Human Rights Arts and Film Festival is about to connect humans of Melbourne
Documentaries, stirring fiction features, and electrifying special events make this year’s festival unmissable.
How to watch River in Australia
Directed by Jennifer Peedom and narrated by Willem Dafoe, this is a nourishing cinema experience.
Blind Ambition finds hope in a bottle—or several, actually
We’re getting notes of creativity, diversity, and a strong flavour of underdog spirit. Yum.
Nitram sweeps the 2021 AACTA awards: here’s the full list of winners
ABC series won big in the television categories and Eric Bana got some love from the public at last night’s ceremony.
This is not a review of a doco that could rewire your reality, it’s merely…A Glitch In The Matrix
Rodney Ascher’s playful recreations fail to answer some of the most compelling questions he raises.
How to watch chilling free solo doco The Alpinist in Australia
A portrait of renegade mountain climber Marc-André Leclerc, from the director of The Dawn Wall.
The heroic Black Summer documentary A Fire Inside is now playing in cinemas
“That was not a normal bushfire. That was something dragged up out of hell and dumped on Earth.”
Julia Gillard doco Strong Female Lead is a brutal walk of shame down memory lane
Released as the first of SBS’s Australia Uncovered investigations, this is a difficult yet hopeful insight into Aus politics.
How to watch the intimate F1 documentary Schumacher in Australia
It’s the first feature-length portrait of Michael Schumacher to get his family’s seal of approval.
Interview with Craig Reucassel: how Big Deal follows the money behind Australian politics
The Chaser satirist directs Christiaan Van Vuuren in a searing investigation of lobbying and its insidious power.
Commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with these 5 compelling true stories
From vital documentaries to a new drama on the value of lost lives, here’s how to learn more about 9/11 on screen.
SBS presents Australia Uncovered, 8 new documentaries on Australia’s biggest issues
The revelatory series kicks off with an examination of Julia Gillard’s turbulent time as Prime Minister.
You Cannot Kill David Arquette, but here’s how you can watch his wrestling comeback doco
The middle-aged actor gets back in the ring for an “outrageous comeback tale” of redemption.
Misha and the Wolves takes a basic, unsatisfactory approach to a complicated topic
Netflix’s documentary calls a Holocaust story into question, focusing more on ‘how’ than the all-important ‘why’.
Will the real Val Kilmer please stand up? 10 things we learned while watching Val
Misunderstood artist or just a “difficult” actor? Prime Video’s new documentary shows us many facets of the now-ailing performer.
That’s gotta hurt: Australian trailer and release date for Jackass Forever
Bent, broken, but unafraid of another round of misadventure, the Jackass crew are returning to screens for one last painful laugh.
Why the new Anthony Bourdain documentary is causing controversy
The late chef’s voice has been digitally reconstructed in an intimate new doco, raising questions of filmmaking ethics.
Archive of best documentary capsule reviews
Find where to stream these compelling factual features, as they’re no longer available on Stan or Netflix.
An upcoming Prime Video doco on the Black Summer bushfires isn’t afraid to ask ‘Burning’ questions
Produced by Cate Blanchett and directed by Eva Orner, expect this searing feature to arrive on Prime Video soon
A virtual Q&A is taking place across Australia this Wednesday to celebrate My Name Is Gulpilil
The live-streamed, interactive event will honour the screen career of living legend David Gulpilil.