SBS World Movies

Young d'Artagnan arrives in Paris and joins the Musketeers. They must defend the crown against a conspiracy threatening the kingdom.

Classic film review series hosted by legends Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton. In this episode they interview actor Javier Bardem and director Jafar Panahi.

Margaret Pomeranz interviews Terry Gilliam about Baron, his goals and actors Robin Williams and Oliver Reed. David Stratton talks to Anne Turner about Celia and its two connected story strands.

Arturo must take care of Gioele and Rebecca, two children inherited from an old uncle. When he discovers Gioele has superpowers, his luck changes.

Margaret Pomeranz talks to Tian Zhuang Zhuang about Horse Thief, its violence and film themes. David Stratton interviews Tait Brady and Paul Byrnes on film festivals and featured films.

In 1918, war widow Mrs. Allen and her children leave their cramped London flat to care for the derelict, allegedly haunted Langley Park, a country mansion awaiting its rightful heirs.

Young d'Artagnan arrives in Paris and joins the Musketeers. They must defend the crown against a conspiracy threatening the kingdom.

In the high-pressure cauldron of New York City, talented students at the High School for the Performing Arts strive to escape a life of urban poverty, perfect their art, find success in the entertainment business and achieve the ultimate goal - FAME.

Some of the biggest film stars in history rose to fame during the 'golden age' of Hollywood, in the early and mid-20th century. We profile some of these stars who became household names.

The most famous Collie dog Lassie is on a rescue mission with her best friend Flo and their new friends Henri, Kleo and little Pippa, a Jack Russell Terrier. This time round, Lassie's detective skills are particularly called upon to get to the bottom of the mysterious disappearances of several pedigree dogs.

When patients' rights lawyer Colette Hughes goes to meet her new client, Eleanor Riese, a patient in the psychiatric unit of a San Francisco hospital, she has no idea that besides taking on an uphill legal battle to improve treatment for mental patients in hospitals, she is meeting a woman who will make it her mission to transform Colette's workaholic life.

In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip.

A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and their only hope is for the men to enter their brass band into a national competition. Just when they think they don't stand a chance, Gloria appears carrying her flugelhorn. Even though she is initially mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the band's only hope in winning. Stars Ewan McGregor, Tara Fitzgerald and Pete Postlethwaite.

Follow the brutal metal band Impaled Rektum as they escape a Norwegian prison to save a friend's slaughterhouse by playing at Wacken. Along the way, they face wild encounters and try to stay united.

In 19th-century Naples, comic playwright Eduardo Scarpetta rises to fame, but a scandalous legal battle over artistic ownership threatens his career, legacy, and family.

On the final broadcast of 60 Minutes to Midnight, Adrian Marcato prepares to reveal a conspiracy linking the Government to a real Coven. Journalists race against time - and reason - to make it happen.

When patients' rights lawyer Colette Hughes goes to meet her new client, Eleanor Riese, a patient in the psychiatric unit of a San Francisco hospital, she has no idea that besides taking on an uphill legal battle to improve treatment for mental patients in hospitals, she is meeting a woman who will make it her mission to transform Colette's workaholic life.

Some of the biggest film stars in history rose to fame during the 'golden age' of Hollywood, in the early and mid-20th century. We profile some of these stars who became household names.

Arturo must take care of Gioele and Rebecca, two children inherited from an old uncle. When he discovers Gioele has superpowers, his luck changes.

Naples, 1904: Italian theatre is thriving, and comic actor, Eduardo Scarpetta is the box office king. Known in the Neapolitan theater for his cheeky alter egos, Scarpetta s larger-than-life stage productions were matched only by his eccentric personal life. Composed of wives, partners, lovers, legitimate and illegitimate children (including a young Eduardo De Filippo, famed Neapolitan playwright),

A billionaire businessman in search of fame and social prestige decides to make a unique, groundbreaking film. To achieve this goal, he hires the best of the best: A stellar team consisting of famous filmmaker Lola Cuevas and two well-known actors who boast not only an enormous talent, but also an even bigger ego: Hollywood star F lix Rivero and aging theater thespian Iv n Torres. They're both leg

Complex, Dickensian ghost story about two young children who move with their mother to an old mansion. The genial resident ghost introduces them to two ghost children, who ask them to solve an ancient mystery. This requires them to travel back in time to save two orphans from a dreadful uncle and a terrible death in a burning house.

During the 1950s blacklist era, a young and ambitious Hollywood screenwriter loses his job and sets off on a trip up the California coast without plans to return. Along the way, he gets in an accident, loses his memory and is found on the shore of a small town where it is believed that he is the son of one of the townsfolk who went missing in the war. As the missing soldier's return helps bring th

In his 70s, retired farmer Alvin Straight discovers his brother, Lyle, is critically ill. Stuck without a car or license in Iowa, he decides on a unique odyssey traveling to Wisconsin on his old lawnmower. His journey is both picturesque and deeply spiritual.

Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can t give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.

Decades after their scandalous relationship made headlines, a couple starts to unravel when a famous actor arrives to research them for her new film.

In post-war Yorkshire, with rationing still very much in force, a mild-mannered chiropodist tries to prove his worth to the snobbish locals by kidnapping a pig which is being fattened up for a local banquet. Alan Bennett's comedy, starring Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Alison Steadman and Liz Smith.

The closure of the local coalmine would mean the loss of countless jobs and the end of the village brass band. The bandleader is finding it difficult to motivate his members. But the band stick together and enter a national competition...

The Movie Show was an Australian film review program which was broadcast on SBS TV. Its history is divided into three parts, until it finally wound up in 2008.Reviews and interviews from the movie world.An attraction of the programme were the occasional disagreements of the hosts. Stratton and Pomeranz presented the show for the last time on 12 May 2004 and left SBS because of a perceived "dumbing

In this episode, Margaret Pomeranz talks to Paul Byrnes about the most successful films at the Sydney Film Festival and to Paul Coulter from the WA Film Institute.

During the 1950s blacklist era, a young and ambitious Hollywood screenwriter loses his job and sets off on a trip up the California coast without plans to return. Along the way, he gets in an accident, loses his memory and is found on the shore of a small town where it is believed that he is the son of one of the townsfolk who went missing in the war. As the missing soldier's return helps bring th

In his 70s, retired farmer Alvin Straight discovers his brother, Lyle, is critically ill. Stuck without a car or license in Iowa, he decides on a unique odyssey traveling to Wisconsin on his old lawnmower. His journey is both picturesque and deeply spiritual.

A dirty campaign forces movie star Marvin to flee from reporters and fans. Coincidentally, he immerses himself in the cosmos of the feminist/queer off-theatre 3000.

A middle-aged farmhand on a remote Scottish island suffers amnesia following a stroke. A lonely local woman helps him acclimate back to his life.

Ed Harris: A look at the life and career of the Hollywood superstar, whose notable works include acclaimed performances in Apollo 13, The Truman Show and The Hours.

Escalating animosity between two men with opposing philosophies of life is played out against the backdrop of a decaying seaside resort along the Black Sea coast.

In this acclaimed Western, travelling settlers find themselves stranded in life-threatening conditions and begin to turn upon each other.

Inspired by an incredible true story, THE WAY BACK begins in 1940 when seven prisoners attempt the impossible: escape from a brutal Siberan gulag. Thus begins a treacherous 4,500-mile trek to freedom across the world's most merciless landscapes. Their humanity is further tested when they meet a teenage runway who begs to join them on their quest.

A young Englishman in the Paris of 1899, becomes infatuated with Satine, a singer at the Moulin Rouge. However, she has been promised by the manager to a Duke in return for funding his next production. As the young lovers meet in secret, Satine's wedding day draws closer but she hides a fatal secret from both Christian and the Duke.

Jon Banks is a young, ambitious psychiatrist who wants to show what he's capable of. Since there are no known medications that can help depressed patient Emily, Joe prescribes a new experimental medication. Emily becomes happy again, full of energy and passionately in love with her husband Martin. But one evening, Martin is stabbed to death. At the crime scene, you find Emily, who doesn't remember

Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can t give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.

The Movie Show was an Australian film review program which was broadcast on SBS TV. Its history is divided into three parts, until it finally wound up in 2008.Reviews and interviews from the movie world.An attraction of the programme were the occasional disagreements of the hosts. Stratton and Pomeranz presented the show for the last time on 12 May 2004 and left SBS because of a perceived "dumbing

The Movie Show was an Australian film review program which was broadcast on SBS TV. Its history is divided into three parts, until it finally wound up in 2008.Reviews and interviews from the movie world.An attraction of the programme were the occasional disagreements of the hosts. Stratton and Pomeranz presented the show for the last time on 12 May 2004 and left SBS because of a perceived "dumbing

Escalating animosity between two men with opposing philosophies of life is played out against the backdrop of a decaying seaside resort along the Black Sea coast.

Ed Harris: A look at the life and career of the Hollywood superstar, whose notable works include acclaimed performances in Apollo 13, The Truman Show and The Hours.

In this acclaimed Western, travelling settlers find themselves stranded in life-threatening conditions and begin to turn upon each other.

In 1973 a young soldier survives an attack from a group of flying kung fu warriors. Hoping to follow in their footsteps, he travels to a local monastery to begin his martial-arts training.

A young Englishman in the Paris of 1899, becomes infatuated with Satine, a singer at the Moulin Rouge. However, she has been promised by the manager to a Duke in return for funding his next production. As the young lovers meet in secret, Satine's wedding day draws closer but she hides a fatal secret from both Christian and the Duke.

In his 70s, retired farmer Alvin Straight discovers his brother, Lyle, is critically ill. Stuck without a car or license in Iowa, he decides on a unique odyssey traveling to Wisconsin on his old lawnmower. His journey is both picturesque and deeply spiritual.

9th century China. 10-year-old general's daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man whom she was promised - a cousin who now leads t

A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's a bloodthirsty plant, forcing him to kill to feed it.

A father-daughter road trip set in 1990s post-socialist Poland, "Treasure" follows Ruth, a journalist, and Edek, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to uncover their family s past. There are many treasures abound in this often-funny culture clash of two New Yorkers: the material things that connect us to the past and the loved ones that we come to cherish.

Erika Kohut is a piano teacher at the Vienna Conservatory prestigious music school in Vienna. In her early forties and single, she lives with her overprotective and controlling mother in a hermetically sealed world of love-hate and dependency, where there is no room for men. Her sex life consists of voyeurism and masochistic self-injury. Lonely and alienated, Erika finds solace by visiting sex sho

Inspired by an incredible true story, THE WAY BACK begins in 1940 when seven prisoners attempt the impossible: escape from a brutal Siberan gulag. Thus begins a treacherous 4,500-mile trek to freedom across the world's most merciless landscapes. Their humanity is further tested when they meet a teenage runway who begs to join them on their quest.

In the rural alpine hamlet of Mizubiki, not far from Tokyo, Takumi and his daughter, Hana, lead a modest life gathering water, wood, and wild wasabi for the local udon restaurant. Increasingly, the townsfolk become aware of a talent agency s plan to build an opulent glamping site nearby, offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to the snowy wilderness. When two company representatives arrive

Margaret Pomeranz sits down with filmmaker David Caesar to talk about Bodywork and his reasons for making a film about death.

In this episode, there will be reviews of The Venus Trap, Someone to Love and Tracks. Interview with Henry Jaglom. Reviews of Le Paltoquet and The Honeymoon Killers.

9th century China. 10-year-old general's daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man whom she was promised - a cousin who now leads t

A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's a bloodthirsty plant, forcing him to kill to feed it.

Inspired by an incredible true story, THE WAY BACK begins in 1940 when seven prisoners attempt the impossible: escape from a brutal Siberan gulag. Thus begins a treacherous 4,500-mile trek to freedom across the world's most merciless landscapes. Their humanity is further tested when they meet a teenage runway who begs to join them on their quest.

Escalating animosity between two men with opposing philosophies of life is played out against the backdrop of a decaying seaside resort along the Black Sea coast.

Set in the artistic underground of 1930s China, this is the epic story of Mei Lanfang - the performer who overcame prejudice to become China's greatest opera star.

Raymond, a farmer in Brittany finds himself threatened with bankruptcy when the big supermarkets decide to cut out the local farms from their trade. (Guillaume de Tonquedec, Lea Drucker)

At the end of a 60-year career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of her large, history-making life, and the personal struggles she's kept private.

In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet and her spellbinding nature.

Teresa, 42, changes her vacation plans to help her mother, who has had a minor accident. Their forced coexistence brings revealing moments for both.

A blend of magic, dark humour, and romance in a pagan village, where Liina and Hans seek a soul-bestowing ancient force while navigating love and competing mythologies. Movie based on a bestselling novel.

Erika Kohut is a piano teacher at the Vienna Conservatory prestigious music school in Vienna. In her early forties and single, she lives with her overprotective and controlling mother in a hermetically sealed world of love-hate and dependency, where there is no room for men. Her sex life consists of voyeurism and masochistic self-injury. Lonely and alienated, Erika finds solace by visiting sex sho

The Movie Show was an Australian film review program which was broadcast on SBS TV. Its history is divided into three parts, until it finally wound up in 2008.Reviews and interviews from the movie world.An attraction of the programme were the occasional disagreements of the hosts. Stratton and Pomeranz presented the show for the last time on 12 May 2004 and left SBS because of a perceived "dumbing

Raymond, a farmer in Brittany finds himself threatened with bankruptcy when the big supermarkets decide to cut out the local farms from their trade. (Guillaume de Tonquedec, Lea Drucker)

A look at the life and career of the the Academy Award-winning actor whose glittering portfolio includes Norma Rae, Places in the Heart, Mrs Doubtfire and Forrest Gump.

At the end of a 60-year career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of her large, history-making life, and the personal struggles she's kept private.

The timeless story continues in the award-winning sequel to Jean De Florette. Jean's daughter Manon has grown up in to a beautiful and free-spirited young shepherdess on her father's Provence farm.But when she learns the tragic truth about her father's demise, Manon plots her revenge on the dim-witted Ugolin and the scheming Le Papet. A visual feast containing masterly performances leading to a he

Jaakko and Sirpa have never met face to face but they talk on the phone every day. When he hears about her declining health, he decides to go meet her in another city; a challenge if you can't see and are paralyzed from the chest down.

9th century China. 10-year-old general's daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man whom she was promised - a cousin who now leads t

A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's a bloodthirsty plant, forcing him to kill to feed it.

1943, The war is entering its final stages and Germany is teetering on the brink of defeat. An increasingly unhinged Hitler, orders a mission to have British Prime Minister Winston Churchill kidnapped and brought to Germany. The plan seems ludicrous in the extreme, but a message sent from a German spy in the Norfolk countryside makes one German officer realize that such a mission may just be feasi

Constance Bonacieux is kidnapped before D'Artagnan's very eyes. In a frantic quest to save her, the young musketeer, aided by Athos, Porthos and Aramis, is forced to join forces with the mysterious Milady de Winter.

Mohammad Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program 'Arab Idol'.

Two communities come together over soccer. But racism and class differences get in the way of their two brightest players and a chance at victory.

Teresa, 42, changes her vacation plans to help her mother, who has had a minor accident. Their forced coexistence brings revealing moments for both.

An investigative thriller set in the world of nuclear power and politics, 'La Syndicaliste' follows the true story of Maureen Kearney (Isabelle Huppert), the influential head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. A deft navigator of elite political and financial circles, Maureen becomes a whistleblower when she discovers international backroom dealings, exposing secret

Reviews of The Abyss, Mystery Train, Do the Right Thing and Cappuccino. Interview with Tony Bowman on Cappuccino. Mentions of Oliver and Co and Prancer.

Set in the artistic underground of 1930s China, this is the epic story of Mei Lanfang - the performer who overcame prejudice to become China's greatest opera star.

1943, The war is entering its final stages and Germany is teetering on the brink of defeat. An increasingly unhinged Hitler, orders a mission to have British Prime Minister Winston Churchill kidnapped and brought to Germany. The plan seems ludicrous in the extreme, but a message sent from a German spy in the Norfolk countryside makes one German officer realize that such a mission may just be feasi