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Andrew Denton gave a powerful address to the National Press Club this week. He outlined his hopes for the future of voluntary assisted dying in Australia. His two case histories of deliberate obstruction of VAD access was heart-wrenching. It's on ABC iView. iview.abc.net.au/show/nationa...

iview.abc.net.auNational Press Club Address: Andrew Denton - Founder of Go Gentle Australia National Press Club AddressAndrew Denton, Founder of Go Gentle Australia, addresses the National Press Club on the topic "Voluntary Assisted Dying: From Revolution to Real Access".
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And now 6 seasons of What We Do in the Shadows (2019) are streaming on SBS On Demand www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...

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My kind of horror film - a personal favourite to add to the Halloween film festival 🎃 The original What We Do in the Shadows (2014) streaming on SBS On Demand 🧛🏻 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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🎃 Halloween film festival item 8 or something: The Blair Witch Project streaming now on SBS On Demand 📹 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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🎃 Halloween film festival item 4: Chris Hemsworth stars in The Cabin in the Woods (2011) streaming now on SBS On Demand🪾 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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Giving the wonderful Kneecap movie another boost. Content warning: Irish hip hop, sex, drugs and the troubles 🇮🇪🎤 Four stars from me ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Northern Irish rappers, Kneecap, star in this 2024 satire about themselves! - streaming now on SBS On Demand www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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Nice episode of Gardening Australia: S2026 Episode 11 Gardening for Wildlife and Biodiversity in iview iview.abc.net.au/show/gardeni...

iview.abc.net.auGardening Australia: S2026 Episode 11 Gardening for Wildlife and Biodiversity Gardening AustraliaHow to attract wildlife and boost biodiversity in the garden. Jerry visits a habitat-rich suburban backyard, Sophie explores a rewilded swimming pool, Josh installs a microbat box and Millie learns ab...
Dean Nicolle@deannicolle1.bsky.social

Our pool-to-pond conversion in suburban Adelaide will feature on Gardening Australia tomorrow night, where we will explain why and how we did it. A true oasis for ourselves and all wildlife. On ABC TV at 7:30pm Friday 23 Oct 2026, and on iview thereafter.

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I remember the podcast on this scandal. Scary stuff - question everything! Believe in Magic: The Mother of All Cons on ABC iview 💊 iview.abc.net.au/show/believe...

iview.abc.net.auBelieve in Magic: The Mother of All ConsA teenage girl's charity for sick children brings fairytales to life and wins celeb-backing from One Direction. But when some parents turn detective, a darker truth comes to light.
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Watched Believe In Magic: The Mother Of All Cons on ABC iView Three episodes. No spoiler alerts, but it’s quite a ride and really quite sad at the end

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SBS currently has three Powell & Pressburger films on demand including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) starring a luminous young Deborah Kerr - fascinating to watch films made during WWII when the outcome was far from certain www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger features Martin Scorsese talking about the legendary British directors’ influence on his own films - streaming now on SBS On Demand www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

sbs.com.auWatch Made in England: The Films of Powell and PressburgerWatch Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!
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Another adaptation of one of Australia’s favourite books: The Secret River in 2 parts on ABC iview iview.abc.net.au/show/secret-...

iview.abc.net.auThe Secret RiverBased on the award winning novel, the compelling drama series follows Sal and William Thornhill as they struggle to take ownership of Hawkesbury River land already inhabited by local Indigenous people...
Kristin Carao@mikaelakristin.bsky.social

#9: Secret River by Kate Grenville (2005). #Top100Books #Top100AustralianBooks

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When auteurs make horror films. Another item for the Halloween film festival, Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In, streaming on Kanopy & Beamafilm www.kanopy.com/video/117949

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Next dark masterpiece comes with every possible content warning. A brooding neo-noir body horror that I believe is Pedro Almodovar’s greatest film. The Skin I Live In (2011) streams ad-free on Beamafilm CW: strong violence/sexual violence beamafilm.com/watch/the-sk...

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I caught this 2005 mystery thriller the other night as well. Starring Ewan McGregor, young Ryan Gosling and Naomi Watts, it’s a puzzle film in the vein of Memento, Hitchcock’s Vertigo & David Fincher’s Fight Club. 4 stars from me with bonus points for Massive Attack in the soundtrack

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Not without flaws - especially in David Benioff’s script - and yes it was a critical & box office office flop, but it’s interesting, intriguing and ambitious, Roger Ebert rated it highly

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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger features Martin Scorsese talking about the legendary British directors’ influence on his own films - streaming now on SBS On Demand www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

sbs.com.auWatch Made in England: The Films of Powell and PressburgerWatch Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!
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Find this and watch this, is my advice. MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER (2024) It’s presented, narrated & exec produced by arguably their biggest fan — MARTIN SCORSESE.

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When auteurs make horror films: Halloween film festival item 6: Jonathan Glazer’s extraordinary Under the Skin, streaming on SBS On Demand 🖤 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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I suppose I’d better run a horror film festival for Halloween 🎃 Tons of horror films on SBS on Demand including item 1, Vampyros Lesvos, and item 2: Park Chan Wook’s sexy, sacrilegious Thirst (2009)🍷 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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I enjoyed this. Nice Belgian production mostly in English. An Agatha Christie style whodunnit with a cute young René Magritte aspiring to be a Poirot. This Is Not a Murder Mystery streams on SBS On Demand www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...

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🎃 Halloween film festival item 4: Chris Hemsworth stars in The Cabin in the Woods (2011) streaming now on SBS On Demand🪾 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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Item 3 of my Halloween horror film festival: Re-Animator (1985) on SBS On Demand for just one more week - Pauline Kael was a fan 🎃 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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A bunch of Australia’s favourite books have been adapted for film, including the Bruce Beresford directed Puberty Blues (1981) streaming on ABC iview iview.abc.net.au/show/puberty...

iview.abc.net.auPuberty BluesDetermined to become popular, two teenage girls delve into a world of sex, drugs and parties until they realise they want more from life. Based on the bestselling novel by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Ca...
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No. 90: Puberty Blues by Kathy Lette & Gabrielle Carey (1979). #Top100Books #Top100AustralianBooks

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🇦🇺 Australian public broadcaster SBS will air Eurovision Asia 2026 with commentary by Courtney Act. The show will be broadcast live on November 14 on their streaming service SBS On Demand, and a replay will air on SBS2 the next day.

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Which is your favourite Australian Story episode? You have 30 years worth to choose from! 🐨 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

abc.net.auVote now for your favourite Australian Story episodeSince 1996, ABC's Australian Story has allowed people from all walks of life to tell their stories in their own words. More than 1,100 episodes and 30 years later, we are asking you to pick the most m...
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Catch S2026 Australian Story: Celebrating 30 Years on ABC iview iview.abc.net.au/show/austral...

iview.abc.net.auAustralian Story: S2026 Australian Story: Celebrating 30 Years Australian StoryA special 70-minute episode celebrating 30 years of Australian Story. Leigh Sales hosts a live extravaganza at the Sydney Opera House featuring past guests and musical acts.
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Sickos certainly can’t complain that they’re not well catered for on SBS on Demand ➡️ Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain (1973) comes with every kind of content warning ⚠️🫣 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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Strictly for sickos: Alejandro Jodorowsky’s El Topo (1971) is streaming now on SBS On Demand. Don’t say I didn’t warn you 😵‍💫 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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This Japanese comedy horror film One Cut of the Dead is streaming on SBS On Demand for just 1️⃣ more week 🧟 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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This is excellent and everyone should watch it. It's on SBS for one more week, otherwise you can find it on Shudder

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🪕A blues artist ’Idolised by Bob Dylan and Nick Cave’ Karen Dalton: In My Own Time is streaming on SBS On Demand for just 3️⃣ more weeks 💙 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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Bernard Zuel@bernardzuel.bsky.social

With only a few weeks until it disappears from our smaller screens, a reminder why a sometimes stern, also tender exploration of a lesser-known but vital figure in Karen Dalton proves a rewarding watch. Folk, blues, freedom, waste, tragedy - the good stuff. www.bernardzuel.net/post/karen-d...

bernardzuel.netKAREN DALTON IN MY OWN TIME: FILM REVIEWKAREN DALTON IN MY OWN TIME (documentary)SBS On Demand IT IS PERVERSE but somehow apt, distressing but not wholly devastating, and both the perfect ending to and awful climax of this life, that Karen ...
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Item 3 of my Halloween horror film festival: Re-Animator (1985) on SBS On Demand for just one more week - Pauline Kael was a fan 🎃 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

sbs.com.auWatch Re-AnimatorWatch Re-Animator for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!
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[RE-ANIMATOR] These scenes are like pop Buñuel...The jokes hit you in a subterranean comic zone that the surrealists' pranks sometimes reached, but without the surrealists' self-consciousness (and art-consciousness). (1985)

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Gordon Farkas lives! Nadia Tass and David Parker made some great films.

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Starring Claudia Karvan & Ben Mendelsohn, The Big Steal (1990) streams ad-free on ABC iview iview.abc.net.au/show/big-ste...

iview.abc.net.auThe Big Steal (1990)Danny only wants two things in life, one is a Jaguar and the other is Joanna Johnson, but after telling Joanna he owns a Jaguar he decides to trade his Nissan in at the car yard. (1990)
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From Italy, 4 seasons of My Brilliant Friend stream on SBS On Demand 🇮🇹 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...

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Ian Thompson@iantho.bsky.social

Been reading My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. A brilliant book. Now I discover there is a mini series on SBS on Demand. But tonight I discovered Nonnas on Netflix. A charming little foodie comedy.