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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · Aug 26

What better way to kick off the SBS Recommender than with this excellent Ken Burns documentary series 🍾🎞️| Leonardo da Vinci streaming now on SBS On Demand www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...

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Watch Leonardo da Vinci for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!

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Scotify @scotify.bsky.social · 2d

#RandomTelevisionGIF
The Addams Family

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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 11h

Gloriavale: New Zealand's Secret #Cult on SBS On Demand for a short time - expires in three weeks - especially interesting for its amazing survivor network www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

Watch Gloriavale: New Zealand's Secret Cult

Watch Gloriavale: New Zealand's Secret Cult for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 3d

Watch Julianne’s The Idea of Australia series—based on her nation-building book—on SBS On Demand, or on actual broadcast starting Wednesday evening 15 October: www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/art...

Explore the myths of our nation with Rachel Griffiths in ambitious documentary 'The Idea of Australia'

Think you know Australia's history? Think again. SBS Original 'The Idea of Australia' is here to explore the identity of our nation.

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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 13h

Watch Chasing Trump's Billions on ABC iview or YouTube iview.abc.net.au/show/four-co...

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Professor Asha Rao @asharao.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing story:
Jelena Dokic with Leigh Sales in iview iview.abc.net.au/show/austral...

Australian Story

The power of the personal. Compelling stories about real people that illuminate, entertain and inspire. Presented by Leigh Sales.

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 1d

Juliette Binoche revealed Krzysztof Kieślowski had planned to start another film trilogy about paradise, purgatory, and hell before his untimely death in 1996. Read more from her Busan Film Festival press conference:

Juliette Binoche Reflects on Working with Krzysztof Kieślowski at Busan International Film Festival

In 2008, Juliette Binoche paired with dancer Akram Khan for in-i, an experimental dance work about a couple's dissolving relationship. They performed the piece 120 times in theaters around the world. ...

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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 1d

This documentary on Heston Blumenthal’s breakdown and recovery is really powerful and I’m sure it will help many of those diagnosed with bipolar as well as their loved ones www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...

Watch Heston Blumenthal: Life with Bipolar

Watch Heston Blumenthal: Life with Bipolar for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!

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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 2d

#RandomTelevisionGIF 📺

SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 2d

And Something's Gotta Give (2003) romantic comedy with Jack Nicholson www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

Watch Something's Gotta Give

Watch Something's Gotta Give for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!

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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, I’ll look out for that! Thank you!

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Paul Kelly joins Zan Rowe on Take 5 on ABC iview iview.abc.net.au/show/take-5-...

Take 5 With Zan Rowe: S4 Episode 6 Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly is a national treasure. His music has soundtracked our road trips, our heartbreaks, and our coming of age. They don't just reflect Australian life; they're the very fabric of it. In this ep...

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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 2d

Town & Country is one of three Diane Keaton movies currently on SBS On Demand - starring with Warren Beatty www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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Lotr Universe @lordoftherings.world · 4d

Exactly 26 years ago today, on October 11, 1999, filming began for The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Over a quarter of a century has passed, yet no film has topped its epic legacy it remains one of the greatest cinematic achievements of all time. 📽️

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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 3d

I’m tempted to brace myself for all the obsessive mastery of it… I think the only director who matches him for those kinds of extremes is Herzog. I watched Aguirre, the Wrath of God the other day. No idea how he managed those logistics 🤯 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

Watch Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Watch Aguirre, the Wrath of God for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!

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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 3d

Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket streaming now on SBS On Demand - don’t expect the heroics of Platoon or Band of Brothers 😬 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 3d

I’m a huge Kubrick fan but I don’t think my nerves could take this one 😬

SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 3d

Happy 57th birthday Barbarella - streaming on SBS On Demand www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 3d

Link to Smilla's Sense Of Snow streaming now on SBS On Demand www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...

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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 3d

I should add that Love and Friendship is Whit Stillman’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Lady Susan. It absolutely crackles with wry wit

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Adopto ND @adoptond.bsky.social · 7d

Hard Quiz Kids is on iView. Tom is so great with the kids.

iview.abc.net.au/video/CH2431...

Hard Quiz Kids: S2 Episode 1 Roblox, Bluey, Godzilla and the Monsterverse and the Solar System

Who will win Tom Gleeson's Big Brass Mug? Carlos with Roblox, Mila and her love of Bluey, Gus with Godzilla and the Monsterverse, or Inaya with the Solar System?

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Ross @flicksfan.bsky.social · Jun 17

If you would like to see a dramatised interpretation of this disturbing story, and you are in Australia, I highly recommend 'Dopesick' streaming free on SBS On Demand
www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...

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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 4d

Heathers is streaming on SBS On Demand or it’s ad-free on Beamafilm if you have access through your public library membership www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 4d

Fancy some vampires? Too much gore for me, but both series of Interview With The Vampire are on ABC iview - & Sam Reid was born for this role 💀🍷 iview.abc.net.au/show/intervi...

SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 4d

A collection of Jacques Tati films are on Beamafilm, including M. Hulot’s Holiday, Playtime, Jour de Fête, Mon Oncle, and Parade 🥖🥖🇫🇷 beamafilm.com/watch/mr-hul...

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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 6d

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) film composer #BOTD
What?
Yes.
THAT Saint-Saëns.
Famous for his "Carnival of the Animals" and other concert works, he was the first major composer to write an original film score, for the 1908 THE ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE OF GUISE.
#filmsky #moviesky #classicalmusic

Saint-Saëns - L'Assassinat du duc de Guise (soundtrack) - 1908

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