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On Screen: in cinemas and streaming from November 2020

This month, Lynden Barber reviews the film Misbehaviour about a feminist protest against the 1970 Miss World contest, starring Keira Knightley, and the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit, starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a competitive chess player.

November 11, 2020
Supported by Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas

In Your Living Room: Film & Television

This week, Lynden Barber reviews MotherFatherSon on iView, Filthy Rich and Homeless on SBS On Demand, and Nuri Bilge Ceylan's beautifully shot film The Wild Pear Tree on Stan.

June 12, 2020
Supported by Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas

In Your Living Room: Film and Television

In this week's column, Lynden Barber takes a look at Operation Buffalo, Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich as well as Sydney Film Festival's digital offerings.

June 5, 2020
Supported by Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas

In Your Living Room: Film and Television

In this week's column, Lynden Barber reviews the third season of Babylon Berlin, Spanish thriller Money Heist (and a spin-off doco about the series) and The Plot Against America.

May 29, 2020
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Warwick Thornton: beach healing

Aware that he needed time away from the fast lane, the award-winning filmmaker spent eight weeks in a shed on an isolated WA beach. A mesmerising documentary of his experience premieres this week.

May 25, 2020
Supported by Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas

In Your Living Room: Film and Television

Lynden Barber reviews The Great and Catastrophe, as well as a new adaptation of Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity and French claymation film My Life as a Zucchini.

May 22, 2020