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  1. Bellycan @[email protected]

    We finished watching Say Nothing on SBS last night. Crikey.

    It threads together a couple of personal stories from Northern Ireland during The Troubles, with the IRA fighting the British Army. It is incredibly well done, covering some challenging topics and not shying away from the hard stuff.

    It can be quite shocking. There is no good side. There will be tears. A good yarn, well told, and brilliantly acted.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    app.trakt.tv/shows/say-nothing
    imdb.com/title/tt31122777

    #SBSOnDemand #SayNothing #TheTroubles

    #sbsondemand #saynothing #thetroubles
  2. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Last night we watched German movie Confessions of Felix Krull from SBS. It's a cracker! A slippery little sucker deceives his way to, well, any more is giving it away.

    Has a little mild nudity, and a fair bit of mild sex, all in good service of the plot.

    Nice to see a few familiar faces from German / Austrian TV, especially Nicholas Ofczarek who can seamlessly move from pleasant to threatening and back. Great acting all around.

    NB: it leaves SBS On Demand in two weeks, so don't delay.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/conf
    app.trakt.tv/movies/confession
    imdb.com/title/tt13256256

    #SBSOnDemand #Movies

    #sbsondemand #movies
  3. Bellycan @[email protected]

    We recently watched the Italian crime thriller Flowers Over the Inferno on SBS. Pretty good, a wee touch of horror and some triggering child abuse about as bad as European nursery rhymes get.

    This flawed detective character is of the sarcastic northern Italian kind, with diabetes and a spot of dementia. Toss in snow-covered Italian Alps and an Italian flair for the dramatic, and you have a solid character-driven thriller.

    Not kidding about the triggering child abuse, avoid if that will trigger you.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    app.trakt.tv/shows/the-teresa-
    imdb.com/title/tt19512834/

    #SBSOnDemand #TeresaBattaglia

    #sbsondemand #teresabattaglia
  4. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Awesome, a second season of Belgian crime show Juliet just dropped on SBS.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    app.trakt.tv/shows/juliet
    imdb.com/title/tt31556651/

    #SBSOnDemand

    #sbsondemand
  5. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Last week, over a few days, we watched Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger. It's a documentary about 20th century film makers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, by Martin Scorsese.

    This doco is a love job by Scorsese, who grew up in awe of these film makers. He brings his passion to the task, and yet presents a very clear-eyed view of their history, through the ups and downs.

    Recommended if you have an interest in the art of film making.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/made
    app.trakt.tv/movies/made-in-en
    imdb.com/name/nm0003836/

    #SBSOnDemand #documentary #Scorsese

    #sbsondemand #documentary #scorsese
  6. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Tonight I watched Finnish movie Heavier Trip, and it started with a waltz! Nice.

    Into the rektum! 🤺

    #SBSOnDemand #Finland

    #sbsondemand #finland
  7. RaymondPierreL3 @[email protected]

    I have been trying to watch **The Expanse** on SBS and suffering advertising interuptions. However, as I go through the episodes and seasons, these commercial breaks have been happening more often. This last one was 9 minutes of show time followed by 90 seconds of commercials…. I snapped. FUCK #SBS, fuck right off. This is fucking abusive and I’ve had a gut full.

    I will never know the rest of this story thanks to #abusive #commercialism.

    I apologise for the strong language, I’m just unable to contain my rage at the #enshitification of everything that held so much promise, meant so much for my dreams. Let the technology bubble burst and burn all #TechBros and #Billionaires with it. Because this is how one deals with pure evil.

    #SciFi #SBS #SBSonDemand

    #sbs #abusive #commercialism #enshitification #techbros #billionaires
  8. Ian Malcolm @[email protected]

    In tribute to Tim Curry's brilliance I watched a lovely doco tonight: 'Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror' (2025) which is free to stream on #SBSOnDemand (in Oz - not sure if SBS is region locked).

    As someone who used to regularly attend audience participation screenings at the OG Valhalla cinema in Richmond back in the 80s I loved it, and was pleasantly surprised to discover writer/creator Richard O'Brien (also Riff Raff on both stage and screen) is a Kiwi.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/stra

    #sbsondemand
  9. Bellycan @[email protected]

    We recently finished watching French crime thriller The Corsican Line, on SBS.

    I'm generally not into mafia shows, but this one is a cracker. Set in Corsica, featuring half-siblings who have never met before, collaborating disagreeably to bring down the mob.

    There's plenty of story to play with here, with story lines from within the anti-mafia unit and the street-level drug dealers. Relationship complications abound. Cunning plans are made. Alliances are formed.

    Recommend.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    app.trakt.tv/shows/the-corsica
    imdb.com/title/tt29199351/

    #TV #SBSOnDemand #Corsica

    #tv #sbsondemand #corsica
  10. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Last night we watched In A Land That No Longer Exists, from SBS. It tells the story of being young in East Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I reckon it's a must watch!

    It shows a little of how restrictive life was behind the wall; of finding a place in the fashion industry; of a male-dominated world with socialist competition, in contrast to capitalist competition; of human rivalries; of trust and love; of homophobia.

    It also reminded me of the movie Good Bye Lenin, also running on SBS On Demand right now. Watch both! They are not alike, but their worlds intersect.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/in-a
    app.trakt.tv/movies/in-a-land-
    imdb.com/title/tt11864074

    Good Bye Lenin:
    sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/good
    app.trakt.tv/movies/good-bye-l
    imdb.com/title/tt0301357

    #SBSOnDemand #movies #EastGermany

    #sbsondemand #movies #eastgermany
  11. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Last night we finished watching Finish show Queen of Fucking Everything, a rather dark comedy. It's chaotic. In parts, driven by spite or greed, sometimes both. Pride gets a bit of action too, in the usual fashion.

    A nice collection of awful people, with a dash of nice people badly treated. It's OK, the awful people are badly treated too.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    app.trakt.tv/shows/queen-of-fu
    imdb.com/title/tt33338105

    #SBSOnDemand #TV #FinishTV

    #sbsondemand #tv #finishtv
  12. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Ages ago I recorded First Cow from SBS, and we finally watched it last night. It's the ultimate slow-burner. It might be the slowest film I've ever watched. And it was good.

    Set in 1820s Oregon, it slowly tells the story of a friendship, and their cunning plans to make enough money to move south.

    Very enjoyable, if you're not in a rush.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/firs
    app.trakt.tv/movies/first-cow-
    imdb.com/title/tt9231040

    #SBSOnDemand #Movies

    #sbsondemand #movies
  13. Bellycan @[email protected]

    I finally got around to watching the first season of Vigil, on SBS. Wow, high drama on the high seas, or rather, under them. Starting with a simple premise of solving a murder on a submarine, it rapidly expands in scope. Top notch acting, high stakes drama.

    Season two is available, and I'll start that next Vednesday.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    app.trakt.tv/shows/vigil
    imdb.com/title/tt31921411/

    #SBSOnDemand #TV

    #sbsondemand #tv
  14. Bellycan @[email protected]

    This week we finished watching The Island, set on Harris in the Outer Hebrides. Mostly in Scottish Gaelic, some English. Bleak noir, fabulous scenery, diabolical family. Very Scottish indeed. A good little detective story with people rubbing up against each other like coarse sandpaper.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    app.trakt.tv/shows/the-island-
    imdb.com/title/tt31921411/

    #SBSOnDemand #gaelic #TV

    #sbsondemand #gaelic #tv
  15. skua @[email protected]

    Seems if you Smiths Potato Chips you get an invite to the party.

    [hurls]

    Gross advert.

    Sure to have me buying their greasy stale cardboard chips

    #TheLittleMatchGirl1928 #SBSOnDemand #Elitism #AFairGo

    #elitism #afairgo #thelittlematchgirl1928 #sbsondemand
  16. skua @[email protected]
    CW: Limelight spoilers

    Watching Limelight by Charlie Chaplin.
    1951 or 1952, MCMLI British Censorship Board G rating.

    So far Chaplin and Clair Bloom are subtly asperting upon the medical profession, declaiming the supremacy of the human mind and libeling London boardinghouse managers.

    On free SBS On Demand.
    #Limelight #CharlieChaplin #ClairBloom #BusterKeaton #SBSOnDemand #MeaningAsAFeeling

    #limelight #charliechaplin #clairbloom #busterkeaton #sbsondemand #meaningasafeeling
  17. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Last night we finished watching Japanese light drama Three Star Bar on SBS.

    It's a lovely heart-warming show. Sweet and short. Very twee. Cheezy. Sappy. A tear jerker at times. Solving one personal drama at a time, across a bar.

    Canned food, literally and as a metaphor. Likewise, cocktails.

    Lovely.

    Don't read the episode descriptions, they give too much away.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    app.trakt.tv/shows/three-star-
    imdb.com/title/tt14039404/

    #SBSOnDemand #JapaneseTV #TV

    #sbsondemand #japanesetv #tv
  18. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Holy shit! Queen of fucking everything!

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/

    #sbsondemand

    #sbsondemand
  19. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Recently finished watching A Spy Among Friends, a near-to-true spy drama on SBS.

    Wow, top notch spy drama with brilliant actors. Damian Lewis, Guy Pierce, Anna Maxwell Martin telling a story about the Kim Philby MI6 defection to Moscow.

    Slow drama, built carefully to maintain intrigue and maximum distrust right up until the end. 12/10 good TV, Brent.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    app.trakt.tv/shows/a-spy-among

    #SBSOnDemand #TV

    #sbsondemand #tv
  20. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Recently finished watching Juliet, a Belgian crime show on SBS. Detective juggles solving crimes in the home town she'd left behind, and looking after her niece in her dead father's house by the grey-skies seaside.

    In short, Belgian noir with family complications.

    Well worth the time, good drama.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    app.trakt.tv/shows/a-spy-among

    #SBSOnDemand #TV

    #sbsondemand #tv
  21. Ian Malcolm @[email protected]

    Just watched 'One Cut of the Dead', a Japanese zombie-comedy film I'd never heard of before, that popped up in my recommends and I decided to take a punt on.

    Definitely the right choice - it is a thing of creative and cinematic joy. I wrote a few words about it - have a quick read below (there's no spoilers) then get on it.

    PS Currently streaming for free on #SBSOnDemand for those in Oz (or who have a VPN and pretend to be).

    #film
    letterboxd.com/civilmadman/fil

    #sbsondemand #film
  22. Bellycan @[email protected]

    The Kodi app for SBS On Demand by Aussie Addons has been broken since SBS removed version 3 of their API. Thankfully, the fabulous Matt Huisman has taken on the challenge and has already released a usable add-on for Kodi!

    Matt already had apps for 10play, 7plus, 9now. So great that he's added SBS!

    To install: add the SlyGuy repository per the instructions:

    matthuisman.nz/2020/02/slyguy-

    Then add the SBS add-on from the SlyGuy repository.

    NB: any favourites you have for SBS shows using the old add-on won't work, you'll need note them down and search in the new app to get them again.

    And don't forget to show your thanks via Kofi (link on Matt's website).

    #SBSOnDemand #Kodi

    #sbsondemand #kodi
  23. Bellycan @[email protected]

    @mativity just found an announcement from the other day about SBS dropping their old API:

    help.sbs.com.au/hc/en-au/artic

    #SBSOnDemand

    #sbsondemand
  24. Bellycan @[email protected]

    For those of us having trouble viewing SBS On Demand since they dropped the V3 API last Sunday, yt-dlp has a fix release for downloading the videos. Now requires authentication, e.g. using a passwords file.

    github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issue
    github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#authe

    #SBSOnDemand

    #sbsondemand
  25. Bellycan @[email protected]

    SBS On Demand now has season 4 of Dark Winds. 🎉

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    app.trakt.tv/shows/dark-winds
    imdb.com/title/tt15017118

    #SBSOnDemand #DarkWinds #TV

    #sbsondemand #darkwinds #tv
  26. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Just watched the 2000 movie Where The Money Is, with Paul Newman. An absolute cracker! And it has some music from Ric Ocasek / The Cars.

    I haven't barracked so hard for a heist in a long time.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/wher
    trakt.tv/movies/where-the-mone
    imdb.com/title/tt0149367/

    #sbsondemand #movies

    #sbsondemand #movies
  27. Bellycan @[email protected]

    This week we finished watching The Danish Woman on SBS. Very funny in a Scandi way.

    She has a particular set of skills, is very opinionated, strong willed, helpful to a fault. Powerful. Maybe some anger issues! Not to be underestimated.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    trakt.tv/shows/the-danish-woman
    imdb.com/title/tt33322062/

    #SBSOnDemand #Danish #Iceland #TV

    #sbsondemand #danish #iceland #tv
  28. Bellycan @[email protected]

    @feather1952 if you can stream SBS On Demand, you might want to try The Danish Woman. It's a cracker. She's quite something.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    app.trakt.tv/shows/the-danish-

    #SBSOnDemand

    #sbsondemand
  29. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Watched the 1979 Malayalam movie Kummatty last night. SBS has the 2021 digital restoration version, so pretty clean (thanks Mr. Scorsese!)

    NB: leaves SBS On Demand at end of March.

    It's a very slow story, meandering along a simple plot, showcasing rural life in Malabar from that era. The children are delightful, the stranger is enigmatic and mischievous. Very much a cultural movie, with some fantastic masks.

    Will not be for many, but is a nice easy watch if a little confusing at times, confounding with loose threads. Little dog actor is excellent.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/kumm
    trakt.tv/movies/kummatty-1979

    #SBSOnDemand #Movies #InternationalFilmFestivalOfKerala

    #sbsondemand #movies #internationalfilmfestivalofkerala
  30. Bellycan @[email protected]

    This week we watched the BBC documentary Once Upon a Time in Space. It's excellent!

    It's not a comprehensive look at the space programs. It's not technically detailed. It's very human. Mostly, it's real astronauts and cosmonauts, and some support staff and family, telling their stories and providing history and background.

    Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in humans stepping outside the planet we live on. And the political and geopolitical challenges faced along the way.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    trakt.tv/shows/once-upon-a-tim
    imdb.com/title/tt38709334

    #SBSOnDemand #TV #Nasa #SpaceExploration

    #sbsondemand #tv #nasa #spaceexploration
  31. Bellycan @[email protected]

    Marc Fennell is back with another of his trademark highly-engaging documentaries. This one is a doozy! I mean, they're all a bit of a roller coaster ride but this one is just wild!

    Australia's Greatest Conman?

    "Marc Fennell sets out to uncover the truth behind John Friedrich, the man who deceived a nation. He reveals a story that's stranger than fiction, delving into a web of lies and money."

    I do vaguely remember the drama about the fraud being discovered, but the story is so much bigger than that. And the storytelling is once again exquisite.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/

    #SBSOnDemand #JohnFriedrich

    #sbsondemand #johnfriedrich
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