Films @ SBS



Can Renny Harlin get his mojo back in Finland?

27 February 2009 | 9:00 - By World Movies

Renny Harlin is 'doing a Verhoeven' and heading back home to rediscover his credibility.

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The first peek at Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds has set the blogosphere alight. And results aren't all that glowing.


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Tales from docville

24 February 2009 | 20:16 - By World Movies

Kylie Boltin gives the rundown of the Australian International Documentary Conference, which has just wrapped in Adelaide.

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Live Oscar blog

23 February 2009 | 12:24 - By World Movies

Don't want to watch the boring bits of the ceremony? Read Fiona Williams' Oscars blog for live results as they happen.


In a nod to the recession, Hugh Jackman gives an hilariously scaled-back opening musical number which references all of the nominated films, and includes self-deprecating cracks about Australia, plus a shameless plug for his next movie, Wolverine. All's forgiven, Drover!

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As a love story The Reader references the moral dilemmas of the Holocaust but it pulls its punches just a bit too much. Review by Fiona Williams.


The Reader is a weighty film that explores the degrees to which guilt and responsibility linger for Germans living in the shadow of the Holocaust; though for convenience and palatability, the themes of subterfuge, shame and betrayal are boiled down into the story of a brief but life-changing post-war affair.

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Would you invest in a film made by this man?

18 February 2009 | 9:00 - By World Movies

Don Groves looks at prolific filmmakers who refuse to stop making films, including one who should never have started in the first place.


Uwe Boll (pictured) has been responsible for so many lousy horror movies (Alone in the Dark, BloodRayne and House of the Dead to name just a few of his monstrosities), it’s no surprise the German filmmaker is taking desperate measures to try to raise finance.

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Giveaway: The International

16 February 2009 | 10:42 - By World Movies

Sony Pictures and SBS are giving you the chance to win a double in-season pass to see The International, a timely thriller of corruption and economic deception.


In The International, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Elenor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world’s most powerful banks.

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Film Fix: Rachel Getting Married

12 February 2009 | 9:28 - By World Movies

In Rachel Getting Married, Jonathan Demme straddles the possibilities available to a big-time director who is also fiercely independent. Kylie Boltin reviews the film.


is the most recent feature by maverick director, Jonathan Demme – the longstanding stalwart of the New York film industry. Demme’s career has seen him as the director behind such big budget films as Silence of the Lambs (1991) – for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, Philadelphia (1993) and The Manchurian Candidate (2004).

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