Audio Description (AD) available for The Seagull and Chuck / Closed Captions available for The Seagull and The Square
The Seagull
Sunday 2 October, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / Now streaming at SBS On Demand
M, AD, CC
USA, 2018
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Language: English
Director: Michael Mayer
Starring: Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Corey Stoll, Elisabeth Moss, Mare Winningham
What's it about?
Based on Anton Chekov's legendary 1896 play of the same name, in which friends and family gather at a lakeside Russian estate for a weekend in the countryside. While everyone is caught up in passionately loving someone who loves somebody else, a tragicomedy unfolds about art, fame, human folly, and the eternal desire to live a purposeful life. Moss features in a crucial supporting role as the black-clad, depressive daughter of estate manager Shamrayev (Glenn Fleshler) and his wife Polina (Winningham). “She’s a real badass.” Moss says of her character. “She can be angry and stubborn one minute, and then the next dissolve into tears, and then make a joke. There’s something wonderfully Bette Davis about her."
Chuck
Sunday 9 October, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / Now streaming at SBS On Demand
M, AD
USA, 2017
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Starring: Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Elisabeth Moss, Ron Perlman, Michael Rapaport
What's it about?He was the pride of Bayonne, New Jersey, a man who went fifteen rounds in the ring with Muhammad Ali, and the real-life inspiration for Rocky Balboa. But before all that, Chuck Wepner (Schreiber) was a liquor salesman and father with a modest prize-fighting career whose life changed overnight when, in 1975, he was chosen to take on Ali in a highly publicised title match. Sporting a pitch-perfect Jersey accent, Moss excels in her role as Wepner's first wife, Phyllis.
The Square
Sunday 16 October, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / Streaming after at SBS On Demand
MA15+, CC
Sweden, 2017
Genre: Drama
Language: Swedish, Danish, English
Director: Ruben Östlund
Starring: Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, Christopher Læssø
What's it about?
Christian (Bang) is the respected curator of a contemporary art museum. His next show is “The Square”, an installation which invites passersby to altruism, reminding them of their role as responsible fellow human beings. But disaster strikes when Christian’s phone is stolen, his new performance art piece turns dangerously awry, and his marketing campaign goes viral for all the wrong reasons. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, this sharp satirical comedy from writer-director Ruben Östlund (who also wrote and directed this year's Palme winner, Triangle of Sadness) features Moss in a delicious comic turn as Anne, an American journalist who begins an awkward affair with Christian.
Shirley
Sunday 23 October, 8:30pm on SBS World Movies / Streaming after at SBS On Demand
M
USA, 2020
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Language: English
Director: Josephine Decker
Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman, Victoria Pedretti
What's it about?
In this audacious biopic, Moss plays revered horror author Shirley Jackson as she finds inspiration for her next book (1951's Hangsaman) after she and her husband take in a young couple. Directed by Josephine Decker (Madeline's Madeline), executively produced by Martin Scorsese, and co-starring Australia's Odessa Young, who lauded Moss when talking to SBS Movies in 2020: “Like the rest of us, I’ve been blown away by her work. There’s always something about everything that she does, every decision that she makes, that is a little bit left of centre, and that is why she is so renowned.”
