Added in August: The Seagull, Picture Stories and more...
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02/09/2022
Shake off the winter doldrums and spring into the slate of great movies, documentaries, and series we've added in August. You won't want to miss Annette Bening and Saoirse Ronan in Michael Mayer's The Seagull or Luca Zingaretti in Inspector Montalbano Season 7. Picture Stories shines a spotlight on the life and legacy of Britain's best-selling post-WWII magazine Picture Post, while Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge is a fascinating 50-year retrospective of a similarly iconic but different mag. From politics and activism to drama and revenge, our August additions will see you through the last of winter and put a new spring in your step.
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The life and legacy of Picture Post, Britain's best-selling magazine during and after WWII. Through its powerful picture stories, Picture Post helped to transform post-war Britain, and changed the face of British photography.
A look at 50 years of the iconic magazine features interviews with and footage of journalists, photographers and performers who have graced its pages since it was launched by publisher Jann Wenner in 1967.
Haunted by memories of her twin sister's abduction and convinced she's still alive, a woman follows a series of clues to uncover the truth about her own fate.
An Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia but finds no work. The only employment he can find is as a builder's labourer. At first, he cannot comprehend the culture, but eventually he finds mateship and romance.
In Andrea Bosshard’s and Shane Loader’s moving, shocking, but occasionally also ironic documentary from New Zealand women also talk about the illegal abortions they had.
