Each month, lots of new films and TV shows are added to Stan‘s library. Eliza Janssen surveys the month’s selections and picks for titles most worth watching. For the full list of everything arriving on the platform, scroll down.
Top Picks: TV
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: Season 3 (September 8)
Still on the ultimate Contiki Tour of Death, TWD’s fan faves Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Carol (Melissa McBride) peaced out of France and are on their way to England, meaning things in this successful spin-off might get very 28 Years Later very quickly. I pray that The Clash’s ‘London Calling’ is not employed as the world’s most cliched and obvious needle-drop as our buddies roll into town.
With an upcoming fourth season already greenlit, this series has admirably worked with more new textures and twists than the original zombie slog from which it originated. Last season involved bioluminescent walkers (Euro-rave anyone?) and psychedelic bat guano, so who knows what might go down in jolly old Blighty?
The Hack: Season 1 (Coming Soon)
No release date locked in just yet for this hard-hitting British drama, based on scandalous true events, but it should hack into your Stan homepage sometime this month. A trio of sensational screen talent bolsters the cast, including Toby Jones, Robert Carlyle, and David Tennant as journo Nick Davies who uncovered the widespread phone hacking perpetrated by News of the World.
Anything that shits all over Rupert Murdoch and News Corp’s unethical cover-ups is alright by us, and as this story unfolds across seven episodes and a decade of headlines, seeing it dramatised by such a fantastic cast should breathe new life and pathos into a dense and complex case.
Top Picks: Movies + Specials
Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (September 8)
It seems like every prestige-y Australian story these days is about some sleuth uncovering the dark truth of a small-town mystery, in a remote locale such as a thirsty desert setting or foreboding woodlands. Eric Bana has ticked off both environs in his role as Agent Aaron Falk, returning in this sequel to get to the bottom of a work retreat gone horribly wrong. Featuring Jacqueline McKenzie and Anna Torv, the frostier, foresty follow-up to 2020’s outback noir The Dry takes place in the Victorian mountain ranges, with Falk trying to find out what happened to his informant after she disappears on a corporate hike.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s another adaptation of Jane Harper’s novels on the way: maybe Falk could enjoy some surf next time around?
Oppenheimer (September 22)
Storming the Oscars and exploding cinemas two years back, Christopher Nolan’s biopic of the father of the atomic bomb really disarmed me, I must admit. Nolan’s period pictures have always been more interesting than his sci-fi, IMO, and here he perfectly synthesises the weight of devastating human history with technically brilliant, nuclear spectacle.
The cast featured just about every dude in Hollywood, with Cillian Murphy picking up a Best Actor statuette as the haunted, groundbreaking scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer: an ideas man, by every measure, more than a humanist…until it’s too late and somebody’s pushed the button.
Tinā (September 28)
An achingly sentimental weepie grounded by a stellar lead performance. Anapela Polataivao is a Samoan teacher struggling to start anew in Christchurch, after losing her daughter in the city’s devastating earthquakes. Difficult as it is, she finds reason and inspiration in teaching a snooty school choir, connecting with lonely young students who remind her of her own kid and dodging attempts from elitist higher-ups to shut down her efforts. Filled with music and heaps of heart, it’s a satisfying debut from director Miki Magasiva and a gleaming showcase for Polataivoa’s warmth and empathy.
All titles arriving on Stan in September
September 1
I Fought The Law: Season 1 Premiere
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
September 2
Mao’s Last Dancer
Every You Every Me
September 3
Memory: The Origins Of Alien
Bonnard, Pierre & Marthe
Quake
September 4
Alex Rider: Season 1
We Were Soldiers
September 5
Pig
Fireman Sam: Season 16
Four’s A Crowd
September 6
Spy
September 7
The Intervention
Delta
September 8
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: Season 3 Premiere
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
September 9
Hey Toma: Season 1
As Needed
September 10
Jenny’s Wedding
The House of Snails
September 11
Hatfield’s & McCoys: Season 1
Conversations with Other Women
September 12
Getting Filthy Rich: Season 3 Premiere
Ted K: The Unabomber
Octonauts And The Amazon Adventure
September 13
10 Things I Hate About You
September 14
The Penguin Lessons
Revealed: Death Cap: Premiere
September 15
Love Of An Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee: The Encore Cut
Crocodile Dundee II (in 4K)
September 16
The Kindergarten Teacher
If You Care For Me
Playground
September 17
Suburbicon
La Tenerezza
September 18
Swan Song
Caillou’s New Adventures: Season 4
September 19
Somewhere Boy: Season 1
Lord Of The Ants
September 20
Life Of Pi
September 21
The World’s Fastest Indian
Full Time
September 22
Can We Live Without Our Phones?
Strays (2023)
Oppenheimer
September 23
A Most Violent Year
The Perfect Dinner
September 24
Without Sin: Season 1
The Social Network
September 25
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Malory Towers: Season 2
September 26
My Spy
Madeline
September 27
Walk The Line
September 28
Tina
Deep Deception: Season 1 Premiere
Where The Crawdads Sing
September 29
Universal Basic Guys: Season 2 Premiere
Billy the Kid: Season 3 Premiere
Stage Mother
September 30
Miss Sloane
Nostalgia
Coming Soon
The Hack: Season 1 Premiere
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