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'Nope', 'Chevalier', 'The Northman' & 'Bros': 5 things to stream right now

Movies and shows to binge this weekend

'Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate' - what post-World War 1 might have been before the rise of the Nazis.
'Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate' - what post-World War 1 might have been before the rise of the Nazis. (Supplied)

Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate

A bittersweet documentary that makes use of glitzy re-enactments to paint a picture of the famous, queer positive 1920s Berlin nightclub that offered a brief idealistic glimpse of what post-World War I might have been before the rise of the Nazis.

Where to stream it: Netflix

How much time you’ll need to binge it: 90 minutes

Nope

Jordan Peele’s ambitious atmospheric take on the Spielberg alien encounter genre offers plenty of chills, sly humour and biting critique of the injustices of black on-screen representation in movie history.

Where to stream it: Showmax

How much time you’ll need to binge it: 2 hours

Bros

Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane star in this honest, queer love romcom that is charming, entertaining, funny and touching but not preachy or melodramatic.

Where to stream it: Rent or buy from Apple TV +

How much time you’ll need to binge it: 2 hours

Chevalier

Kelvin Harrison Jr gives a stirring performance in this historical drama about the life of the brilliant black French classical composer Joseph Bologne, who rose to the heights of 18th century French society to become Chevalier de Saint-Georges, acclaimed violinist and composer, fencer and subject of scandal after an ill-fated love affair placed him in the crosshairs of Marie Antoinette.

Where to stream it: Disney Plus

How much time you’ll need to binge it: 2 hours

The Northman

Robert Eggers’s dark, brutal retelling of the Hamlet legend relocates the action to Viking-era Denmark and stars Alexander Skarsgard as the embattled prince who'll stop at nothing to claim his revenge, no matter the cost to himself or those around him.

Where to stream it: Showmax

How much time you’ll need to binge it: 2 hours



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