HBO Max – quick links
HBO Max: new this week
The Yoghurt Shop Murders – 23 May
Series. Episode five, The End of Wondering, chronicles the months after the documentary series The Yogurt Shop Murders debuted in August 2025, when the Austin Police Department suddenly convenes a press conference to announce a break in the 34-year-old case.
HBO Max: recent highlights
On the Roam Season 2 – 14 May
Series. On the Roam is a six-part cinematic docuseries following Jason Momoa as he travels the country chasing art, adventure and friendship through the lens of craftsmanship.
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas – 14 May
Film (2025). This documentary is a tapestry of personal vignettes from across the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities in America. The film captures lived experiences from high-profile celebrities like Sandra Oh to unsung heroes like Madelyn Yu, a critical care nurse who immigrated from the Philippines.
These intimate first-person accounts invite viewers to question umbrella terms like ‘Asian American’ and ‘AAPI’, and instead draw focus to the individuals and the communities themselves.
Song of the Samurai – 9 May
Series. Set in Kyoto at the end of the Edo period, Song of the Samurai explores the intense and passionate lives of the Shinsengumi – the iconic samurai force that defended Kyoto in the final years of Japan’s shogunate – through spectacular action and a bold interpretation based on historical facts.
Street brawler Toshizo Hijikata finds a new kind of family in Isami Kondo and Soji Okita. Hijikata and his comrades in the Shinsengumi forge a bond of loyalty – tested by betrayal, illness and war – as they fight not only their enemies but their own ideals.
The End – 8 May
Film (2024). Some 25 years after environmental collapse leaves Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son live in a luxurious bunker, clinging to strict daily rituals to maintain a sense of normalcy – until the arrival of a stranger, Girl, disrupts their fragile existence.
As tensions rise, their carefully controlled world begins to unravel. Starring Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram and Michael Shannon.
Wuthering Heights – 1 May
Film (2026). A bold and original interpretation of one of the greatest love stories of all time, Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights stars Australians Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, whose forbidden passion for one another turns from romantic to intoxicating in an epic tale of lust, love and madness.
ScreenHub: Wuthering Heights is a provocative sadomasochistic joy
The Life of Chuck – 25 April
Film (2024). A gripping, genre-bending journey that follows three pivotal chapters in the life of Charles Krantz, an ordinary man facing extraordinary circumstances. With each chapter, his world twists and turns in ways that are haunting, darkly funny and deeply human.
Starring Tom Hiddleston, this is a story about life, love and the unexpected turns that define us.
Euphoria Season 3 – 13 April
Series. Zendaya leads a returning ensemble – including Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi and Sydney Sweeney – in the award-winning global hit series.
Season 3 follows a group of childhood friends as they grapple with faith, redemption and the darker truths that bind them. Episodes drop weekly, same day as US (8 episodes).
Kangaroo – 1 April
Film (2025). An Australian family comedy film that follows disgraced TV host Chris and a spirited young Indigenous girl, Charlie, as they team up to rescue and rehabilitate a group of orphaned joeys in a remote Outback community.
Through laughter, chaos and unexpected adventures, the pair discover the true meaning of friendship, courage and second chances.
Starring Rachel House, Brooke Satchwell and Ryan Corr.
ScreenHub: From Looking for Alibrandi to Kangaroo – director Kate Woods returns to Australia
