The 1972 Olympic hostage crisis, as seen from the perspective of the ABC  Sports crew who reported it live from Munich. Learning on the fly, they were the first to broadcast an incident of this kind live around the world. This is one of those stories that not only explores a major historical event, it exposes the viewer to a mostly unseen viewpoint, and does it very well. Over the course of a fairly brisk 90 minutes, writer/director Tim Fehlbaum, along with writers Moritz Binder and Alex David drop us into the world of live TV, circa 1972. Thanks in no small part to some clever use of real footage,  September 5 is both an eye-opening look at what it takes to produce a live broadcast, and a weird way to view such a horrible event. The cramped quarters of the ABC offices in the Olympic park feel very detached from the terrible tragedy that was unfolding just down the road. The trouble is, that taut 90 minute runtime may add a degree of intensity, but it can also give you the i...

It's not every day that a movie arrives on Netflix - or on any platform, for that matter - featuring a story that took place just down the road from where you live... well, where I live, anyway. But that is exactly the case with 'The Dig', a movie that explores the excavation of an important Anglo-Saxon burial site on the eve of World War 2. Don't forget to check out the rest of our Lockdown Streaming Survival Guide, which you can find here . In 1939, Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) hires local excavator and amateur archaeologist Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) to investigate a series of possible burial mounds on her property at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. What they uncover soon draws the attention of the British Museum, and they must fight to maintain control of their discovery. First off, it's important to note that 'The Dig' isn't based on a true story in the usual sense, it's based on the novel that is based on the real event. So as a depiction of a history...