The aftermath of Australia Day seems like an appropriate time to watch On the Beach, for a belated first time, given that Stanley Kramer’s 1959 vision of the world-annihilating fallout from a nuclear war is probably the most famous film ever made in Australia and it is available on the streamer Stan along with a smattering of vintage films ranging from Psycho to Some Like It Hot.
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