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'Norsemen', 'El Candidato': Four awesome things to stream right now

Whether you've got one hour to spare or 10, these are the cool shows and documentaries to spend it watching

09 August 2020 - 00:00 By and tymon smith
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The life of the late actress Natalie Wood, pictured here in 1969, is the subject of a fascinating documentary streaming on Showmax.
The life of the late actress Natalie Wood, pictured here in 1969, is the subject of a fascinating documentary streaming on Showmax.
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IF YOU HAVE 1+ HOURS ...

Watch: Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind 

When she died in 1981, aged 43, actress Natalie Wood's life and career were overshadowed by the circumstances of her death - she drowned off the California coast. Thirty-nine years later, her daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner attempts to refocus the story on her mother as person, gifted actress and legend who left us with some of the most memorable performances of an era, in this deeply personal and fascinating documentary.

Where to stream it: Showmax

WATCH | 'Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind' trailer.

IF YOU HAVE 3 HOURS ...

Watch: Norsemen Season 3 

The sometimes silly but satisfyingly dry-humoured reimagining of the oh-so-serious, macho, gory world of the Vikings continues. It's funny, self-deprecating and shows that even the Scandinavians have a refreshing ability to sometimes laugh at themselves.

Where to stream it: Netflix

WATCH | 'Norsemen: Season 3' trailer.

IF YOU HAVE 4 HOURS ...

Watch: More and The Valley (Obscured by Clouds)

Two visually breath-taking classics showing the clash between hippie idealism and the doomed realities of the search for psychic expansion by cult director Barbet Schroeder, and featuring a pair of expansive, experimentally hazy soundtracks by early-era Pink Floyd.

More, set on the Balearic island of Ibiza in its pre-house-music mecca days, follows the adventures of a freewheeling pair of lovers whose hedonistic search for Eden is tinged by drug addiction and self-destruction.

The Valley is a cult classic docudrama that examines the fraught interaction between western transcendentalists and an ancient Amazonian tribe.

Where to stream it: Mubi

WATCH | 'The Valley (Obscured by Clouds)' trailer.

IF YOU HAVE 10 HOURS ...

Watch: El Candidato

Creator Peter Blake takes us on an action-packed, cloak-and-dagger journey into modern-day Mexico City for this thriller series. It follows the rollercoaster ride of CIA rookie Isabel Alfaro, who arrives in the capital only to be recruited into the personal revenge campaign of off-the-reservation spook Wayne Addison in his battle against the city's most ruthless drug kingpin. Just for good measure there's also the problem of her ex-boyfriend, who since she's been away in the US, happens to have landed the job of mayor of Mexico City.

Where to stream it: Amazon Prime Video

WATCH | 'El Candidato' trailer.


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