Film review: ‘LIVING’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

The new British film Living, has followed quite a quite remarkable cultural pathway before arriving on our screens.  Directed by a South African, Oliver Hermanus, it’s an adaption of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film Ikiru which was itself based on Tolstoy’s novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Despite a fairly slender plot and some pretty obvious religious references, Living slowly seduces

Read more

Film review: ‘TILL’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

While the film is set in 1955, the issues explored in the often-confronting civil rights drama Till resonate powerfully today.  This is the true story of African American woman Mamie Till-Mobley (Danielle Deadwyler) who sought justice for her 14-year-old son Emmett (Jalyn Hall) who was abducted and killed while visiting cousins In Mississippi. The film begins in fairly sedate and

Read more

Podcast: Happy Hour – Show 55 (24th March 2023)

Hello there and welcome to Happy Hour. Join me as we spend 2 hours of music, humor, chat, and community focus that will let you start your weekend feeling informed, engaged, and hopefully entertained. Our guest today was Kerri from WWF talking us through the importance of earth hour. More insights can be found at www.earthhour.org.au The weekend starts here

Read more
1 261 262 263 264 265 1,191