BEST MEDICINE
BEST MEDICINE – tday – Lola Berry to talk about The Yoga Body; later Lara Briden on her latest book: Period Repair manual – periods, hormones, PCOS, menopause etc. Please join me, Gaytana
Read moreFilm review: ‘CARGO’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Cargo is an Australian post-apocalyptic zombie film and while that concept might elicit groans from some people Cargo doesn’t always subscribe to horror convention and instead transforms a familiar scenario into a potent human drama reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and confronting allegory of Australia’s racially divided landscape. The film sees husband and wife Andy (Martin freeman) and Kay (Susie
Read moreFilm review: ‘CHAPPAQUIDDICK’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Chappaquiddick dramatises the events surrounding the tragic incident on July 18 1969 when a car driven by Senator Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island leading to the drowning death of 28-year-old campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne. The film reconstructs events based largely on transcripts of a 1970 investigation by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. It suggests that Kennedy
Read moreFilm review: ‘BREATH’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
For those like Liz Lemon in 30 Rock who are wondering what happened to the Mentalist, Simon Baker, he’s now directing films. His debut feature is an adaptation of Tim Winton’s novel Breath. This slow-burn teen rites-of-passage story, partial biopic and surfing film has some impressive moments but never quite jells as a coherent or compelling drama. Samson Coulter, in
Read morePentecost – Rev M Durie (podcast)
Our Songs of Hope sermon today, 3Jun18, was by Rev Mark Durie of Oaktree Anglican Church here in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. His talk title was “Pentecost”.
Read moreFilm review: ‘THE PARTY’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
British film, The Party from director Sally Potter has nothing to do with the 1968 Peter Sellers movie. Instead this oddly brief, extremely erudite, stagey and occasionally pretentious film recalls the sort of politically-infused dinner party films we often see coming out of European arthouse cinema. The Party features a superb cast – including Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson
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