Director Edgar Wright built his reputation on genre parodies, such as zombie spoof Shaun of the Dead, that were often funny and cartoonishly violent and which cleverly sent up the distinctively odd behaviours of that species known as the English male. His latest film, Baby Driver is neither a pastiche (despite recalling other films) nor is it an English lad
Read moreAustralia’s Radio Birdman rightly deserve their place alongside the great pioneering proto-punk acts from Detroit and New York such as Iggy and the Stooges, the Ramones and the MC5 and the iconic British punks like the Sex Pistols and The Clash. Before the spiky-haired Brits upended popular music in the late 70’s, Birdman were annihilating Sydney pubs and town halls
Read moreSo here it is, yet another Spider-Man reboot with a completely new cast, this time featuring young British actor Tom Holland in the title role. It seems there’s a global conspiracy to conscript everyone on earth into the role of Spider- Man. Although not quite an origin story or a remake, this film Spider-Man: Homecoming is, in many ways (which
Read moreWith Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan eschews the traditional war movie narrative for a lyrical yet potently realistic depiction of the 1940 evacuation of more than 300,000 Allied soldiers from the beaches of France as German shells rained down. There’s no war-room strategy sessions, no soldiers talking about their best girl back home and no Rambo-like action sequences. Instead, Nolan recounts the
Read moreBEST MEDICINE – today – Linda Brennan will talk about edible flowers and her beautiful book: A Delicious Bunch and later Dennis Glover will talk about his book: The Last Man in Europe – a novel about George Orwell. Please join me, Gaytana
Read moreGraeme Johnstone had a long chat to troubadour Mike McClellan about his musical journey from the 1970’s up until this week which saw the release of Mike’s new CD, No Intermission.
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