Director Hany Abu-Assad’s latest film Omar portrays the saddening and desperate conflict in the West Bank in a believable manner that thankfully doesn’t ignore basic humanity of people on both sides. Omar (Adam Bakri) is a young baker who has recently joined the Palestinian resistance forces with his childhood friends the hard-headed Tarek (Iyad Hoorani) and the meek Amjad (Samer
Read moreThe last place we might expect to find Scarlett Johansen is in a low budget Scottish sci-fi flick about murderous aliens and the grim monotony of life in Glasgow but that’s exactly what we have in the creepy, obtuse film Under the Skin. Sporting dark hair, a posh British accent and oddly anachronistic acid-wash jeans, Scarlett plays a mysterious woman
Read moreSo many mediocre cgi-drenched fairy tales, mythical adventures and superhero films have filled our cinema screens lately that audiences would be forgiven for feeling a bit jaded and approaching the Snow White re-imagining, Maleficent with low expectations. This film is, however, one of the cinematic surprises of the year. Exciting, funny, visually captivating and even emotionally involving Maleficent more than
Read moreAfter our classic live album extravaganza last week, we return to more recent recordings on Built For Speed with new music from Bob Mould, Halfway, Jack White and many others. On the movie front we review documentary The Last Impresario which examines the remarkable life of theatre producer Michael White. We also take a look at the latest cinematic adaptation from
Read moreOn this Podcast, Joe Camilleri comes into the Purple Haze studio with Mark Naumann to play and chat about his fantastic new album ‘Certified Blue’. Together we track through the entire album and discuss how each track came about – this is a music journey you wont want to miss. Purple Haze is sponsored by Classic Cars with Character
Read moreThe playlist for this evening’s (12am – 2am) Midnight Mass program with host dj Daniel H. is as follows. Hope you can be there in some way, shape or form: PANDA BEAR – Tomboy THE CURE – Shake Dog Shake BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE – Fist Full Of Bees HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS – Strings And Attractors DAVID LYNCH –
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