LIVE SUNDAY SESSIONS HEAT UP FOR SUMMER

Check out the fine array of upcoming guests on our Live Sunday Sessions. It is most definitely going to be a very hot month of live mini concerts in the SFM studio. This Sunday 9th November some awesome blues with The Andy Layfield Sound, 16th November the sizzling Peta Evans-Taylor, 23rd November the harmonious Airway Lanes, 30th November Baggage Claim,

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Film review: WHIPLASH, from Built For Speed

Landing somewhere between Fame, Black Swan and Full Metal Jacket, Whiplash is a gut-wrenching music drama, which, while flawed, is still one of the year’s most riveting films. In its best moments this is a searing examination of bullying, the forces that compel people toward objectionable even maniacal behaviour, the obsessive pursuit of success and the limits of emotional endurance.

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Film review: FORCE MAJEURE, from Built For Speed

Force Majeure is a refreshingly unusual Swedish film that dissects the institution of marriage to examine issues of guilt, blame, masculine identity and parental responsibility.  Tomas (Johannes Kuhnke) and Ebba (Lisa Loven Kongsli) are an attractive 30-something Swedish couple with two young children. They appear to be the perfect family; they even clean their teeth together in front of the

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Film review: JOHN DOE: VIGILANTE, from Built For Speed

John Doe: Vigilante is bound to divide audiences and evoke volatile reactions for both its subject matter and its film-making style. Taking perhaps too many thematic and plot cues from 90’s serial killer films such as Natural Born Killers and Seven, the film follows an Aussie vigilante killer calling himself John Doe who murders assorted criminals who he thinks have

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