Despite its meagre budget, the superbly shot, powerfully acted Polish drama Ida is one of the finest films so far this year. Set in the 1960’s, this story of faith, family, guilt and grief, bitterly reflects on a turbulent period in Poland’s post-war history. Like the recent Philomena, Ida sees a naive religious woman takes to the road with a
Read moreThe Trip was one of recent cinema and television’s comic highlights. Beginning as a TV show it featured comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon playing themselves in a semi-fictionalised scenario as they toured England’s Lake District sampling its food and culture. The TV series and its compressed cinema version mixed foodie lifestyle show with the two leads’ wonderfully acerbic but
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we take a look at two films set in the world’s trouble spots: Good Vibrations returns us to Northern Ireland in the late 70’s where punk impresario Terri Hooley, against all odds, established his famous record shop and punk label. We also venture into the West Bank for the intense Palestinian drama Omar. There’s
Read moreThe latest screen incarnation of Godzilla was preceded by one of the more enticing trailers of recent times. It depicted a team of paratroopers descending through an ominously dark and cloudy sky to the eerie strains of Gyorgy Ligeti’s Reqium otherwise known as the monolith music from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was spooky, menacing and instantly grabbed the attention
Read moreThis is the playlist for this evening’s Midnight Mass program with host DJ Daniel H. Join in from 12am this evening…: BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE – Vad Hande Med Dem ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Daffy Duck NIRVANA – M.V BRIAN ENO – In Dark Trees / St Elmo’s Fire ARIEL PINK – Fright Night YO LA TENGO – The Room Got
Read moreJoin the original Nirvana lads Patrick Campbell-Lyons and Alex Spyropoulos as they talk about London in the swinging 60s, the cult classic film “The Touchables“, DJ Shadow, Lithium, & their brush with Seattle’s 90s Nirvana in the courtroom. Nirvana’s last album is titled Secrets released in 2022. Nirvana Wiki Page: Click Here Purple Haze is proudly sponsored by Songland Records
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