Built for Speed – 12th February 2016 RADIO BIRDMAN – What gives. (Aus) POND – Elegant design. (Aus) DAPPLED CITIES – Miniature alas. (Aus) THE HUMMINGBIRDS – You just gotta know my mind. (Aus) JORDIE LANE – I think I always thought. (Aus) THE SHINS – Australia MGMT – Congratulations. CALEXICO – Black heart. BLITZEN TRAPPER – Destroyer of the
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at Oscar nominee Brooklyn a drama focussing on a young Irish woman who emigrates from Ireland to the US in the 1950’s. We’ll also review The Price We Pay, a documentary about corporate tax avoidance that will be screening at the Transitions Film Festival. There’s also plenty of fine music
Read moreSpotlight depicts the Boston Globe newspaper’s 2001 inquiry into allegations of child sexual abuse by members of Boston’s Catholic clergy. As a detailed dramatisation of a major piece of investigative journalism, Spotlight follows in the esteemed tradition of films like Zodiac and All the President’s Men. The film reveals how, in 2001, the Globe’s newly-appointed Chief Editor, Marty Baron (Liev
Read moreBuilt for Speed – 5th February 2016 SONS OF RICO – I’m not thinking about you. (Aus) TINY MIGRANTS – A public execution. (Aus) THE MEANIES – There’s a gap. (Aus) METZ – Knife in the water. THE BEACH BOYS – God only knows. BANANARAMA – Robert de Niro’s waiting. EARTH, WIND AND FIRE – Boogie wonderland. RED KROSS – Stay
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at two more Oscar-nominated films, investigative journalism drama Spotlight and the biopic of transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl. We also have a feast of fine music as we begin our serious on the best tracks of the current millennium and play older classics and some fine new releases.
Read moreBuilt for Speed – 29th January 2016 – AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL THE SAINTS – Erotic Neurotic. (Aus) ROYAL HEADACHE – Never Again. (Aus) TAME IMPALA – Desire be desire go. (Aus) MEAGHAN WASHINGTON – The Hardest Part. (Aus) SPIDERBAIT – Alex the seal. (Aus) BRITISH INDIA – Tie up my hands. (Aus) YOU AM I – Jamie’s got a gal. (Aus)
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