Magic in the Moonlight, the latest film from Woody Allen, is an engaging light-weight rom-com that explores familiar Woody Allen themes of existential angst, the search for life’s meaning and the curative power of fantasy and romance. Set in 1928, the film stars Colin Firth as misanthropic stage magician, self-proclaimed intellectual and avowed sceptic, Stanley who has earned acclaim for
Read moreThis week on “Built For Speed” we look at two of the more unusual films to emerge this year: Richard Linklater’s epic family drama Boyhood and the extremely confronting German film Wetlands. It’s also classic album time and for September we go back to 1971 for David Bowie’s fourth album Hunky Dory. There’s also plenty of new music from Australia and
Read moreIt’s a huge night for movies and music on “Built for Speed” this week. We speak to Richard Moore, Artistic Director of one of the great local cinema events the Bayside Film Festival about the fascinating and diverse program of features, short films and much more on offer. Also, “Built For Speed” had the privilege of seeing Bob Dylan and in
Read moreThis week Built For Speed is proud to feature special guest, Melbourne radio legend Billy Pinnell. Billy will be talking about his experiences in radio and some of his favourite music particularly classic B-sides. On the movie front we’ll take a look at the latest Scarlett Johansson film, sci fi thriller, Lucy. Don’t forget our regular preview of upcoming gigs and
Read moreThis Friday on Built For Speed we take a look at some of the music documentaries featuring in the “Backbeat” section of the Melbourne International Film Festival including Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon and Pulp: A Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets. We’ll play plenty of the terrific music from both these films as well as a ton of current release
Read moreFollowing The Tracker and Ten Canoes, Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country completes a film trilogy that intelligently and confrontingly examines the experience of indigenous Australians. David Gulpilil plays the title character, a man in his early 60’s eking out an existence in a government run indigenous town camp. Once a celebrated dancer who performed at the opening of the Sydney
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