British film, The Party from director Sally Potter has nothing to do with the 1968 Peter Sellers movie. Instead this oddly brief, extremely erudite, stagey and occasionally pretentious film recalls the sort of politically-infused dinner party films we often see coming out of European arthouse cinema. The Party features a superb cast – including Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson
Read moreIt’ll be a feast of magnificent tunes this week on ‘Built For Speed’ as we focus on some lost classics of the 90’s, play new releases from Australia and overseas and feature more selections from the greatest albums of all-time. We’ll also take a look at the biopic of famed French artist Paul Gaugin simply titled ‘Gaugin’ which stars Vincent Cassel.
Read moreThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is one of those quirky film titles that suggests a twee lightweight rom com. While this charming film, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, has a touch of romance and is set amid some idiosyncratic country folk, it rides a dark undercurrent
Read moreThe multitude of recent Star Wars films are probably the premier examples of Gen X nostalgia mining as movie makers attempt to wrench every dollar from those greying, cashed-up children of the 1970’s. There’s probably no greater Gen X hero than Harrison Ford’s Han Solo, he’s almost a religious figure to many sci-fi fans. Depicting Solo’s younger days with a different
Read moreThis week ‘Built For Speed’ takes a look at two very different films, the quaint British drama ‘The Bookshop’ and the latest Star Wars prequel ‘Solo’. There’s a feast of fine tunes with new releases from Australia and overseas and more selections from the greatest albums of all-time. Don’t forget our regular preview of gigs and TV for the week.
Read moreLike many of the nerd persuasion I would stay up to ungodly hours as a kid to watch a zero-budgeted Japanese movie in which Kong fought a giant cockroach. It’s in this fine cinematic tradition that we now have films like Rampage, ludicrous guilty pleasure monster fests but with a bigger budget than the old Kaiju films and CGI replacing the
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