The eerie, dystopian parable, The Survival Of Kindness is the latest film for one of Australia’s most intriguing filmmakers, Rolf de Heer. Like an Avant Garde play expanded to the big screen, this film relies more on visual metaphor than plot which will prove perplexing and possibly irritating for some viewers. Those looking to surrender their normal cinema-going needs for
Read moreMacedonian Australian director Goran Stolevski leapt to the cinema world’s attention with his remarkable, feminist-themed, 2022 supernatural horror film You Won’t Be Alone. With his latest film, Of an Age, he returns to Melbourne and more contemporary issues as he explores same-sex relationships and the attitudes of Anglo and Eastern European Australians through the burgeoning but awkward romance between two
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at two intriguing films, the vivid and disturbing thriller, ‘Pearl’ and the Australian romantic drama, ‘Of An Age’. We’ll also play a feast of fine tunes with new Aussie material, post-punk favourites, classic rock and some of the artists featured in the recent SBS doco ‘Women Who Rock’. Don’t forget
Read moreBased on Kate Kyriacou’s book, The Sting, which documented the events surrounding the elaborate police operation to capture the man who tragically abducted and murdered Queensland boy Daniel Morecambe, the gripping Australian crime drama The Stranger explores not only the depths of criminal behaviour but also the dark places it takes those who investigate these crimes. It’s important to note
Read moreAs the Melbourne International Film Festival opened for a celebrated 70th year, ‘Built For Speed’ talked about some of the offerings in the Australian and International short film showcases, in particular, Chinese film ‘The Water Murmurs’ and Australian film ‘Mate’.
Read moreBaz Luhrmann is one of the least subtle directors of recent times. Perhaps only Michael Bay and Oliver Stone in the 90’s top him for obviousness and outrageousness. Having Baz direct a film about Elvis Presley who, at least in the latter part of his life, was known for excess and an extravagant lifestyle, promised to be a sensory assault.
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