Film review: CALVARY, from Built For Speed

Calvary, which follows the wonderfully acerbic The Guard as the second in a planned trilogy of films about Ireland from director John Michael McDonagh, is one of the strangest, cleverest and most thought-provoking films so far this year.  The film grips us from its opening confession booth scene in which weary, disillusioned priest Father James Lavelle (Brendan Gleeson) hears an

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What’s on “Built For Speed”, Friday 11th July 2014

This week on Built For Speed we take a look at two of this year’s most provocative films: Irish religious drama Calvary  and Australian documentary All This Mayhem which reveals the tumultuous lives of Aussie skateboard champs Tas and Ben Pappas.  Also, with Bastille coming up this Monday, we take a look at our favourite French films and we play

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