Film review: ‘NOVEMBER’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

On November 13, 2015, Paris was tragically hit by a series of terrorist attacks including the suicide bombing at Stade de France and the mass shooting ag the Bataclan Theatre.  The various attacks resulted in 130 deaths.  The tense, white knuckle French film, November, powerfully and viscerally dramatises the investigation into and pursuit of the terrorists who committed the attacks.

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Film review: ‘ALLELUJAH’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

British playwright Alan Bennett (The History Boys; The Lady in the Van) has been documenting and dramatising the British character and the country’s institutions for decades. His play Allelujah, which examined the health system and its impact on the vulnerable people within in it has now been turned into a film.  While at times very affecting, occasionally grim, sometimes amusing,

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Film review: ‘EO’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

The surreal, dreamlike Polish animal adventure EO, which comes from veteran director Jerzy Skolimoski, is one of the most intriguing and affecting films of the year. While a donkey played a small supporting role in Banshees Of Inisherin, in this film, our four-legged friend takes his rightful place as the lead.  Here, former circus performer Eo escapes the farm to

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