The Transition Films Festival documentary The Price We Pay examines with impressive depth the vexing problem of big corporations avoiding tax by funnelling their income through off-shore tax havens. In this film a prestigious roster of experts including heads of economic commissions, academics and computer scientists dissect the global economy and the dangerous impact of corporate tax avoidance on the
Read moreSet amid the post-war Irish immigration to America, Brooklyn sees shy, naive young Irish woman Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronin) leave her mother and sister in the small Irish town of Enniscorthy in the early 1950’s to take up a job in a snooty department store in Brooklyn. Although, miserable and homesick at first, Eilis soon finds love with young Italian
Read moreBuilt for Speed – 12th February 2016 RADIO BIRDMAN – What gives. (Aus) POND – Elegant design. (Aus) DAPPLED CITIES – Miniature alas. (Aus) THE HUMMINGBIRDS – You just gotta know my mind. (Aus) JORDIE LANE – I think I always thought. (Aus) THE SHINS – Australia MGMT – Congratulations. CALEXICO – Black heart. BLITZEN TRAPPER – Destroyer of the
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at Oscar nominee Brooklyn a drama focussing on a young Irish woman who emigrates from Ireland to the US in the 1950’s. We’ll also review The Price We Pay, a documentary about corporate tax avoidance that will be screening at the Transitions Film Festival. There’s also plenty of fine music
Read moreSpotlight depicts the Boston Globe newspaper’s 2001 inquiry into allegations of child sexual abuse by members of Boston’s Catholic clergy. As a detailed dramatisation of a major piece of investigative journalism, Spotlight follows in the esteemed tradition of films like Zodiac and All the President’s Men. The film reveals how, in 2001, the Globe’s newly-appointed Chief Editor, Marty Baron (Liev
Read moreBuilt for Speed – 5th February 2016 SONS OF RICO – I’m not thinking about you. (Aus) TINY MIGRANTS – A public execution. (Aus) THE MEANIES – There’s a gap. (Aus) METZ – Knife in the water. THE BEACH BOYS – God only knows. BANANARAMA – Robert de Niro’s waiting. EARTH, WIND AND FIRE – Boogie wonderland. RED KROSS – Stay
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