Based on Ian Reid’s 2018 novel, the dystopian sci fi drama, Foe offers an intriguing premise but too often delivers it in a dull fashion. Set in the year 2065, the film depicts a world in which our worst fears about the impacts of climate change have been realised. Global drought has almost annihilated agriculture so governments have begun a
Read moreLion director Garth Davis’ new film Mary Magdalene is a low-key, very slow moving but occasionally stirring religious drama that presents a confluence of Christianity and feminism. As well as telling the familiar story of Jesus (or at least some of it), the film attempts to resurrect the image of Mary who since the middle ages has often been wrongly
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at ‘Lion’ director Garth Davis’ latest film, religious drama ‘Mary Magdalene’. We also review Swiss film, ‘The Divine Order’ which examines the quest for women in Switzerland to gain the right to vote remarkably as late as the 1970’s. There’s our usual feast of fine tunes with new Aussie tracks, classic rock,
Read moreAs a story of an Indian child victim of poverty desperately trying to recover a life taken from him, Lion will elicit immediate comparisons with Slumdog Millionaire. Lion, which is a true story, however, packs an even bigger emotional punch. The film reveals how, in 1986, five-year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) and his teenage brother Guddu (Abhishek Bharate) became separated at
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