Film review: SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ, from ‘Built For Speed’

The awkwardly titled Septembers of Shiraz, a cinema adaptation of the successful 2007 Dalia Sofer novel, has been pilloried by critics. Much of the invective is justified although this film isn’t quite the monstrous squawking turkey filmgoers might fear. Septembers of Shiraz places us amid the epochal events of Ayatollah Khomeini’s 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran. The focus of the

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‘Built For Speed’ Playlist 8th July 2016

Built for Speed – 8th July 2016 THE GOOCH PALMS – Ask me why. (Aus) DEEP PURPLE – Fireball. IRON MAIDEN – Sun and steel. MASTODON – The wolf is loose. FLICKER – Winter’s gone. (Aus) THE BO WEEVILS – Into Sunshine (Aus) BELLES WILL RING – The Green (Aus) DM 3- Far from here. (Aus) AC/DC – High voltage.

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