Film review: SPOTLIGHT, from ‘Built For Speed’

Spotlight 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

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 5th February 2016

This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at two more Oscar-nominated films, investigative journalism drama Spotlight and the biopic of transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl.  We also have a feast of fine music as we begin our serious on the best tracks of the current millennium and play older classics and some fine new releases. 

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