Film review: LOVING, from ‘Built For Speed’

Loving from Take Shelter and Midnight Special writer/ director Jeff Nichols dramatises the true story of married couple Richard and Mildred Loving, who as a white man and an African American woman, in early 1960’s, Virginia were forced to battle racist attitudes and laws that threatened to destroy their relationship. Marrying out of state in Washington DC they were confronted

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‘Built For Speed’, Playlist, Friday 24th March 2017

Built for Speed – 24th March 2017 THE GRATES – Call Me. (Aus) FLOP – Julie Francovillia. GAS HUFFER – Crooked Bird. GIRL TROUBLE – My Hometown. RYAN ADAMS – Do you still love me. GREEN DAY – Still breathing. BOSTON – More than a feeling. THE BEATLES – Roll over Beethoven. THE ROLLING STONES – Carol. SEX PISTOLS –

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 24th March 2017

This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we celebrate the music of the late Chuck Berry with some of the rock’n’roll pioneer’s originals and classic tracks that his work has influenced.  We’ll also here some classics from  lesser known 90’s Seattle bands who deserved a lot more recognition, some fine Aussie indie rock and much more.  On the movie front we’ll

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Film review: THE SALESMAN, from ‘Built For Speed’

Iranian director Ashgar Farhadi’s The Salesman recently won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Farhadi caused the evening’s second most controversial moment when he refused to appear because of his disapproval of the US government’s travel ban on citizens from selected countries. Instead he had an Iranian-American engineer Anousheh Ansari read a powerful statement about the dangers of divisiveness.

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Film review: A FEW LESS MEN, from ‘Built For Speed’

Stephan Elliot’s 2012 wedding comedy A Few Best Men attempted to transplant Death at a Funeral-style British farce to Australia. Juvenile and dismally unfunny it was a painful experience to sit through. Astonishingly, we now have a sequel to that film.  A Few Less Men now directed by Mark Lamprell but still scripted by the first film’s writer Dean Craig

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‘Built For Speed’, Playlist, Friday 17th March 2017

Built for Speed – 17th March 2017 YOU AM I – Trike. (Aus) JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – Fire. VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO – I’m waiting for the man. BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD – Expecting to fly. THE KINKS – Waterloo Sunset. THE CLASH – Janie Jones. QUEEN – Sheer Heart Attack. FLEETWOOD MAC – Go your own way. ELVIS COSTELLO – Welcome

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