Built for Speed – 19th February 2016 COLD CHISEL – 20th Century. (Aus) THE GOOCH PALMS – Tiny insight. (Aus) MIA DYSON – Tearing up the lawn. (Aus) THE MEANIES – There’s a gap. (Aus) MARLON WILLIAMS – Miss lonesome. (Aus) THE GOOCH PALMS – We get by. (Aus) RED KROSS – The lady in the front row. TEENAGE FANCLUB
Read moreThere’s been a heated critical reaction to the Zoolander sequel and this week ‘Built For Speed’ lends their ten cents worth to the debate. We also take a look at another critically savaged sequel, Ride Along 2 which stars Ice Cube and Kevin Hart. There’s plenty of magnificent music to enjoy as we continue our look at the best tracks
Read moreThe 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
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