The Danish Girl sensitively depicts the life of Danish landscape painter Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) and his transition from male to female through gender reassignment. Einar was married to painter Gerda (Alicia Vikander) but came to the realisation that he felt more comfortable as a woman. In the mid-1920’s he underwent the first gender reassignment surgery and became Lili. While
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we play all Australian music with classic tunes from across the decades and plenty of current indie rock. On the movie front we’ll review the new Australian film Looking for Grace and the disturbingly titled Dirty Grandpa which, believe it or not, stars Robert de Niro and Zach Efron. Don’t forget our regular preview
Read moreSince the superb Jackie Brown, Quentin Tarantino’s films haven’t been entirely convincing. Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained all had inventive, exciting and funny moments but the storylines were an unsatisfying jumble of ideas tainted by questionable morality. Tarantino’s latest film, The Hateful Eight, is an improvement but still suffers some of the same problems; there’s a number of
Read moreBuilt for Speed – 22nd January 2016 THE BEASTIE BOYS – Shake your rump. VELVET CRUSH – Atmosphere. THE LIQUOR GIANTS – Bastanchury Park. SLEATER KINNEY – Things you say. NIRVANA – In bloom. COURTNEY BARNETT – Pickles from the jar. (Aus) LEFTFIELD (WITH AFRIKA BAMBAATAA) – Africa shox. NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS – Dream on. LED ZEPPELIN –
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we review the film that caused a sensation in Melbourne this week when its director Quentin Tarantino and its stars Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell made an appearance at a screening, The Hateful Eight. We also take a look at a star-studded film that explores the origins of the GFC, The Big Short. There’ll
Read moreThe Big Short sounds like the title of a caper comedy and in a sense it is although the caper is a particularly dubious one, the multi-billion dollar exploitation of a dysfunctional and seemingly corrupt financial system by greedy unscrupulous bond traders that led to the GFC and the financial devastation of millions of working people in 2008. Directed by
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