The 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die had promised to appear so many times we were starting to wonder whether it actually existed. Of course, Covid was largely blame for its absence but thankfully, with cinemas now open, it’s finally with us and it was definitely worth the wait. No Time to Die is the final Bond film
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we speak to MIFF programmer Kate Fitzpatrick about the feast of fine films on offer at this year’s festival. We’ll also review new release films ‘Jungle Cruise’ and ‘Nine Days’. There’ll be plenty of magnificent tunes with new Aussie releases as well as indie and classic rock from across the decades. Don’t forget our
Read more‘Built For Speed’ is back this week and on the eve of MIFF we’ll be previewing some of the films on offer including music docos ‘Poly Styrene: I am a cliche’ which looks at the life of the X-Ray Spex singer/ songwriter and ‘Sisters With Transistors’ which explores the under-appreciated contribution of women to electronic music. On a slightly different
Read moreYou may have blissfully entertained the notion that the brain-pummelling Marvel superhero movies had ended with the encouragingly titled Avengers: Endgame. You would, however, be wrong… so wrong. Folks, believe it or not, there’s several lifetimes of these films yet to come. The latest is the unremarkable Natasha Romanov spin-off Black Widow which was largely filmed in Australia. Rather than
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we speak to JJ Winlove, the writer/ director of new Australian film ‘June Again’ which stars Noni Hazelhurst, Claudia Karvan and Stephen Curry. We’ll also take a look at the latest CGI-driven cinematic action-fest, ‘Mortal Kombat’. There’ll be a feast of fine music for you with new Aussie and overseas tracks, indie rock favourites
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at young adult sci-fi flick ‘Voyagers’ and WW2 drama ‘The Last Vermeer’ starring Guy Pearce. We’ll also have many magnificent tunes for you with new tracks from Civic, Floating Points and many others as well as indie rock and classic rock favourites. Don’t forget our comprehensive round-up of music news,
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