This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we have a look at Australian documentary ‘Girl’s Can’t Surf’ which explores female surfers’ attempts to gain the recognition they deserved on the surfing tour. We also review rom-com ‘Then Came You’ which, believe it or not, stars Kathy-Lee Gifford and Craig Ferguson. There’ll be many fine tunes for you with new Aussie and
Read moreAs cinemas reopen, one of the great annual events is back, the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival and this week on ‘Built For Speed’ we speak to Johanna Durand, the Director of the Melbourne branch of the Alliance Francaise about the selection of movies on offer this year. We’ll also take a look at the Frank Zappa documentary and Australian
Read moreSet in Australia’s colonial past and focused on the pursuit of an aboriginal man by white police, High Ground plays like a companion piece to Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country. While its plot lacks the nuance and complexity of Sweet Country, its visual artistry is almost as impressive and this confronting story of white brutality and aboriginal resistance is nearly as
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at environmental documentary ‘Wild Things’ which celebrates the joy of spending time in the forest and horror movie ‘Wrong Turn’ which tells you why you shouldn’t go into the forest. We’ll also have plenty of terrific tunes with new Aussie and overseas music, indie rock favourites and classic rock. Don’t
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at two of the more intense films currently in our cinemas: creepy family drama ‘The Nest’ and a confronting depiction of Australia’s colonial past in ‘High Ground’. There’ll be plenty of magnificent music for you with more new releases, indie rock favourites from across the decades and classic rock. Don’t
Read moreAustralian drama Penguin Bloom is based on the book by Cameron Bloom about his wife Sam Bloom (Naomi Watts) an active and sporty mother of three boys who was left paralysed from the waist down after a fall from a balcony while on holiday in Thailand. Wheelchair bound, unable to continue her career as a nurse and grieving the loss
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