The Many Saints of Newark is writer/ producer David Chase’s eagerly anticipated feature-length prequel to one of the most lauded TV series in history, The Sopranos. While the show’s contemporary The Wire was about sociology, The Sopranos was about psychology, its central motif was the therapy that mob boss Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) underwent with psychiatrist Dr Melfi (Lorraine Bracco).
Read moreTonight on ‘Built For Speed’ we’ll take a look at the confronting documentary ‘A Fire Inside’ which explores the impact of the 2019 bushfires. We’ll also take a brief look at some of the films that came out over the last few months and are now accessible on cinema ‘at home’ services. There’ll be a feast of fine music with
Read moreThe original 1992 version of The Candyman, which was based on Clive Barker’s story The Forbidden, formed part of the early 90’s urban legend horror genre which repurposed the slasher movie into a kind of cultural myth designed to reflect the anxieties of a particular community. Notably, that community was African Americans who had normally been on the periphery of
Read moreHi folks, here’s a few reviews of films screening at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival. Hopper/Welles (Documentary; dir: Orson Welles; 120 mins; unclassified 18+) Dennis Hopper and Orson Welles are two of Hollywood’s most iconic, controversial and enigmatic figures. Hopper, the notoriously wild, rule shattering rebel who was once deported from Australia and Welles the artistic polymath with the
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
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