Nomadland depicts a largely unseen but apparently growing subculture, people who have forgone the dream of home ownership and suburban security to travel the country, working itinerantly and living in their vans. Written and directed by Chloe Zhao and based on Jessica’s Bruder’s book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, this wonderfully rugged, humane and moving film has rightly
Read moreNew Australian film The Dry, which is based on the Jane Harper novel and stars Eric Bana, explores some familiar Australian movie themes. There’s the prodigal son who, like Ben Mendelsohn in Beautiful Kate, returns to his small rural home town having left under controversial circumstances. Also, like Picnic at Hanging Rock, Jindabyne and Black Rock there’s a perplexing mystery
Read moreThis Friday on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at two of the big recent cinema releases: Wonder Woman: 1984 and Australian crime drama The Dry which stars Eric Bana. We’ll also have some more of the best tracks of 2020 as well as classic and indie rock favourites from across the decades. Don’t forget our round-up of TV
Read moreThe cinema has handled the topic of mental illness with vastly differing degrees of accuracy and sensitivity. Films like Silver Linings Playbook have intelligently captured the complexities of mental illness and the way in which it impacts on sufferer’s loved ones while movies like Split have alarmingly equated mental illness with something monstrous. Words on Bathroom Walls, which stars Lean
Read moreDavid Fincher’s latest film Mank may be a little perplexing for those who don’t have an abiding love of movies, particularly the film often considered Hollywood’s finest, Citizen Kane. Mank depicts the period in the 1930’s in which renowned screenwriter and according to the film, gambling-addicted drunk, Herman J Mankiewicz aka Mank (Gary Oldman) toiled on the script for Kane
Read moreWith Christmas hurtling ominously toward us, “Built For Speed’ will, this Friday, review the latest addition to that oddball cinema sub-genre the Christmas movie with comedy/ drama ‘Happiest Season’ starring Kristen Stewart. We’ll also have a feast of great music for you with more terrific tracks that have emerged in 2020, some of the favourites from our ‘best of’ lists
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