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Standing Up for Sunny Interviews – RJ Mitte & Philippa Northeast

Andrew F Peirce
December 5, 2019
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Coming in at number nine on my Best Australian Films of 2019 list is Steve Vidler's Standing Up for Sunny. I was already fortunate enough to chat to Steve about making the film, and was triply fortunate to...

Standing Up for Sunny Director Steve Vidler Interview

Andrew F Peirce
November 29, 2019
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Andrew caught up with multi-hyphenate writer-director-actor Steve Vidler to talk about his new comedy Standing Up for Sunny. This is a treat of a film, genuinely hilarious and superbly acted. Standing Up f...

Cinema Run for Aussie Comedy Standing Up for Sunny

Andrew F Peirce
November 25, 2019
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I caught the brilliant comedy Standing Up for Sunny at Cinefest Oz and found myself crying with laughter. It's a brilliant, genuinely hilarious film. I managed to see it with a full audience, and they all appr...

Little Monsters Review – A Bothersome Zombie Flick That I Just Can’t Shake Off

Andrew F Peirce
November 18, 2019
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There’s been precious few films this year that have left me well and truly bothered at their end. Godzilla: King of the Monsters left me quite bothered by its misguided attempt to instil ethics to its monster-...

Standing Up for Sunny Cinefest Oz Review – A Genuinely Hilarious Treat of a Film

Andrew F Peirce
September 26, 2019
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In Standing Up for Sunny, RJ Mitte stars as Travis, a socially isolated, perennially grumpy, guy living with cerebral palsy. He has a major gripe with the world: the fact that there are other people in it. Tra...

The Naked Wanderer Review – A Bland Tourism Advertisement Gussied Up as a Film

Andrew F Peirce
September 23, 2019
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Coming hot on the heels of Breath and Jasper Jones, and getting the jump on Dirt Music, The Naked Wanderer is the latest West Australian tourism ad campaign masquerading as a film. But, unlike Breath and Jaspe...

H is for Happiness Cinefest Oz Review – An Immediate Australian Classic

Andrew F Peirce
September 4, 2019
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H is for Happiness feels like a rare film. It’s so genuine and tender with its comedy and humanity that it can’t help but feel like an anomaly in the landscape of cinema. Sure, this is a kids film, but you’d b...

The Tonal Balance of Muriel’s Wedding and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Christopher Spencer
September 3, 2019
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The two very best comedies in the history of Australian cinema are The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Muriel’s Wedding. There I said it. That’s just how I feel, and yes you may feel differ...

Hot Mess Review – One of the Best Films of 2019

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There’s been a rise in stories about millennial Sydney-siders struggling to live in the ever increasingly costly city. Early this year, the black and white Jarmusch-esque dramedy Chocolate Oyster explored the ...

Yahoo Serious – We’ve Done You Wrong, Mate

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Australia was never kind enough to Yahoo Serious. Our rejection of the absurd meant that the man who gave us cinematic classics such as Young Einstein and Reckless Kelly was never fully given his well earned p...
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