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Follow along with hosts Andrew F Peirce and David Giannini as they travel through the history of the Academy Awards by looking at each of the Best Picture winners and discussing their importance in film history.

Each episode has Andrew and David asking the question, does this film matter?, all the while exploring why each film won the illustrious and highly coveted award of Best Picture.

The first episode will arrive on April 15th with a discussion on F.W. Murnau’s silent film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and William A. Wellman’s war epic Wings.

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Clips used in this episode:

Billy Crystal Oscars Opening Monologue 1998

James Cameron wins Best Director

Quentin Tarantino Interview

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans End Music 

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Andrew caught up with comedians Katie Lee and Grace Rouvray to chat about their successful stand up comedy show, Hour of Power. Kicking off on Thursday January 16th at the Flight Path Theatre in Marrickville.

In this conversation, Andrew talks to Katie and Grace about relationships, friendships, being open and vulnerable, and the comfort of comedy.

Make sure to check in to the Facebook event here, and read more about the event at What’s On Sydney, and check out the Instagram page here.

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In 2019, I was fortunate enough to meet and run a Q&A with the exceptionally talent writer/director/actor Alex Lykos. After the run of his film Me and My Left Brain around Australia, I got back in touch with Alex to have a chat about the process, about the stresses of self releasing the film, and the challenges of making a film in Australia outside of the funding body systems.

I'm releasing this now at the beginning of 2020 with the intention of showing the difficulties that Alex faced as he put his film out into the world, and hope that when people listen to this interview that they can appreciate the struggles of getting films released in Australia independently.

Hopefully after you hear Alex's story that you can appreciate how important it is to get behind Australian artists and support their work. They put so much of themselves out there that it is beyond important to support them when they do make themselves vulnerable for us.

Check out the pieces I've written about Me and My Left Brain here, including its placement in the Best Australian Films of 2019 list.

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If you've been following the site for a bit, you'll have noticed I'm a fairly major fan of the new Aussie film, H is for Happiness. I adore it completely, and was fortunate enough to chat with director John Sheedy and star Daisy Axon about their work on the film. I also had a chat with writer Lisa Hoppe about her work adapting the film, which you can read here.

Travis Akbar got to speak to Indigenous KGB actor Bjorn Stewart about KGB, the show's production, what he's watching on TV at the moment and his desire to get some dirt on future co-stars. And - lots more.

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Koko A Red Dog Story Interview with Directors Aaron McCann and Dominic Pearce

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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 for Sunny will be having screenings around Australia in December, and is definitely a film best served with a large audience.

Head over to the Facebook page for more information about dates, and check out the website as well for more info. If the film isn't coming to your area, fear not! You can always organise a FanForce screening.

In the meantime, make sure to check out Andrew's review here, and if you like the film, then make sure to vote for it in the upcoming Cinema Australia best film awards.

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Andrew caught up with director Selina Miles to talk about her excellent documentary, Martha: A Picture Story, which is all about the life and career of photojournalist Martha Cooper. It's an excellent film which will leave you on a high once it's finished.

Check out the website for more information, and while you're at it, give Andrew's review a read as well.

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Andrew catches up with Happy Sad Man director Genevieve Bailey to talk about her work directing this important documentary.

Find out about the film at HappySadMan.org

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