Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Matthew Victor Pastor’s A Pencil to the Jugular will have its Australian premiere at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival in July. The second in Pastor’s trio of pandemic films, following The Neon Across the Ocean which premiered at Revelation last year, A…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Written and Directed by Matthew Victor Pastor Produced by Matthew Victor Pastor and Odin B. Fernandez Starring Matt Furlani, Rachel Javier and Vessy Karadjova Amos is a young gay man, his sister Jewel is a drug dealer and their father Julian…
Directed by Matthew Victor Pastor Written by Celina Yuen and Matthew Victor Pastor Starring Matthew Victor Pastor, Celina Yuen, Bridget O’Brien, Rachel Javier, Khoa Le, Matt Furlani, Vlady T and Gregory Pakis MELODRAMA/RANDOM/MELBOURNE! is a mesmerising low-budget creation, a millennial-modern kaleidoscope of the Filipino community in the urban jungle of Melbourne, where it battles with assimilation, alienation, racism and sexism. A panoply of characters intersect: a feminist…
JJ DeCeglie’s Can’t Win. Do Try. is a hilarious Perth-set comedy shot during a scorching West Australian summer. Bunked up in a rented Cottesloe abode, the cast and crew – many who have never worked on a feature film – formed a tight bond and created lifetime memories which they share below. “We spent much time getting…
by Matthew Eeles Cinema Australia readers have been given an exclusive first look at JJ DeCeglie’s hilarious new Australian film, Can’t Win. Do Try. The Perth-shot comedy is the second film for the eclectic filmmaker after his micro-budget debut, Jugular. Influenced by his best mate Jez (Christopher Millington), Gordan (Harry Quinlan) convinces his rather bitchy finance,…
Can’t Win. Do Try. Written and Directed by JJ DeCeglie Produced by Simon Camp and JJ DeCeglie Starring Adriane Daff, Christopher Millington, Tanya Jade, Matt Furlani, Fiannah de Rue, Chris Reid, Harry Quinlan, Cj Hampson, Chelsea Gibson and Aimee Nicholls “It’s laugh-out-loud funny, batshit crazy and likely the most fun you’ll have watching a movie all year.” Can’t Win. Do Try. is an absolute breath of…
With only one other, rather unsettling film to his name, director JJ DeCeglie has created a genuinely hilarious film with Can’t Win. Do Try. Can’t Win. Do Try. follows Gordon, an engaged 25 year old with a fresh mortgage. In a bid to extend his adolescence he convinces his reluctant fiancée to allow his best-friend Jez…
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