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Brett Stewart

Marrakech Film Festival Review: Stunningly Accomplished And Deeply Affecting 'Everything We Loved'
At the beginning of Max Currie’s debut feature “Everything We Loved,” we see a man sharing a few tender moments with his small son. It soon becomes clear that something’s amiss in this twosome however, as Tommy (Ben Clarkson), the boy, inquires after his mommy, and Charlie (Brett Stewart), explains that she’s dead. Tommy’s not buying it though, and so Charlie distracts him with magic tricks and a Christmas celebration. The audience understanding of the situation slowly and continuously evolves as tiny, almost missable bits of information unfold onscreen: a news broadcast about a missing boy; a Christmas book labeled “Hugo”; Charlie telling Tommy, “I’m not the daddy that made you.” The situation becomes crystal clear with the arrival of Charlie’s wife, Angie (Sia Trokenheim). She seems broken and grieving, and horrified that Charlie has a strange boy in the house. A strange boy...
See full article at The Playlist
  • 12/8/2014
  • by Katie Walsh
  • The Playlist
Fest prizes for Canopy, Healing, Galore
Aaron Wilson.s WW2 drama Canopy won the jury grand prize and Craig Monahan.s Healing took the audience award at the 16th annual St Tropez Antipodes Film Festival. Rhys Graham.s Galore collected the prize for best female talent for Ashleigh Cummings and Lily Sullivan. Brett Stewart was named best male talent for Everything We Loved, the debut feature from Kiwi writer-director Max Currie. The drama revolves around a magician and his wife who look for a replacement child after their young son dies suddenly. There was a special mention for Galore.s Toby Wallace. The jury headed by Fred Schepisi awarded the best short prize to Miranda Edmonds and Khrob Edmonds. Tango Underpants. Stephen Lance.s My Mistress and Zak Hilditch.s These Final Hours also screened in competition. Wilson has been hosting Q&A screenings of Canopy in Us cinemas. The film is released on home entertainment in Australia this week.
See full article at IF.com.au
  • 10/20/2014
  • by Don Groves
  • IF.com.au
He Died With a Felafel
With a title like "He Died With a Felafel in His Hand," and Richard Lowenstein, director of 1986's offbeat "Dogs in Space", at the helm, could this film be headed anywhere else than directly for cult status?

After directing several award-winning videos for the rock band INXS, Lowenstein knows his way around wild subject matter. The film is based on John Birmingham's highly popular book about share-housing, based on his experiences of living in dozens of houses with dozens of people throughout Australia.

Driven by absurdist humor, random off-the-wall moments of originality and a generally anarchic tone, "He Died With a Felafel" mixes the heightened silliness of youth cinema with a more studied, film-literate approach.

It's the type of film that should click with festival audiences looking for a comedic shot in the arm among the usually more serious offerings. The fact that the film also drops references to all kinds of elements of popular culture, as well as several cinematic icons (such as Jean-Luc Godard and Hal Hartley), should make it a hit with serious film enthusiasts looking to spot the influences, too.

The oddball aesthetic, combined with its left-of-center cast, might deter mainstream audiences from embracing the Australian offering, but those who like their cinema on the edge should find a lot to enjoy here.

Danny, a fine study in comedic reserve by Noah Taylor ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider", "Almost Famous"), is trapped in share-house hell. He moves from house to house, sharing space with people he hardly knows, watching his life slowly unravel.

It doesn't help that the same eccentrics keep following him from city to city: the boyishly sexy Sam (fresh-faced newcomer Emily Hamilton), French anarchist Anya (a very impressive Romane Bohringer) and drug-addled Flip (Brett Stewart).

But when he hits Sydney, and shares house with a bitter homosexual and a society bitch (Francis McMahon and Sophie Lee, respectively, are both sidesplittingly hilarious), Danny's rambling life finally catches up with him.

Lowenstein fills the screen with vivid imagery and even more vivid characters and manages to hold them back from overstepping the mark and falling headlong into complete absurdity. It's a risky ploy, but one that works. "He Died With a Felafel" walks on the right side of the fine line between being a charming mess and a total shambles.

HE DIED WITH A FELAFEL IN HIS HAND

The Australian Film Finance Corp.

presents in association with Fandango and

the New South Wales Film and Television Office

a Notorious Films production

Producers: Andrew McPhail, Domenico Procacci

Director: Richard Lowenstein

Screenwriter: Richard Lowenstein

Based on the book by: John Birmingham

Director of photography: Andrew De Groot

Production designer: Ian Aitken

Editor: Richard Lowenstein

Costume designer: Meg Gordon

Stereo/color

Cast:

Danny: Noah Taylor

Sam: Emily Hamilton

Anya: Romane Bohringer

Taylor: Alex Menglet

Nina: Sophie Lee

Flip: Brett Stewart

Milo: Damian Walshe-Howling

Otis: Torquil Nelson

Running time -- 107 minutes

No MPAA rating...
  • 7/8/2004
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
He Died With a Felafel
With a title like "He Died With a Felafel in His Hand," and Richard Lowenstein, director of 1986's offbeat "Dogs in Space", at the helm, could this film be headed anywhere else than directly for cult status?

After directing several award-winning videos for the rock band INXS, Lowenstein knows his way around wild subject matter. The film is based on John Birmingham's highly popular book about share-housing, based on his experiences of living in dozens of houses with dozens of people throughout Australia.

Driven by absurdist humor, random off-the-wall moments of originality and a generally anarchic tone, "He Died With a Felafel" mixes the heightened silliness of youth cinema with a more studied, film-literate approach.

It's the type of film that should click with festival audiences looking for a comedic shot in the arm among the usually more serious offerings. The fact that the film also drops references to all kinds of elements of popular culture, as well as several cinematic icons (such as Jean-Luc Godard and Hal Hartley), should make it a hit with serious film enthusiasts looking to spot the influences, too.

The oddball aesthetic, combined with its left-of-center cast, might deter mainstream audiences from embracing the Australian offering, but those who like their cinema on the edge should find a lot to enjoy here.

Danny, a fine study in comedic reserve by Noah Taylor ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider", "Almost Famous"), is trapped in share-house hell. He moves from house to house, sharing space with people he hardly knows, watching his life slowly unravel.

It doesn't help that the same eccentrics keep following him from city to city: the boyishly sexy Sam (fresh-faced newcomer Emily Hamilton), French anarchist Anya (a very impressive Romane Bohringer) and drug-addled Flip (Brett Stewart).

But when he hits Sydney, and shares house with a bitter homosexual and a society bitch (Francis McMahon and Sophie Lee, respectively, are both sidesplittingly hilarious), Danny's rambling life finally catches up with him.

Lowenstein fills the screen with vivid imagery and even more vivid characters and manages to hold them back from overstepping the mark and falling headlong into complete absurdity. It's a risky ploy, but one that works. "He Died With a Felafel" walks on the right side of the fine line between being a charming mess and a total shambles.

HE DIED WITH A FELAFEL IN HIS HAND

The Australian Film Finance Corp.

presents in association with Fandango and

the New South Wales Film and Television Office

a Notorious Films production

Producers: Andrew McPhail, Domenico Procacci

Director: Richard Lowenstein

Screenwriter: Richard Lowenstein

Based on the book by: John Birmingham

Director of photography: Andrew De Groot

Production designer: Ian Aitken

Editor: Richard Lowenstein

Costume designer: Meg Gordon

Stereo/color

Cast:

Danny: Noah Taylor

Sam: Emily Hamilton

Anya: Romane Bohringer

Taylor: Alex Menglet

Nina: Sophie Lee

Flip: Brett Stewart

Milo: Damian Walshe-Howling

Otis: Torquil Nelson

Running time -- 107 minutes

No MPAA rating...
  • 10/30/2001
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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