With the impending release of Fat Pizza vs Housos, OutInCanberra’s brave film critic, Sam Tremayne, sat with Paul Fenech, Tahir Bilgic (Habib) and ‘Shazza’ to talk about film-making, bringing two shows together and their thoughts on politics. Read on… if you dare!
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I was hoping Paul you could talk a bit about how you first started out trying to crack the industry as a short filmmaker?
Read MoreI first heard of quinoa in 2010 while working with Channel 9 nutritionist Dr Joanna McMillan. Always with a finger on the pulse, she referred to it as being a ‘star food’. At the time I learnt that quinoa was a protein packed carbohydrate that was also gluten free and low GI! I had to try it.
These little seeds took me a while to warm to, but I played around with them and became hooked. Not long after, everyone was talking about quinoa – or at least mispronouncing it! I’ll help you, it’s pronounced ‘keen-wah’.
Read MoreMost people get scared off when they hear the words ‘independent film’ (admittedly, I was like that once). But when my job became seeing movies of different lengths, genres and languages, I started to realise that big budgets don’t mean good stories in the same way small budgets don’t mean bad ones.
The Drop is James Gandolfini’s last movie and deserves to be seen. It is dark, thrilling and surprisingly swirling with mystery.
Read MoreWell, after four weeks of frenetic voting, Canberrans have made their decision and told us what they love about their city!
We’re busily counting the votes and, like Santa, checking them twice. It’s going to be fantastic to see who rises to the top and takes the prizes in 2014 for:
– Favourite Café
– Favourite Nightlife
– Favourite Entertainment
– Favourite Restaurant, and
– Favourite Events and Attractions.
So, when is the big announcement?
Read MoreKingston has the quirky vibe of a little town – it’s a place enjoy the ambience and the gustatory experiences. The area splits into two, the sprawling middle of the suburb and the elegant line along the foreshore. Providing ample choice of new tastes and old favourites.
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