Andrew F Peirce

Andrew F Peirce

Andrew is the co-chair of the Australian Film Critics Association, a Golden Globes voter, author of Lonely Spirits and the King. You can find him online trying to enlist people into the cult of Mac and Me.

938 posts Boorloo, Western Australia
Melbourne International Film Festival at 70 – From Of an Age to The Plains, This Years Fest is ‘Something Like a Religious Experience’

Melbourne International Film Festival at 70 – From Of an Age to The Plains, This Years Fest is ‘Something Like a Religious Experience’

Andrew F Peirce 12 min read
Articles Press Releases australian cinema australian film Melbourne International Film Festival MIFF Of an Age Petrol Splice Here The Lost City of Melbourne The Plains

When the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), one of the oldest continuing film festivals in the world, announced a mammoth celebration of Melbourne on Film for their 70th anniversary, the jo…

When Pomegranates Howl Director Granaz Moussavi Talks About White Censorship and Chewing the Wall in This Interview

When Pomegranates Howl Director Granaz Moussavi Talks About White Censorship and Chewing the Wall in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce 13 min read
Interviews australian cinema Drama Granaz Moussavi Interview Melbourne International Film Festival MIFF When Pomegranates Howl

Filmmaker Granaz Moussavi’s latest film When Pomegranates Howl is a powerful ode to the great child-focused films of the 1980s, paying homage to the aesthetic of filmmakers like Abbas Kiarostami and A…

Franklin Director Kasimir Burgess Talks About Honouring Nature, The Protestors Who Save it, and More in This Interview

Franklin Director Kasimir Burgess Talks About Honouring Nature, The Protestors Who Save it, and More in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce 15 min read
Interviews australian film documentary Hugo Weaving Interview Kasimir Burgess Melbourne International Film Festival MIFF

In Heather Rose’s Bruny, the main protagonist, Astrid Coleman, asks herself amidst the aftermath of a destructive event: “Why are Tasmanians so good at protesting?” Within Kasimir Burgess’ monumentall…

Platon Theodoris and Nitin Vengurlekar Talk About Bringing the Absurdity to The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour in This Interview

Platon Theodoris and Nitin Vengurlekar Talk About Bringing the Absurdity to The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce 17 min read
Interviews australian cinema australian film Interview Nitin Vengurlekar Platon Theodoris The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour

Platon Theodoris and Nitin Vengurlekar’s wonderfully absurd, hilarious and moving film The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour recently launched at Perth’s Revelation Film Festival, before moving east to the…