Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist Review
As the documentary Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist started to roll out around the world, the subject of the documentary, Vivienne Westwood, tweeted the following: As searing an indictment of first t…
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.
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Boorloo, Western Australia
Reigns Review
Andrew F Peirce
5 min read
As my work life has changed, I have found my available gaming time has changed as well. Where I used to sit down for hours on end to play through a fantasy epic, I now find myself struggling to comple…
Jirga enters the Oscars Best Foreign Language Film Race
Andrew F Peirce
7 min read
That headline is a little bit of a clickbait grabber, but no less important. The superb Australian film Jirga has been submitted by Australia for consideration at the next Academy Awards. What does t…
Harmony star Jerome Meyer on Fantasy, Working with Jessica Falkholt, and Parental Reactions
Andrew F Peirce
3 min read
Writer/Director Corey Pearson has crafted something of an anomaly for the Australian film industry. He's managed to create a superb new, original fantasy film, that showcases a great ensemble cast…
Celebrate International Podcast Day With These Great Podcasts
Andrew F Peirce
5 min read
September 30th is International Podcast Day, and with over half a million podcasts out there, and some estimated 18 million episodes to sift through, it's sometimes a little hard to know what show…
First Man Review
Andrew F Peirce
5 min read
Imagine trying to rewrite a language. Imagine sitting down, and seeing the immense history of English and thinking, I'm going to reinvent this language and make it new again. It's an insurmoun…
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course Review - Steve Irwin, the Next Mick Dundee
Andrew F Peirce
12 min read
The early 2000's was a curious time in the history of Australian cinema. After a wealth of films that were domestic successes in the nineties (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Str…
Damian Hill - You Were Extraordinary
Andrew F Peirce
2 min read
A few weeks ago I got the opportunity to chat with director Jason Raftopolous and actor Damian Hill about their brilliant film, West of Sunshine. Damian gives one of the best performances of the year…
God of War - Boy, You'll Be A Man, Soon
Andrew F Peirce
16 min read
Up until the 2018 God of War, the character of Kratos had laid claim to being the 'greatest anti-hero video game character of all time'. He's an angry, brutal man, scorned by having been t…
Upgrade Review
Andrew F Peirce
3 min read
Leigh Whannell is a filmmaker who is steeped in the genres of cinema. The Saw series carved a way through the horror genre, helping forge a subgenre of gorno films (or, torture porn) that changed the…
Beast Review
Andrew F Peirce
3 min read
Do you ever feel trapped by a film? You've sat down to watch it, and as it goes on, you realise you're powerless to move. You have a fair idea of where the film is dragging you, but you sit in…
I Am Paul Walker Review
Andrew F Peirce
5 min read
There has been an odd spate of posthumous documentaries that lionise their subjects to a point of extreme saccharinity that you have to visit the dentist after viewing. I Am Heath Ledger was a perfect…