Juliet, Naked Review
Fandom, as a whole, is a curious beast. A slice of culture finds an audience, and in turn, that audience may fantasise and obsess over this one thing, blowing the importance of the item out of proport…
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.
971 posts
Boorloo, Western Australia
Book Club Review - Not a Perfect Film, But a Fun One
Andrew F Peirce
5 min read
Let's get this out of the way first of all - Book Club is not a perfect film. It has an opening credits sequence that showcases some of the worst photoshop 'fake family photos' in cinema.…
West of Sunshine Review
Andrew F Peirce
5 min read
West of Sunshine is the directorial debut of Jason Ratopolous. It's an exploration of the modern Australian working class man, Jim, here portrayed by one of the finest actors working in Australia…
The Cleaners - So You Copped a Facebook Ban?
Andrew F Peirce
8 min read
Earlier this week I was on the receiving end of a three day Facebook ban. I'd already been banned once for 24 hours (that was for calling out a racist on their racist behaviour), so the next step…
Living Universe Review
Andrew F Peirce
2 min read
Space, like the future, is inevitable. It's a wide, open expanse that raises an infinite array of questions. These questions help fuel the eternally inquisitive nature of mankind. The why's, t…
Bee Simulator Interview with Lukasz Rosinski
Andrew F Peirce
3 min read
When looking at what games were coming up over the next year, I stumbled onto this fascinating game called Bee Simulator. Now, simulator games are a dime a dozen, and wonky controlled animal simulator…
A Woman Captured Review
Andrew F Peirce
4 min read
Have you ever sat in a film and want to equally thank and curse at a director? Have you ever sat there as the lights rise in the cinema, feeling immensely overwhelmed with helplessness and devastation…
Caniba Review
Andrew F Peirce
5 min read
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Directors Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel are doing something quite unique with the documentary film form…
Breath Review
Andrew F Peirce
4 min read
Pontificating about life and being a man is the aim of the game with Tim Winton's seventies surfing focused novel, Breath, and first time director Simon Baker, with the help of co-writer Gerard Le…
Submergence Review
Andrew F Peirce
3 min read
Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire, The Million Dollar Hotel) pairs up with Oscar winner Alicia Vikander and regular actor James McAvoy in this wannabe epic love affair film. She is Danielle,…
More Human Than Human Review
Andrew F Peirce
6 min read
A perennial question raised by science fiction has been that of whether the rise of Artificial Intelligence and its existence in society will cause the cessation of humanity as we know it. Pick up any…
The Wife Review
Andrew F Peirce
4 min read
Within the first five minutes of Björn Runge's The Wife, we're reminded how lucky we are that there are actors like Glenn Close in the world. Laying in bed with her husband Joe (Johanthan Pryc…