Best Australian Films of 2017
2017, just like 2016 before it, was another stellar year for Australian cinema with a bunch of truly superb films. The quality was stretched across theatrical and streaming, with some of my top 20 fil…
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
Get Ready Player One! The Future Is Not As Bleak As We Thought
Andrew F Peirce
16 min read
The long awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi Blade Runner made its way to screens in 2017. Director Denis Villeneuve ushered the sequel – creatively titled Blade Runner 2049 – onto our scr…
Call Me By Your Name Review
Andrew F Peirce
6 min read
There is a shot midway through Call Me By Your Name that showcases the observant directing style of Luca Guadagnino. Timothée Chalamet’s seventeen year old Elio is lingering around his parents Italian…
AACTA and the Australian Cinema Conundrum
Andrew F Peirce
13 min read
So, the 7th annual AACTA Awards ceremony came and went. The ceremony was spread out over two days, with a delayed screening running on Channel 7, followed by a repeat screening to be run on Foxtel at…
Justice League Review
Andrew F Peirce
7 min read
Justice League is a film jam packed full of messy, team driven fun. It's character focused, it's entertaining, it's bright and it hits marks that previous DC films didn't manage to hit…
Three Summers Review
Andrew F Peirce
6 min read
Let’s get the poster quote out of the way to start off with – Three Summers is one of the best films of the year. It’s a hilarious celebration of life and community, all fuelled by an exciting, toe ta…
Not Quite Hollywood Blu-Ray Review
Andrew F Peirce
4 min read
Mark Hartley’s essential Not Quite Hollywood came at a point in Australian cinema history when it seemed like the faith in the Australian film industry was waning. In the early 2000’s, the quality of…
Drive In Delirium Volume 1 & 2 Blu-Ray Review
Andrew F Peirce
4 min read
Remember back in the day when you’d slap a weathered VHS into your trusty behemoth of a VHS player, and as soon as you hit play you’d be presented with a static-esque black screen, and the customary a…
Red Christmas Review
Andrew F Peirce
3 min read
In the world of Australian cinema, there is a great dearth of Christmas related films. The last true ‘Christmas’ film, Crackers, hit in 1998, meanwhile the last major film that was set around Christma…
Australia Day Review
Andrew F Peirce
10 min read
Oh boy. Workaholic director Kriv Stenders and first time feature film writer Stephen M. Irwin have teamed up to whitesplain to Australia how racist it is. Thanks. If you don’t live under a rock, you’…
Bad Blood Review
Andrew F Peirce
2 min read
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A crime writer (Xavier Samuel) is stalked by an unknown figure. He has a dark secret that he’s keeping from his fiancé, one that if it were let out his world w…
Blade Runner 2049 Review
Andrew F Peirce
7 min read
Blade Runner 2049 opens with a similar opening text scroll with the first film, setting the scene for the events that are about to occur. Here, the role of the ‘blade runner’ - a being employed to wip…