Big in Japan Review
The allure of celebrity in the 21st Century will be one of the most enduring historical notes about the digital age. In the past, celebrity was attained thanks to a unique talent, an athletic skill, o…
Andrew F Peirce
Lantana Review: Ray Lawrence's Masterpiece
Ray Lawrence’s Lantana felt like an anomaly in the year it came out. Here was an era where Australian films attempted to emulate The Castle and Chopper in various ways – there was a heavy lean towards…
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…
Get Ready Player One! The Future Is Not As Bleak As We Thought
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’…