Bad Blood Review
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…
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
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…
Accountability at the Alamo Drafthouse: Devin Faraci, Tim League and the Issue with Problematic Icons
Andrew F Peirce
16 min read
In the lead up to The Art of Mondo book being released, I had written up a list covering my top 100 Mondo screen prints. Ranging all the way back to 2006 through to just a few months ago, the list cov…
Zelos Review
Andrew F Peirce
4 min read
Love it or hate it, the mumblecore movement of filmmaking in America has certainly spawned an impressive array of brilliant artists such as Greta Gerwig and the Duplass brothers. The ‘genre’ also aims…
Ali's Wedding Review
Andrew F Peirce
5 min read
It’s hard not to see a direct comparison between Osamah Sami’s tale in Ali’s Wedding and Kumail Nanjiani’s story in The Big Sick. Both show the stories of the subjects falling in love, with each actor…
Killing Ground Review - Absolutely Nasty Horror Brilliance
Andrew F Peirce
7 min read
If you happen to read various film blogs, you’ll no doubt have heard the term ‘post horror’ being bandied about. It’s a term that is a veritable conundrum – sitting alongside the mid-2000’s created ph…
Watch the Sunset Review
Andrew F Peirce
4 min read
Watch the Sunset opens with a variety of news footage related to drug related crimes and issues. The film that follows is a one shot eighty minute journey through the town of Kerang, Victoria. Working…
It's Not Just Me Review
Andrew F Peirce
3 min read
Focusing on four transgender men who are at various stages of their journey from transitioning from female to male, It’s Not Just Me is a personal and powerful look into the Australian LGBTIQ experien…
Safari Review
Andrew F Peirce
8 min read
What is the image that comes up in your mind when you think of safari hunters? A white man with a large gun standing next to a fallen beast? Maybe they’re dressed in camouflage with a smile on their f…
Spookers Review
Andrew F Peirce
3 min read
Let’s get this out of the way first up – Florian Habicht’s documentary Spookers is the best documentary in 2017. It’s been a great year for documentaries, but this film about the most successful scare…
A Ghost Story Review
Andrew F Peirce
4 min read
Film reviews often exist in a vacuum. They are written surrounding a films release, they're read in that small window where the films social media relevance is at its prime, and then they disappea…
Revelation Film Festival - 20 Years of Unique Films
Andrew F Peirce
13 min read
Based in just about the middle of nowhere is the Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town that is Perth. We’re technically the most isolated city in the world, with some of our biggest claims to fame being the bi…