Andrew’s Top 50 Films of 2018

Andrew Peirce
Culture
Best of lists are always strange beasts. We sift through a year of ‘stuff’ trying to find value and quality, only to put it in some kind of arbitrary order. These lists always play like a competition – where y...
4.5

Long Weekend – Blu-Ray/DVD Review

Andrew Peirce
Reviews
Director: Colin Eggleston Cast: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Nature Writer: Everett de Roche If you haven’t seen Long Weekend – a true classic in Australian cinema – then this new Umbrella release is th...

Best Australian Films of 2016

Andrew Peirce
Culture
2016 was another solid year for Australian cinema with some fantastic dramas, comedies and documentaries all being produced by great Australian talent. It was also the year that we decided to launch a secon...
4

Red Dog: True Blue

Andrew Peirce
Reviews
How do you make a sequel to a much loved film in which the titular star dies at the end? Even more, how do you make a sequel when the actor who portrayed the titular character has passed away as well? Well, tru...
3

Girl Asleep

Andrew Peirce
Reviews
One of the ‘classic tales’ that exists in the world of cinema, is that of the young girl who stumbles upon a mystical world that displays a mirrored version of her own. Whether it be Dorothy being transported t...
3.5

Downriver

Andrew Peirce
Reviews
­­Downriver is the first time feature film for writer/director Grant Scicluna. It tells the story of James Levy (Reef Ireland), a young man who is back in the open world after years in juvenile detention for be...