2040 Director Damon Gameau Interview

Andrew Peirce
Banter
Documentary filmmaker, Damon Gameau, has returned with the follow up to his massively successful documentary, That Sugar Film, with a film that is a letter to his daughter. 2040 is a promise to his daughte...

Fish Out of Water Review

Travis Akbar
Reviews
Ignorance is bliss has never been so true as it is in Israel Cannan’s documentary Fish out of Water. The documentary centres around two men, Tom Hudson and Pete Fletcher, who make the decision to cross the Nor...
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Breaking Habits Review

Andrew Peirce
Reviews
It’s a story that sounds too bizarre to be real: a successful business woman transforms her life after her marriage of seventeen years is suddenly brought to an end. In a bid to rebuild her life, she turns to ...
3.5

We Don’t Need a Map Review

Andrew Peirce
Reviews
Warwick Thornton is a director with an agenda – namely, the agenda to bring Indigenous stories and history to life via cinema. From Samson & Delilah to Sweet Country, he strings a bow that links the past o...

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...

Best Documentaries of 2018

Andrew Peirce
Culture
I know that at the end of the year there is an overwhelming mass of ‘Best of’ lists to work through, so as I gradually work my way up to my ‘Best Films of 2018’ list, I thought I’d throw another select list on...
4.5

Pick of the Litter Review

Andrew Peirce
Reviews
I’ll be clear from the get go - it’s hard for me to objectively review Pick of the Litter. After working eight years a vet nurse, and having worked alongside organisations that train guide dogs, I’ve grown to ...
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Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story Review

Andrew Peirce
Reviews
The old myth of riding a kangaroo to school is shot dead in the dark of the night in the opening moments of Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story. Said kangaroo springs into the air as the bullet pierces its neck, the p...