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Jake Gyllenhaal

Andrew F Peirce·July 4, 2019·7 min read

Life Review – An Unsettling and Horrific Sci-Fi Fable

If there’s one thing that Daniel Espinosa’s Life makes clear, it’s how thin the line between fear and hope is....

Andrew F Peirce·February 28, 2018·6 min read

Okja Review

One of the great joys of being a film lover is the feeling of anticipating a new film from a...

Andrew F Peirce·October 21, 2015·3 min read

Everest Review

There is an old Gary Larson Far Side cartoon which has two people standing beside a massive ditch. They have climbing gear on and ready to tackle the ditch. The line at the bottom was ‘because it’s not there’. I was quite young when I read this and didn’t entirely get it at the time. What wasn’t there that made these climbers want to go down a huge ditch?

Andrew F Peirce·March 14, 2019·4 min read

The Sisters Brothers Review

I’ve had this review sitting at the top of my ‘to do’ list for a good two weeks now. Yet,...

Jake Gyllenhaal

Andrew F Peirce·July 11, 2016·6 min read

Demolition Review

Welcome to Man Child: The Movie. Demolition is the latest film from Jean-Marc Vallèe – you may know him as...

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The Curb

23 hours 39 minutes ago

Josh Margolin’s THELMA is a marvellous, witty, smart, and wholeheartedly charming affair. A sublime mixture of comedy and affection for

Thelma is a Hilarious, Charming, and Huge-Hearted Triumph

"What would Tom Cruise do?" Nadine Whitney reviews Josh Margolin's THELMA for The Curb.

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The Curb

5 days 23 hours ago

LAST SUMMER is an indictment of bourgeois morality and respectability in keeping with Catherine Breillat’s sensibilities. Starring Léa Druker and

With Last Summer, Catherine Breillat Once Again Provokes Ideas of Hypocrisy and Morality - The Curb

Last Summer screens at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 11, 13, and 19. Director, author, and provocateur Catherine Breillat returns to the screen after a near ten-year hiatus with Last Summer (L’été dernier), an interpretation of the Danish film, Queen of Hearts (Dronningen) ...

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The Curb

6 days 38 minutes ago

KNEECAP is fecking fantastic and searingly smart. It certainly should come with a warning of “Do Not Try This at

Kneecap is the Craic – It’s Brave, Bold, Ridiculous, and Relentless - The Curb

“Every word of Irish spoken is a bullet fired for freedom.” Fuck up it is! Rich Peppiatt’s hyper-kinetic Kneecap is A Hard Day’s Night for the North of Ireland and the hip hop generation. A little bit true and a lot untrue version of the formation of the Irish language hip hop West Belfast t...