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A Love Letter to the Australian Films of 2021 and an Announcement for the Future

Andrew F Peirce Dec 24, 2021 13 min read

They say that limitation breeds creativity. They’re not wrong. A year ago, I made the decision that from January 2020 onwards, I would only write reviews for Australian films. After a health scare th…

Australian Stories Are Back in Force with the 2021 AACTA Award Nominations

Andrew F Peirce Oct 31, 2021 13 min read

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A decade after relaunching the AFI (Australian Film Institute) awards under a new banner, the AACTA (Australia Academy Cinema Television Arts) awards have managed to deliver a slate of Best Film nomin…

Interview with Coming Home in the Dark Actor Erik Thomson - Reflections on a Thirty Year Career, How to Manage Dark Material, and Working with Debut Filmmakers

Andrew F Peirce Sep 7, 2021 1 min read

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Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. The great Erik Thomson joins Andrew to discuss his latest film, James Ashcroft's searing thriller, Coming Home in the Dark. As a workin…

The Furnace Review - A Long Subdued Journey into the Golden Unknown

Andrew F Peirce Jan 7, 2021 7 min read

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This review contains mild spoilers. For some reason, as I walked out of my screening of Roderick MacKay’s feature debut, The Furnace, the imagery of a white-gowned choir of kids across the landscape…

Best Australian Films of 2020

Andrew F Peirce Jan 6, 2021 24 min read

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2020, as has been heavily documented, was a difficult year for cinema as a whole. Australian cinema in particular was hampered by shuttered cinemas and confusing release schedules, with many iconic fi…