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Andrew F Peirce·December 24, 2021·15 min read

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

They say that limitation breeds creativity. They’re not wrong. A year ago, I made the decision that from January 2020... Read More
Andrew F Peirce·September 7, 2021·1 min read

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

Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. The great Erik Thomson joins Andrew to discuss his latest film,... Read More
Andrew F Peirce·January 6, 2021·33 min read

Best Australian Films of 2020

2020, as has been heavily documented, was a difficult year for cinema as a whole. Australian cinema in particular was... Read More
Andrew F Peirce·October 31, 2021·15 min read

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

A decade after relaunching the AFI (Australian Film Institute) awards under a new banner, the AACTA (Australia Academy Cinema Television... Read More
Andrew F Peirce·January 7, 2021·8 min read

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

This review contains mild spoilers. For some reason, as I walked out of my screening of Roderick MacKay’s feature debut,... Read More
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