Win tickets to see Holy Days
With thanks to Kismet Movies, for paid subscribers, we have three double passes to see Holy Days, out in Australian cinemas from 6 August 2026. Featuring a stacked cast of stellar actors from Miriam…
Giveaway to Perth screening of The Rivals of Amziah King
With thanks to Luna Palace cinemas we have ten double passes to giveaway to attend the exclusive preview screening of the highly acclaimed film The Rivals of Amziah King featuring Academy Award winner…
The Last Viking is happy to ensure there’s plenty of space in the world for absurdity
Escaping reality is part of being human: and for these characters, both diagnosed and not, they are regularly in a state of fantasy, convincing themselves of a world that supports the hiding of pain.…
James Robert Woods on disrupting Australian cinema with the acidic comedy The Birthday Trip
While Australian comedies are making their mark on the small screen, they've been moderately absent on a film level, with only a handful emerging over the years - Audrey, How to Please a Woman, Bi…
Harrison Atkins draws maps to the stars of a distorted Los Angeles in Sour Minnows
Sour Minnows is inventive, bizarre, funny, and utterly nightmarish.…
Bloody Brilliant: Bailey Spalding on tackling the title role in Penny Lane is Dead
With a handful of titles to her name, Bailey Spalding has already left a major mark on the Australian film industry. From working on the kids show Hi-5 at a young age to stepping onto an international…
A melancholic folk horror set in the Faroe Islands paints a portrait of eternal yearning
No Rest for the Wicked is a sublimely beautiful film about love that uses tones of folklore and horror to carve an atmosphere of Gothic Romanticism.…
Blaise is an extraordinarily animated tale of misunderstanding and lack of insouciance
A fabulous and inventive deadpan comedy about being the squarest pegs rendered in a brilliantly odd animation style.…
Heretica: Closing the visibility gap and opening up opportunities
Heretica is built to close the visibility gap, and open up opportunities to connect and create with other filmmakers and creatives, those who didn’t have access to before. 0:0…
Laura Brogan Browne on starting the conversation about grooming with the powerful short film Allegedly
Multi-hyphenate talent Laura Brogan Browne is the voice behind the powerful short film Allegedly, an impactful story about Clover (Bailey Spalding), a high school graduate who participates in an anony…
Tony Jones on his searing documentary Sentient
Unpacking Oi, Aussie voices, and queer identity on screen with Sophie Serisier & Laneikka Denne
For regular readers of the Curb..., you'll no doubt be familiar with the admiration and respect that I have for Laneikka Denne and the cohort of filmmakers and storytellers they've worked with…