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…
Dean Spanley: One Moment You are Running Along, the Next You Are No More; To Lose a Dog is To Know Grief
Powered by JustWatch This piece was originally published on 2 September 2020 and is being shared again after the news of the passing of Sam Neill. Sam's filmography is full of diverse per…
Brandon Daley on gambling your anxiety away with his acidic comedy $Positions
Brandon Daley's acidic comedy $Positions has been compared to the Safdie brothers Uncut Gems with the two sharing a level of anxiety-inducing symbiosis as they follow characters who embark on a vo…
Alana Hunt on mining the history of Western Australia through archives with Displacement and Replacement: A Remixed Narrative of Western Australia
Alana Hunt is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores history through a forensic approach to research. Her work mines the history of Australia, often utilising archival material to navigate the…
Balancing Identities: Vonne Patiag on the lingering weight of his short film Homo
Vonne Patiag has been forging a path in film and TV as a writer, director, and actor on shows like Halal Gurls and The Unusual Suspects, and films like Here Out West, Too Many Ethnics, and his new sho…