Adrian Chiarella on the real-world horrors that inspired Leviticus
The film was made because I feel like a lot of the progress we have made in the last couple of decades has really regressed lately…
“Australia. Find out who you are, and you’ll know how to love somebody else.” - Asian-Australian Memories of Film, Identity and Belonging
In 1983 Hungarian-Australian director Carl Schultz adapted Sumner Locke Elliott’s award-winning novel Careful, He Might Hear You into a film Australia itself has largely forgotten. Set in Depression-e…
Pixar’s Toy Story 5 embraces familiar warmth to tackle childhood in the digital age
Toy Story 5 feels like a natural next step for a franchise that has proved its relevance for over three decades.…
David West on breaking cinema with the hyper independent Lint
Lint is the first feature film from Boorloo-Perth creative David West. It's a hyper independent West Aussie film about Iris (Melissa Coci) and Susan (Courtney Swartz), colleagues who work at an en…
A Return of the Curb Podcast
Kaya, wanjoo, hello, welcome. It’s been a while folks. After some months away from the world of the Curb, I’m finally returning to clear the backlog of interviews and discussions that have been…
Tony Kaye’s documentary on his legendary battle with Hollywood is wildly engrossing
Tony Kaye’s documentary is a vivid portrait of a man so over his head that he’s become more than a little mad.…
Disclosure Day is pure Spielberg humanism
Spectacular and radically sentimental in a cynical world Disclosure Day is everything Steven Spielberg represents as a storyteller.…
Island nation Nauru debuts its first film ever, Far End of the Sea; in conversation with filmmakers
Zijian Qi, Managing Editor of China's Xinhua News Agency Sydney Bureau writes for the Curb about Nauru's debut film Far End of the Sea by director Matthew Holmes and writer Jamie Coffa.…
Leo Woodall earns his leading man credentials in Daniel Roher’s engrossing Tuner
The highly enjoyable and entertaining Tuner upends a lot of expectations and zigs where many other films would zag, keeping the momentum from sagging.…
Recluse is an unsettling and uneasy journey into the modern uncanny
A contemporary Gothic horror where the aspect of dread permeates both the house and the people who spend time there.…
Filmmaker Matthew J. Thompson on his Melbourne International Comedy Festival Audience Choice Award winning short film “I Fell in Love with My Sleep Paralysis Demon”
What happens when Melbourne’s biggest commitment-phobe meets its most emotionally unavailable bachelor, who also happens to be a literal demon? I Fell in Love with My Sleep Paralysis Demon follows Sar…
Jaume Claret Muxart journeys along the Danube in the beautiful, beguiling and bewildering Strange River
A story without answers, choosing seductive visual composition and familial convergence over the trappings of a traditional coming-of-age narrative.…