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Welcome to the third instalment of the Noughts Report. A sequel to 90s All Over Me, each entry revisits a year in film from the 2000s, highlighting movies big and small and the careers and genres and…
To help celebrate the release of Giles Chan's powerful indie feature film Jellyfish on DVD, we're giving away two copies to supporters of the Curb. Jellyfish tells the story of Henry, a slack…
Almost enough to revisit Exorcist II: The Heretic with new eyes, although even the stars of the film don’t recommend that.…
Journey Home, David Gulpilil (Maggie Miles and Trisha Morton-Thomas, 2025) celebrates his life and takes us on a journey that is equally spiritual and existential as it is physical and geographical. W…
Keren Tova Rubinstein was born in Haifa and now lives in Naarm. She holds a PhD in Israel Studies and has taught Hebrew language and literature in Australia, the US and Canada. She translates articles from Hebrew for The Palestine Project, as well as being a visual artist and writer.…
In our second part of two interviews about the tender short film For the Boys, director Mitchell Withers and producer Sofia Viegas talk about their journey into filmmaking, creating a safe space for M…
In 2025, in an interview with Sam Koslowski of The Daily Aus, Mitch Brown became the first openly bisexual footy player in Australia. To give some perspective, the VFL was founded in 1896. That's…
Chouwa Liang's documentary Replica invites viewers to empathise with a world of Chinese women who are finding romance and relationships with AI partners or companions. When human-to-human relation…
All the details of how to control and occupy a people are placed from that (British colonial) moment. The British were experts at it by the time they came to Palestine.…
Documentarian Selina Miles has crafted a filmography that gives space to women's voices and stories. From her debut feature, Martha: A Picture Story, which took us into the world of street art, to…
Scott seems to be going through the motions with The Dog Stars by not greatly concerning himself with pacing (the first act is tediously long), not particularly interested in adding to the whisper-thin characterisation and only seems to come alive during scenes of violent interactions…
Alice Maio Mackay is the kind of filmmaker who seems incapable of sitting still. At only 22, and already with seven features under her belt, she has built a filmography that feels remarkably expansive…