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Well folks, we've entered our Ghost era of the Curb. This is the same old site you've known with the same interviews and reviews and the same passionate support for Australian cinema, just a…
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Yurlu | Country director Yaara Bou Melhem on honouring the legacy of Maitland Parker and the grace that resides in her essential documentary
Documentarian Yaara Bou Melhem expands her approach to collaborative documentary storytelling with her latest feature Yurlu | Country. This essential film follows the final year of the life of A…
SXSW Sydney Interview: Adrian Ortega, Sarah Nicolazzo & Max Nappo on their familial drama Westgate
Writer-Director Adrian Ortega's Westgate follows Netta (Sarah Nicolazzo) and her son Julian (Max Nappo) as she embarks on a torturous day of navigating hospitals, family, cultural prejudices, and…
Kiah Roache-Turner on his WW2 shark flick Beast of War and how Spielberg made him shoot it in Australia
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Aussie genre filmmaking legend Kiah Roache-Turner is back with his latest fli…
From All Sides writer-director Bina Bhattacharya on giving space for multiracial and bisexual stories on screen
Bina Bhattacharya is a creative storyteller whose work I've been following for a while now. Her 2017 short film Wild Dances embraced music and cultural identity against the backdrop of Eurovision,…
“I try to lead with love”: Kween Kong on the Australian film of the moment, Lesbian Space Princess
Lesbian Space Princess is the Australian film of the moment. This Adelaide-made animated film follows Saira (Shabana Azeez) as she traipses across the galaxy to save her ex-Kiki (Bernie Van Tiel) from…
Lesbian Space Princess producer Tom Phillips on ushering in a new era of Aussie comedy
Producer Tom Phillips is a bit of a mastermind at bringing great comedy together on screen. His work as writer on the excellent series Lucy & D.i.C shows he understands the importance of comedic s…
Samuel Van Grinsven on honouring the weight of grief with his latest film Went Up the Hill
With two feature films under his belt, Samuel Van Grinsven has quickly become a vital voice in Australian cinema. His feature debut, the lurid and sumptuous 2019 queer drama Sequin in a Blue Room, uti…
Sydney Underground Film Festival Director Nathan Senn on Fucktoys, Take48 shorts, and more
The Sydney Underground Film Festival is back once more for another stellar year of underground, fringe cinema, short films and more. This years line-up includes an array of gloriously wild films inclu…
Jessica Husband and Ethan Finch on their short film Zombie and balancing creativity and corporate filmmaking
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Writer, director, and actor Jessica Husband teams up with co-director Ethan F…
Filmmaker Kaite Fitz on conjuring emotionality of being seen with her short film Smoke
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Whether it be loneliness, solitude, finding sanctuary in a stifled relationsh…
MIFF Interview: Director Kristina Kraskov and producer Anna Charalambous on the wild, weird world of Spreadsheet Champions
For some of us, the sight of an Excel spreadsheet fills us with dread, but for an elite group of competitors, they see the blank cells of one of Microsoft’s core applications as a challenge to be conq…