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Sydney II: Lost and Found Review - An Emotional Story that Contextualises Australia’s Maritime Involvement in WW2

Andrew F Peirce Oct 31, 2021 4 min read

When history was made in 2008 with the discovery of the wreckage of HMAS Sydney (II), I’m ashamed to say that my collective response was ‘ok, so what?’. Newspapers tried to distill decades of mystery,…

Australian Stories Are Back in Force with the 2021 AACTA Award Nominations

Andrew F Peirce Oct 31, 2021 13 min read

Articles AACTA australian cinema australian film Drama High Ground Nitram Penguin Bloom Rams The Dry The Furnace

A decade after relaunching the AFI (Australian Film Institute) awards under a new banner, the AACTA (Australia Academy Cinema Television Arts) awards have managed to deliver a slate of Best Film nomin…

Twenty Aussie Films that Umbrella Entertainment Need to Release on Bluray

Andrew F Peirce Oct 28, 2021 10 min read

Articles australian cinema australian film Christina Andreef David Caesar David Webb Peoples Dirty Deeds Dons Party Drama Emma-Kate Croghan Idiot Box John Curran Lantana Lonely Hearts Love and Other Catastrophes Love Serenade Margot Nash Mullet Ned Paul Cox Praise Rachel Perkins Radiance Ray Lawrence Reckless Kelly Salute of the Jugger Scott Ryan Shirley Barrett Soft Fruit The Fringe Dwellers The Magician Tracey Moffatt Umbrella Entertainment Vacant Possession Yahoo Serious Young Einstein

One of the most exciting local developments on the physical media front in recent years has been the emerging numbered collections that Umbrella Entertainment has been putting out. From the height of…

Harmony: The Missing Eighth Director Alan Lindsay Talks WASO, Documentary Filmmaking, and Perth Culture in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Oct 26, 2021 23 min read

Interviews australian film Articles Discussions documentary Interview

Harmony: The Missing Eighth is director Alan Lindsay’s three-year journey with the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) as they embark on a journey to perform Mahler’s 8th Symphony. Through fr…

1945 Academy Award Best Picture Nominee: Spellbound (Alfred Hitchcock) - Awards Don't Matter

Andrew F Peirce Oct 19, 2021 1 min read

Podcasts Academy Awards Best Picture Discussions Gregory Peck Ingrid Bergman podcast

Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Subscribe via: RSS Feed // Spotify // Apple Podcasts // Google Podcasts // Pocket Casts For some reason, the last…

Bruce Beresford Investigates 'An Improbable Collection' at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Andrew F Peirce Oct 15, 2021 13 min read

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AFI Award winning director Bruce Beresford has a career that ducks and swerves through different genres, from the Ozploitation flick, Money Movers, to war drama, Breaker Morant, to the Best Picture wi…

Josephine Croft Talks Short Film Grounded

Andrew F Peirce Oct 14, 2021 2 min read

Interviews Podcasts Discussions Josephine Croft short film

The Curb is proudly part of the Auscast Network. Subscribe via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Aussie filmmaker Josephine Croft…

My Cherry Pie Directors Addison Heath and Jasmine Jakupi Talk Aussie Indie Horror, Roger Ward, and Delicious Dialogue in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Oct 13, 2021 1 min read

Interviews Podcasts Australian horror Discussions Interview Jasmine Jakupi My Cherry Pie podcast

The Curb is proudly part of the Auscast Network. Subscribe via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. My Cherry Pie is one of the bril…

New Gold Mountain Director Corrie Chen Talks Revisionist Westerns, The Influence of Wong Kar-wai, and Judgemental Kangaroos in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Oct 12, 2021 15 min read

Interviews Podcasts Corrie Chen Discussions Interview New Gold Mountain sbs The Proposition western

New Gold Mountain is one of the most exciting, essential television shows to come out of Australia in 2021. Masterfully directed by Corrie Chen, this four part series unfurls an engaging and powerful…

Hey, Streets - The Time for the Unicorn Gaytime Ice Cream of LGBTIQA+ Allyship is Now

Andrew F Peirce Oct 7, 2021 9 min read

Articles Australian culture Gaytime ice cream LGBTIQ

Streets created perfection in 1959 with the peak Aussie ice cream, the Gaytime: an ecstasy inducing blend of toffee and vanilla ice cream, covered in delicious, yet subtle, chocolate coating, and then…

1945 Academy Award Best Picture Winner: The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder) - Awards Don't Matter

Andrew F Peirce Oct 5, 2021 1 min read

Podcasts Academy Awards Best Picture Discussions Drama Jane Wyman

Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Subscribe via: RSS Feed // Spotify // Apple Podcasts // Google Podcasts // Pocket Casts The Lost Weekend is Billy…

'Girls, There is Change Happening All Around the World': Strong Female Lead Editor Rachel Grierson-Johns Talks Julia Gillard, The Final Quarter, and Editing During a Pandemic

Andrew F Peirce Sep 28, 2021 20 min read

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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Strong Female Lead is a powerful documentary about the Julia Gillard government and the systemic attacks of misogyn…