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To paraphrase a closing line from the magnificent Queer as Flux, storytelling, by its nature, is transformative. When we engage with stories, we become a different person than the one that sat down t…
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,…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…