Penguin Bloom Review - A Well-Meaning Mess
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. 2021 is already proving to be a landmark year for Australian film, with Robert Connolly’s The Dry and Glendyn Ivin’…
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The Dry Review - A Towering Achievement, A Damning Condemnation of Morrison's Australia
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Robert Connolly’s masterwork thriller, The Dry, transfers Jane Harper’s best-selling novel to the silver screen wit…
1931-1932 Best Picture Winner: Grand Hotel (Edmund Goulding) - Awards Don't Matter
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Subscribe via RSS Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. As expected, going through the Best Picture winner…
Sparkles Short Film Interview with Tina Fielding, Jacqueline Pelczar, Cody Greenwood
Featured comfortably on my Best Australian Films of 2020 list is the joyous WA made short film, Sparkles. Written, co-produced, and starring Tina Fielding, this wonderful film follows Courtney, a t…
Wild Things Director Sally Ingleton Interview - Protests, The Future of the Environment, and Hope for Australia
Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Andrew caught up with director Sally Ingleton to talk about her latest documentary, Wild Things. WILD THINGS is a feature length docum…
Ten Aussie Film Classics Celebrating Major Anniversary Milestones in 2021
As each year rolls on, we find ourselves celebrating the anniversaries of classic and significant films. 2021 is one such year, with some of the most iconic and legendary Australian films celebrating…
The Magician Review - The Path to Criminal Infamy is Through a Video Camera and Violence
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. On January 6th 2021, Jacob Angeli partook in an act that would confirm his place in the culture of memes. With the…
Love Opera Review - A Grand Soaring Song for Equality in the Arts
Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Going into Liselle Mei’s superb documentary Love Opera, I was, admittedly, ignorant about the art form of opera, with my exposure being mo…
Ten Questions with Brolga Director Adrian Powers - Post-Apocalyptic Australia, Film Collaboration, The Steve Jaggi Company
Australian filmmaker Adrian Powers short film, Brolga, is an impressive work of creative collaboration, with Aboriginal artist Michael Connolly (Munda-gutta Kulliwari) providing the backbone for the e…
Ten Essential Films You Missed in 2020 (That You Really Need to See)
Usually, at this time of year, I would be presenting a list of my favourite films of the previous year. In the past, I’ve created a separate Best Australian Films list and a combined overall Best Film…
The Furnace Review - A Long Subdued Journey into the Golden Unknown
This review contains mild spoilers. For some reason, as I walked out of my screening of Roderick MacKay’s feature debut, The Furnace, the imagery of a white-gowned choir of kids across the landscape…
Best Australian Films of 2020
2020, as has been heavily documented, was a difficult year for cinema as a whole. Australian cinema in particular was hampered by shuttered cinemas and confusing release schedules, with many iconic fi…