Travis Johnson, Author at The Curb

True History of the Kelly Gang Review – The War Between Ned Kelly the Man and Ned Kelly the Idea Writ Large

January 23, 2020

Early on in the proceedings of Justin Kurzel’s iconoclastic take on Australia’s favourite outlaw legend, young Ned Kelly (Orlando Schwerdt) watches furtively as his mother, Ellen (Essie Davis doing a feral rif...

Hour Of Power – With Katie Lees And Grace Rouvray Review

Travis Johnson

January 21, 2020

Reviews

Katie and Grace’s Hour of Power January 23 -25. 2020 The Flight Path Theatre, Marrickville NSW Reviewing stand up comedy is a tricky bit of business, comedy as a whole being an extremely subjective ar...

Two Heads Creek Review – Classist Ocker Comedy Fails to Impress

Travis Johnson

January 6, 2020

Reviews

There’s a style of comedy fairly common in Australian culture that really gets my back up, and it’s classist ocker comedy. You know the type: take a small Australian community – generally rural but occasio...

Nekrotronic Review – Ozploitation Ghostbusters Has Rough Edges but Has a Fierce Desire to Entertain

Travis Johnson

January 6, 2020

Reviews

A few years on from their gleefully gross zombie flick Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, sibling directing team Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner bring us their second feature, Nekrotronic (also known as Nekromancer in...

The Mandalorian and Mousehouse Monoculture: Reconciling with a Complete Pop Culture Diet

Travis Johnson

November 27, 2019

Culture

So, I’ve been going on a bit of a tear lately, railing against Disney in general, Disney+ in particular, and their resolutely average flagship show, The Mandalorian, which has come to be, in my personal mythol...

Mainstream Nerd Culture and the Dilemma of Success

Travis Johnson

October 28, 2019

Culture

Weird how the nerd nation have suddenly decided that box office and profitability are the most important metrics after all these years of living in the genre ghetto. I mean, we spent decades having our cult...

Letterkenny Review – Parks and Recreation for People Who Day Drink

Travis Johnson

October 22, 2019

Reviews

Australia only getting apprised of the brilliant Canadian comedy series Letterkenny a full seven seasons into its run is grounds for dissolving the Commonwealth. Right now, all six episodes of 2016’s Season...

The Furies Review – A Punchy, Rollicking, Blood-Soaked Slasher

Travis Johnson

October 17, 2019

Reviews

If you want to trace its lineage all the way back you wind up, cinematically speaking at least, at 1932’s The Most Dangerous Game, but The Furies, the debut feature from writer and director Tony D’Aquino reall...

Escape and Evasion Review – Josh McConville Impresses in Ambitious Aussie War Film

Travis Johnson

October 17, 2019

Reviews

Following on from dark urban fantasy The School, writer and director Storm Ashwood cants in a very different direction with Escape and Evasion, which sees Josh McConville (1%, The Merger) as Seth, a former spe...

Hearts and Bones Review – A Humane Look Into the Ownership of Stories

Travis Johnson

October 3, 2019

Reviews

Filmmaker Ben Lawrence showed an affinity for damaged people with his acclaimed documentary, Ghosthunter, and that empathy for injury and vulnerability carries over to his first fiction feature, Hearts and Bon...

Christian Marclay's The Clock to Screen at ACMI from January 23

Cale Street Festival Returns in February

Without a Tracey World Premiere at Mardi Gras Film Festival

Best Film Posters of 2019

2020: The Future of Australian Arts Needs Your Help Right Now

Andrew’s Top Films of 2019

Standing Up for Hilarity – The Year Aussie Comedy Made a Comeback

AUSgust - The First Annual Australian Film Month is Here!

Joaquin Phoenix Needs to Make His Oscar Glory a Climate Emergency Moment

The Fires of Australia: The Importance of Being a Public Servant

Cultural and Gender Diverse Film ‘Streets of Colour’ Seeks Crowdfunding Support

December Newsletter – An End of Year Thanks to All

#SaveRadioADL – Radio Adelaide Needs Your Help!

Arts Community Still Blue For Manus And Nauru

Red Billabong Review

Jojo Rabbit Review – A Deep, Satirical Conversation About the Effects of Fascism

True History of the Kelly Gang Review – The War Between Ned Kelly the Man and Ned Kelly the Idea Writ Large

Underwater Review – K-Stew’s Heavy Breathing Cannot Salvage this Empty Vessel

Hour Of Power – With Katie Lees And Grace Rouvray Review

A Simple Space Fringe Review – An Unforgettable Dance Comedy Experience that Can’t Be Missed

Dolittle Review – An Inexplicable Garbage Dump

Ten Questions for Travis Akbar - Aussie Hip Hop, West Coast Eagles, and the Misconceptions about Australia

Hour of Power Comedians Katie Lees and Grace Rouvray Interview

Interview with Me and My Left Brain Writer/Director/Actor Alex Lykos

H is for Happiness Interview with Director John Sheedy and Star Daisy Axon

Interview with H is for Happiness Writer Lisa Hoppe

Interview with KGB Actor Bjorn Stewart

Koko: A Red Dog Story Interview with Directors Aaron McCann and Dominic Pearce

True History of the Kelly Gang Review – The War Between Ned Kelly the Man and Ned Kelly the Idea Writ Large

Hour Of Power – With Katie Lees And Grace Rouvray Review

Two Heads Creek Review – Classist Ocker Comedy Fails to Impress

Nekrotronic Review – Ozploitation Ghostbusters Has Rough Edges but Has a Fierce Desire to Entertain

The Mandalorian and Mousehouse Monoculture: Reconciling with a Complete Pop Culture Diet

Mainstream Nerd Culture and the Dilemma of Success

Letterkenny Review – Parks and Recreation for People Who Day Drink

The Furies Review – A Punchy, Rollicking, Blood-Soaked Slasher

Escape and Evasion Review – Josh McConville Impresses in Ambitious Aussie War Film

Hearts and Bones Review – A Humane Look Into the Ownership of Stories

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