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Say Something – Kylie Minogue Provides Us With a Twinkle of Light in All This Darkness

August 11, 2020

As the swirling synths open Kylie Minogue’s newest single, Say Something, you can breathe a sigh of relief because a new Kylie gem is upon us. The world at large in 2020 is a dreary reality, one of obvious str...

AUSgust – The Third: A Celebration of Australian Film

Andrew F Peirce

August 1, 2020

Culture

Ever since The Curb launched, we've celebrated Australian films with the annual AUSgust film month - a month dedicated to highlighting and supporting Australian films. For the first two years, we've had da...

New WA Smartphone Filmmaking Competition Encourages Filmmakers To Get Back Behind the Camera

Guest Writer

July 13, 2020

Culture

The WA Made Film Festival has partnered with Buy West Eat Best to offer WA filmmakers and residents an opportunity to scratch their creative itch by making a short film using their smartphones. ...

WA Documentary, The Fathering Project, Looks at Single Dads Joining Together to Break the Cycle of Negative Parenting

Andrew F Peirce

July 2, 2020

Culture

In Armadale, a community of single dads are banding together to break the cycle of negative parenting, in heart-wrenching WA documentary, The Fathering Project, set to premiere on Compass on ABC1 at 6.30pm on ...

From Audio Guide to Miro – Why Short Films Deserve the Spotlight Right Now

Andrew F Peirce

July 1, 2020

Culture

If you tune into film press, you’ll find article after article covering the continued delays of major Hollywood films, cancellations of film festivals, and alarm about the future of feature filmmaking. The Cov...

Cameras Roll on This Little Love of Mine in Far North Queensland

Guest Writer

June 30, 2020

Culture

Production on romantic feature film This Little Love of Mine has kicked off this week in Cairns, Far North Queensland. The filmsees Australian actors Saskia Hampele (The Heights) and Liam McIntyre (S...

Five Films You Can’t Miss at the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Andrew F Peirce

June 30, 2020

Culture

Each year the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival rolls around, a new slate of top tier documentaries rolls into my view, and as such, a wealth of stories that I never knew existed opens up in front of me. Usu...

Jessica Chastain – Do You Believe Rachael Taylor and Brooke Satchwell?

Andrew F Peirce

June 26, 2020

Culture

Trigger warning: this article contains descriptions of domestic violence and assault. Work hard, dance in your downtime, treat others like you would like to be treated. And leave the assholes out in the...

PiNK PEPPER Has Arrived!

Guest Writer

June 22, 2020

Culture

After more than a decade producing, writing, directing and casting a myriad of Australian films, documentaries, web series and television series, pink-haired-punk-rock-Indigenous-Western-Australian producer, T...

Bob Katter is Right: We’ve Got to Do Some Reaping Now – the Fight for Australian Culture

Andrew F Peirce

June 19, 2020

Culture

As cinemas, music venues, and theatres around Australia considered their futures with the harsh reality of social distancing measures in place, alongside the financial complexities come with those measures, a ...

Meal Tickets Hits Screens Around Australia in Februrary

Say Something – Kylie Minogue Provides Us With a Twinkle of Light in All This Darkness

AUSgust – The Third: A Celebration of Australian Film

New WA Smartphone Filmmaking Competition Encourages Filmmakers To Get Back Behind the Camera

WA Documentary, The Fathering Project, Looks at Single Dads Joining Together to Break the Cycle of Negative Parenting

From Audio Guide to Miro – Why Short Films Deserve the Spotlight Right Now

Cameras Roll on This Little Love of Mine in Far North Queensland

Send a Book to Brazil and Help Support LGBTIQ+ Communities

International Art Exhibition Come Silent Auction Gives Light to Refugees Affected by COVID-19

Australian Cinema in ISO Zoom Panel

Piper Doon – the Scotsman is Nae More

Revelation Film Festival WA Film Callout

Mojo’s Bar is Closed but With Your Help They Can Reopen When the Time is Right

Five Streaming Services to Check Out in Quarantine

The Farewell Review - Chris's Take

Chopper Review – Andrew Dominik’s Masterpiece, Two Decades On

Force of Nature Review – B-Grade Action with A-Grade Problems

La Belle Époque Review – The Kind of Film You Want to Show Your Parents

Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story Review – The Kindest Film of the Year

The Plastic House: Allison Chhorn’s Documentary is a Simple, Beautiful, Effective Ode to Change

Unhinged Review – Russell Crowe Leads A Brutal, Well-Acted Thriller, a Fitting Return to the Cinema

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The Plastic House: Allison Chhorn’s Documentary is a Simple, Beautiful, Effective Ode to Change

Nine Questions with Le Miroir Director Leila Murton Poole – Luck, Creativity, and the Power of Collaboration

The Boys Who Said No Director Judith Ehrlich Interview – The Power of Protests and the Need for Change

The World’s Best Film Director Joshua Belinfante Interview – Searching for Hope, Positivity, and the Good in Each Other

1930-1931 Best Picture Winner – Cimarron (Wesley Ruggles) – Awards Don’t Matter

Interview with The Walrus and the Whistleblower director Nathalie Bibeau – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Say Something – Kylie Minogue Provides Us With a Twinkle of Light in All This Darkness

AUSgust – The Third: A Celebration of Australian Film

New WA Smartphone Filmmaking Competition Encourages Filmmakers To Get Back Behind the Camera

WA Documentary, The Fathering Project, Looks at Single Dads Joining Together to Break the Cycle of Negative Parenting

From Audio Guide to Miro – Why Short Films Deserve the Spotlight Right Now

Cameras Roll on This Little Love of Mine in Far North Queensland

Five Films You Can’t Miss at the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Jessica Chastain – Do You Believe Rachael Taylor and Brooke Satchwell?

PiNK PEPPER Has Arrived!

Bob Katter is Right: We’ve Got to Do Some Reaping Now – the Fight for Australian Culture