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In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, I finally got around to watching Lantana. Released in 2001, this is a tragi-romance which surrounds an ensemble of couples whose relationships are either withering or dead. The pandemic taught me not to desire touch or seek intimacy, as we were mandated by t…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. From Malory Towers to St Trinian’s, a girls boarding school is always a rich setting for stories of female friendsh…
Readers are advised that this article contains the names of Aboriginal people who have died. There’s a certain level of expectation that comes with true crime documentaries. With the echo of the tone…
As World War Two wraps up, we ease out of one of the worst events of modern humankind with one of the most charming and inconsequential Best Picture winners yet, Leo McCarey's Going My Way. Bing Crosby won Best Actor, and dual nominee for the same role, Barry Fitzgerald won Best Supporting Actor, bo…
Long term friend and colleague of Heath Ledger, director Gregor Jordan named Patron Australians in Film today announced the stellar line up of Australian and international leaders in the entertainmen…
The Queer Screen Film Festival has always held a soft spot in my heart. In 2006, my friend Loren and I decided that we would each choose a film from that year’s QueerDoc program, and the other person…
This below has been posted on the Facebook page of the Australian Media Oral History Group. (AMOHG). AMOHG is an informal group of film industry practitioners and includes among its membership many wh…
Perth Festival is delighted to announce the appointment of Ben Wyatt to our Board. We welcome Mr Wyatt as our preparations for Perth Festival 2022 gather pace under the theme Wardan (Noongar for Ocea…
All too often the public hears of tortured artists whose lives were cut too short and David McComb tragically fulfilled this prophecy. McComb, best known as the lead singer of Australian band The Trif…
This September 24, one of Australia’s most respected musicians, composers and producers, Richard Pleasance, releases Crooked River (Strange Loops) – a spellbinding album of instrumental music created…
National Indigenous Television (NITV) and Screen Australia are pleased to announce two new distinctive documentary series slated for 2022 – Larapinta and Our Law. The documentaries will join a family…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. On September 15th 2021, former attorney general Christian Porter revealed that part of his defamation legal fees ha…