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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Usually I start my reviews by stating who directed it and detailing the plot synopsis while including the main acto…
It’s easy to be cynical toward inclusivity considering how often attempts to be inclusive can end up being straight up insulting. Yes, media is much better for having a wider array of representation e…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Welcome to the episode where Dave says the fateful line, 'I outright refuse to ever watch (this) again'. Y…
In Crisis, director Nicholas Jarecki’s bleak crime-drama, the war on drugs is a losing battle. Based on true events, Crisis follows the lives of three characters, each of whom having been negatively…
Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Just like every other sport in Australia, and the world, the sport of surfing has found itself rife with issues of inequality, misogyny, an…
Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. The new Australian drama, Unsound, has arrived with a well-earned accolade – a Best Indie Film nomination at the 2020 AACTA Awards – as wel…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Gosh, after that rather well executed sojourn into darkness with Mutiny on the Bounty, it feels appropriate to give…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. There are clear throughlines weaving their way through the work of Albert Dupontel, from his very first feature (Be…
Laura's Choice screens on ABC Australia, Wednesday March 17th 2021 at 8:45pm, and also on iView. In August 2006, I travelled with my Grandfather to his home country of Scotland. Together, we drov…
Available to Watch Here: Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Perth indie filmmaker Levon J. Polinelli made a film, and then, one night, it was sto…
In 2020, I reviewed the utterly hilarious, and downright essential, 600 Bottles of Wine (on Netflix!) and found great comfort and joy with the biting comedy in the show, so much so that I emailed G…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. We head to sea with the 8th Best Picture winner, Frank Lloyd's colonial drama, Mutiny on the Bounty. Featuri…