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1934 Best Picture Nominee: The Thin Man (W. S. Van Dyke) - Awards Don't Matter

1934 Best Picture Nominee: The Thin Man (W. S. Van Dyke) - Awards Don't Matter

Andrew F Peirce Mar 2, 2021 1 min read
Podcasts Academy Awards Best Picture Comedy Myrna Loy mystery Oscar nomination Oscars The Thin Man William Powell WS Van Dyke

Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. The utterly delightful and charming first entry in the six (6!) long film series, The Thin Man, was nominated fo…

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1934 Best Picture Winner: It Happened One Night (Frank Capra) - Awards Don't Matter

1934 Best Picture Winner: It Happened One Night (Frank Capra) - Awards Don't Matter

Andrew F Peirce Feb 27, 2021 1 min read
Podcasts Academy Awards Clark Gable Claudette Colbert Frank Capra It Happened One Night podcast romantic comedy

Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. We reach one of the greatest, grandest, and most celebrated Best Picture winners of all time: Frank Capra's…

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Shadow in the Cloud Review - Two Competing Ideas Fail to Blend Cohesively

Shadow in the Cloud Review - Two Competing Ideas Fail to Blend Cohesively

Christopher John Feb 19, 2021 4 min read
Films Reviews Chloe Grace Moretz genre film Review Shadow in the Cloud War

Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Shadow in the Cloud stars Chloe Grace-Moretz as Flight Officer Maude Garrett who boards a B-17 bomber in 1943. She…

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Run Review - Representation in an Impressive Thriller

Run Review - Representation in an Impressive Thriller

Christopher John Feb 18, 2021 4 min read
Films Reviews Drama Kiera Allen Review Run Sara Sohn Sarah Paulson Thriller

Aneesh Chaganty made a solid footprint in Hollywood in 2018 with his tense, computer screen-based thriller Searching, starring John Cho as a father looking for his missing daughter. It used the kind o…

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World is Fukt - I Guess We Have to Talk About Facebook in Australia

World is Fukt - I Guess We Have to Talk About Facebook in Australia

Andrew F Peirce Feb 18, 2021 10 min read
Articles Facebook media Patreon social media

Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. I had a fairly unsettled sleep last night. After a few nights of comfortable sleep, where I felt like I was actually getting the rest I nee…

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1932-1933 Best Picture Nominee: 42nd Street (Lloyd Bacon) - Awards Don't Matter

1932-1933 Best Picture Nominee: 42nd Street (Lloyd Bacon) - Awards Don't Matter

Andrew F Peirce Feb 16, 2021 1 min read
Podcasts Academy Awards dancing David Giannini Discussions Lloyd Bacon musical Orry Kelly Oscars

Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. After the debacle that was Cavalcade, we take a dig into one of the films it triumphed over: Lloyd Bacon's endu…

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1932-1933 Best Picture Winner: Cavalcade (Frank Lloyd) - Awards Don't Matter

1932-1933 Best Picture Winner: Cavalcade (Frank Lloyd) - Awards Don't Matter

Andrew F Peirce Feb 9, 2021 1 min read
Podcasts Best Picture discussion Discussions Frank Lloyd Oscars podcast

On this episode of Awards Don't Matter, intrepid hosts Andrew and Dave venture into the sixth Best Picture winner, Frank Lloyd's multi-award winning film, Cavalcade. Focusing on the history of…

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Long Story Short Actor Rafe Spall Interview - The Speed of Time, Australian Filmmaking, and Pandemic Stress

Long Story Short Actor Rafe Spall Interview - The Speed of Time, Australian Filmmaking, and Pandemic Stress

Andrew F Peirce Feb 9, 2021 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts Australian drama Comedy Discussions Drama Interview Josh Lawson Long Story Short Rafe Spall

Oscar nominee Josh Lawson's new Australian drama/comedy, Long Story Short, features Rafe Spall, Zahra Newman, and Noni Hazelhurst, and follows Teddy, a man who suddenly starts jumping forward a…

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Birth Time Interview with Actress and Activist Zoe Naylor and Midwife Jo Hunter

Andrew F Peirce Feb 8, 2021 3 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian documentary australian film Discussions documentary health Interview Jo Hunter midwives Zoe Naylor

The new Australian documentary, Birth Time, focuses on the birthing process in Australia, taking a look at post-natal care, birth care, and how to improve birthing care for mothers, babies, partner…

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Wrong Turn Review - Baffling and Ridiculous Viewing

Wrong Turn Review - Baffling and Ridiculous Viewing

Scot F Feb 8, 2021 5 min read
Films Reviews Charlotte Vega Emma Dumont horror Matthew Modine Mike P. Nelson Review Slasher Wrong Turn

Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Exhausting and absurd, this Wrong Turn reboot gets it wrong with every turn it takes. For a seventh film in a fran…

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Penguin Bloom Review - A Well-Meaning Mess

Penguin Bloom Review - A Well-Meaning Mess

Andrew F Peirce Feb 8, 2021 9 min read
Films Reviews australian film Drama Jacki Weaver Naomi Watts Penguin Bloom Review True Story Wildlife

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

The Dry Review - A Towering Achievement, A Damning Condemnation of Morrison's Australia

Andrew F Peirce Feb 5, 2021 6 min read
Films Reviews Australian drama australian film Eddie Baroo Eric Bana Jane Harper Matt Nable Miranda Tapsell Review Robert Connolly The Dry Thriller

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…

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