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Our Law Producer Taryne Laffar Interview - Indigenous Voices, Producing in Australia

Our Law Producer Taryne Laffar Interview - Indigenous Voices, Producing in Australia

Andrew F Peirce Jun 16, 2020 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts Indigenous Australia Indigenous culture Interview NITV Our Law Police Taryne Laffar Western Australia

Our Law is a short film that is currently screening at the Sydney Film Festival online, and will be screening on NITV on Monday 22nd June at 8:30pm on Karla Grant Presents. Andrew caught up with…

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This is 40: Fame! The Blues Brothers Are Going to Live Forever

This is 40: Fame! The Blues Brothers Are Going to Live Forever

BD Kooyman Jun 15, 2020 15 min read
Films Reviews Comedy Dan Aykroyd Eighties films Fame genre film John Belushi John Landis musical Oscars The Blues Brothers

Back in March I celebrated the 40th anniversary of Australian classic Breaker Morant here on The Curb. Why stop there? The celluloid class of 1980 is a particularly fascinating one, with many films cu…

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1929-1930 Best Picture Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone) - Awards Dont Matter

1929-1930 Best Picture Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone) - Awards Dont Matter

Andrew F Peirce Jun 15, 2020 1 min read
Podcasts Academy Awards Best Picture Lewis Milestone Oscars WW1

Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. From the valley of The Broadway Melody, Andrew and Dave reach a peak with the exceptional All Quiet on the Western…

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Dr Anthony Harris Interview - Workcare and Covid-19 Protocols in the Workplace

Dr Anthony Harris Interview - Workcare and Covid-19 Protocols in the Workplace

Andrew F Peirce Jun 14, 2020 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts Cinemas Covid-19 Dr Anthony Harris film industry Interview social distancing workplace

Dr Anthony Harris works for Workcare, a company that aims to help businesses adjust to a post-Covid-19 world by providing guidance and support by implementing social distancing and tracing measure…

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Burden Review - A Film About Second Chances at a Time When They're Needed the Most

Burden Review - A Film About Second Chances at a Time When They're Needed the Most

Travis Akbar Jun 11, 2020 3 min read
Reviews Drama forest whitaker Garret Hedlund Racism Review second chances social matters

I cannot stress how much of a struggle it was for me to get through this movie. Burden centres around Mike Burden, a prominent Ku Klux Klan member who opens a KKK Museum in a South Carolina town, but…

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The Assistant Review – A Quiet Film With a Loud Premise

The Assistant Review – A Quiet Film With a Loud Premise

Nadine Whitney Jun 8, 2020 6 min read
Reviews Articles Drama Julia Garner Kitty Green Matthew McFadyen Review The Assistant

Director and screenwriter Kitty Green’s first foray into the world of fictional filmmaking, The Assistant, is a quiet film with a loud premise about the culture that creates a hostile environment for…

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The Assistant Director Kitty Green Interview - #MeToo, Julia Garner, and a Changing Industry

The Assistant Director Kitty Green Interview - #MeToo, Julia Garner, and a Changing Industry

Andrew F Peirce Jun 8, 2020 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian film Drama equality Interview Julia Garner Kitty Green The Assistant

Kitty Green is the director of the excellent film The Assistant, a powerful film starring Julia Garner, and featuring a powerful assessment of the era-defining #MeToo. Andrew caught up with Kitty t…

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Come to Daddy Review - What the F**k Did I Just Watch?

Come to Daddy Review - What the F**k Did I Just Watch?

Nadine Whitney Jun 5, 2020 5 min read
Reviews Come to Daddy Dark Comedy Elijah Wood genre film horror Review Thriller violence

This review contains spoilers. Every first sentence I’ve tried to write for this review I have ended up deleting in frustration. I don’t know where to begin with New Zealander Ant Timpson’s first ful…

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Hugo Weaving Speaks From the Heart on Hearts and Bones

Hugo Weaving Speaks From the Heart on Hearts and Bones

Travis Johnson Jun 4, 2020 7 min read
Interviews australian cinema australian film Hearts and Bones Hugo Weaving Interview

In Hearts and Bones, acclaimed Australian actor Hugo Weaving plays Dan Fisher, a veteran war correspondent and photographer whose life is irrevocably changed when he meets a Sudanese refugee, Sebastia…

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Mayor Eugene W Grant Interview - Covid-19, Smart Cities, Protests in America

Mayor Eugene W Grant Interview - Covid-19, Smart Cities, Protests in America

Andrew F Peirce Jun 4, 2020 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts Covid-19 Articles Mayor Eugene Grant politics unity

Every so often a great interview opportunity comes along that you simply have to clear your schedule for. This is one such interview. I was fortunate to talk to Mayor Eugene W. Grant, leader of th…

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Revelation Announces Couched Online Film Festival

Press Releases Jun 4, 2020 1 min read
Articles Film Festival Perth events Perth Film Festival Revelation Film Festival unity

Revelation Film Festival hasn't spent the COVID lockdown twiddling its thumbs and eating Tim Tams and instead is planning both an online event in July and a physical festival later this year. Cou…

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Escape from Pretoria Review - An Escape from Isolation

Escape from Pretoria Review - An Escape from Isolation

Travis Akbar May 31, 2020 2 min read
Reviews Daniel Radcliffe daniel webber escape from pretoria harry potter prison prison break

Escape from Pretoria. The South Australian filmed, Daniel Radcliffe starring thriller is available for rent (for a hefty price) so I decided to check it out. The Coronavirus restrictions have ensured…

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