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South Korean maestro Bong Joon-ho doesn’t hold out much hope for humanity in general. From his first feature Barking Dogs Never Bite in 2000 through to his masterwork Parasite his recurring themes are…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. My Melbourne is a powerful and uplifting new collaborative feature made with…
The Melbourne Women in Film Festival (MWFF) keeps growing and expanding the opportunities to discuss and spotlight women and gender diverse filmmakers and creators. 2025 promises to deliver a wonderfu…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Matt Mirams is a indie creative who has over two decades of experience as a m…
“Get used to failing. You’re a loser.” Basel to Yuval in 2019. Basel Adra speaks at least three languages. He has a law degree. He will never practice law. He will work in construction in Hebron if h…
Osgood Perkins’ version of Stephen King’s 1980 short story ‘The Monkey’ is a splatter comedy. The film should come with the warning, “Abandon subtext all ye who enter here,” with an addendum of, “Embr…
From Ramsay Street to Hollywood Boulevard, Australian actor Guy Pearce has a wide and varied career. With an Academy Award nomination for his role as Harrison Van Buren in Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. With her debut feature documentary film Queens of Concrete, Eliza Cox takes a…
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) returns for its 2025 run in Naarm-Melbourne from 2-5 March at ACMI, and with it comes a decidedly appropriate theme for this year’s conferenc…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Jesse Vogelaar is a writer and director whose works spans across Australia an…
Writer/director Charles Williams is one of Australia’s strongest emerging filmmakers. With a Short Film Palme d’Or under his belt for 2018’s All These Creatures the arrival of his debut full length fe…
Michael Caton is one of Australia’s greatest advocates and supporters of the nations cinema, with his work on screen driving the vibe of Aussie films leading into his work off screen supporting and wo…