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Let's take a moment to look ahead in 2025 to a few of the Australian films that will get people talking. Two particular films had their world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in 2024, where…
Wolf Man is a disappointing reboot of the 1941 lycanthrope horror The Wolfman starring Lon Chaney Jr, struggling to build momentum despite a promising prologue. After an estranged father leaves his Or…
Australian director Leigh Whannell has taken two of Universal’s classic monsters and put his own spin on them. First, he updated the tale of The Invisible Man in 2020, and this year he takes on the ly…
Subscribe to the Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Andrew F Peirce and Nadine Whitney head to prison with Colman Domingo and Cla…
In I’m Still Here (Ainda estou aqui), Walter Salles takes the true story of the arrest and disappearance of Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello) and creates a potent narrative about courage, resilience, tenaci…
In the wake of its success at the Golden Globes and its current frontrunner status at the Academy Awards, Brady Corbet’s film The Brutalist has been one of the most acclaimed and discussed films of th…
Subscribe to the Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Andrew F Peirce and Nadine Whitney delve into the darkness of Robert Eggers l…
Writer, director, producer, collaborator Tanya Modini has received her second Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) award nomination for her short film And the Ocean Agreed. This no…
It has been a difficult year for Australian film with few films making it to cinemas for exhibition. Nevertheless, we cannot give up hope for our stories being told. Making lists is always difficult…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Die Bully Die is a short film built on the notion of retribution and exorcisi…
Right, there’s no beating around the bush: 2024 was a hard year for Australian films. An engaged film critic should hold their local film industry to account, with the following piece delving into th…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Welcome to the first episode of the Curb review podcast, where Andrew F Peirc…