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Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Carmen & Bolude marks something of a first for Australian films. Here is…
With their new three-part series Australia: An Unofficial History, SBS have cracked open the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) vault and brought forth the long forgotten Australian government fil…
Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu is an actor, writer, and director from Aotearoa. We Were Dangerous starring Erana James, Nathalie Morris, Manaia Hall, and the great Rima Te Wiata was her debut feature and w…
“You don’t know my suffering. You don’t know my pain… I’m not a well woman.” – Pansy Although I imagine the great social realist Mike Leigh would be horrified, while I was watching Marianne Jean-Bapt…
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…