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There is likely to be a lot of reportage coming from the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) with Nadine Whitney on the ground. Luckily, Nadine has had a chance to see some films in the…
PRESS RELEASE Queer Screen invites aspiring Australian LGBTIQ+ filmmakers to participate in the annual Queer Screen Pitch Off, a prestigious opportunity to pitch short film projects for a chance to w…
Well, you're slim and you're weak You've got the teeth of the hydra upon you.” The opening quote of Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs coming from the not so arcane texts of Marc Bolan’s glam pop…
The cinematic year of 2024 was decried so early and so quickly by some that they announced that it would be the “end to theatres”. It wasn't a good sign that The Fall Guy and Furiosa disappointed…
Universal Pictures-Warner Bros. Twisters is a strange beast of a film. It's a tentpole American summer release that just so happens to be a prestige natural disaster flick helmed by Oscar nominee…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. In the wake of Afterwar’s screening at Sydney Film Festival,…
Yorgos Lanthimos has stated that “All of my films are problematic.” Even his collaborations with Tony McNamara which are imminently more ‘audience friendly’ and Oscar garnering than his earlier work r…
In the early 1960s a young photography student named Danny Lyon found himself with a motorcycle club in Chicago. Originally planning to just document their activities he ended up, for a period, a full…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Taylor Broadley's feature debut film Stubbornly Here is a…
A Different Man composites at least a half-dozen films but nevertheless stands on its own as a wholly original paranoiac satire that pays homage to ‘70s and 80s body horror before detouring into a Woo…
Niki Caro’s delicately laced film of belief, bravery, and true leadership honours the importance of Rangatira (Chiefs) in Māori self-determination while negotiating the inherent limitations of patriar…
There is hard edged cynicism inside the romantic sweep of Nikolaj Arcel’s Bastarden known in English as The Promised Land. Both titles are apt for the 18th Century set epic. The film wears the skin of…