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Sydney Film Festival: Kid Snow Director Paul Goldman on the Allure of a Boxing Drama

Sydney Film Festival: Kid Snow Director Paul Goldman on the Allure of a Boxing Drama

Nadine Whitney Jun 12, 2024 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian cinema australian film Drama Interview Kid Snow Paul Goldman Sydney Film Festival

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. The boxing film subgenre gets an esteemed new entry in the fo…

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Castlemaine Documentary Festival Director Claire Jager Talks About Ten Years of C-Doc in This Interview

Castlemaine Documentary Festival Director Claire Jager Talks About Ten Years of C-Doc in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Jun 12, 2024 9 min read
Interviews australian film Castlemaine Documentary Festival Claire Jager Articles documentary Interview

An hour and a bit out of Melbourne sits Castlemaine, a bustling cultural hub where jazz festivals, arts experiences, and the esteemed Castlemaine Documentary Festival (affectionately known as C-Doc) l…

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Life is a bit tipsy. Loren Taylor on her debut feature The Moon is Upside Down

Life is a bit tipsy. Loren Taylor on her debut feature The Moon is Upside Down

Nadine Whitney Jun 10, 2024 12 min read
Interviews Drama Interview Loren Taylor Sydney Film Festival The Moon is Upside Down

Thanks to Sydney Film Festival for providing the Curb with the opportunity to speak with Loren. Ozu famously had a character say, “Isn’t life disappointing?” through a fixed and sad smile at the end…

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In the Room Where He Waits is One of the Best Australian Debut Features Around

In the Room Where He Waits is One of the Best Australian Debut Features Around

Nadine Whitney Jun 10, 2024 5 min read
Films Reviews australian film Daniel Monks Drama In the Room Where He Waits Review Timothy Despina Marshall

The James Hotel in Brisbane looks a lot like any other mid budget hotel. It has no personality. It’s clean and anonymous. There’s nothing essentially wrong with it except Tobin Wade (Daniel Monks) can…

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Sydney Film Festival: Flathead Director Jaydon Martin on Dismantling the Modern Australian Identity via the Docu-Fiction Experience

Sydney Film Festival: Flathead Director Jaydon Martin on Dismantling the Modern Australian Identity via the Docu-Fiction Experience

Andrew F Peirce Jun 10, 2024 2 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian cinema australian film Flathead Interview Jaydon Martin Sydney Film Festival

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. One of the finest films having its Australian premiere at the…

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Richard Linklater's Hit Man is Cheeky, Hot, and a Hell of a Ride

Nadine Whitney Jun 9, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews Comedy Drama Glen Powell Hit Man Netflix Review Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater and Glen Powell’s Hit Man is witty, sexy, and side-splittingly funny. Although it must be said that the first conceit that anyone could find Glen Powell even in repressed academic Ga…

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Sydney Film Festival: In Vitro Directors Will Howarth and Tom McKeith On Their Grounded Sci-Fi Film

Nadine Whitney Jun 5, 2024 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian cinema australian film In Vitro Interview podcast Sydney Film Festival Tom McKeith Will Howarth

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. In Vitro is the highly anticipated follow-up from Will Howart…

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The Weight of Love: David Vincent Smith on He Ain’t Heavy

The Weight of Love: David Vincent Smith on He Ain’t Heavy

Nadine Whitney Jun 5, 2024 10 min read
Interviews australian cinema australian film David Vincent Smith He Ain't Heavy Interview WA Film

I genuinely don’t like to call “Australian shot feature film of the year” in June – but after seeing David Vincent Smith’s blazing debut feature, He Ain’t Heavy I am not sure I can imagine something t…

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LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH: Amanda Kramer and Britt Brown on Cinematic Anxiety in So Unreal

Nadine Whitney Jun 4, 2024 5 min read
Interviews Articles Debbie Harry Interview Revelation Film Festival So Unreal

Director and writer Amanda Kramer (Ladyworld, Give Me Pity!, Please Baby Please) moves into the realm of cinema essay with So Unreal - a survey of cinema which coincided with the rise of computers in…

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The Undesirables Need Your Support - Check Out How You Can Help Here

Press Releases Jun 3, 2024 1 min read
Articles australian film

PRESS RELEASE Writer/Director Luke Agius and team have wrapped production on the heartfelt coming-of-age comedy/drama The Undesirables, and have released a first look video to go along with it! The f…

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Bill Bennett’s The Way, My Way Strides To $1 Million Box Office Across Australia And New Zealand In First 2 Weeks Of Release

Press Releases Jun 3, 2024 2 min read
Articles australian film documentary The Way My Way

PRESS RELEASE Since its launchon 16th May 2024 in both Australia and New Zealand, and in just two weeks of release, THE WAY, MY WAY has hit the significant AU$1 million milestone across both markets.…

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Sydney Film Festival: The Tundra Within Me Director Sara Margrethe Oskal on Love, Tradition, and Individuality in Contemporary Sámi Culture

Nadine Whitney Jun 3, 2024 6 min read
Interviews Drama Interview Sara Margrethe Oskal Sydney Film Festival The Tundra Within Me

Director Sara Margrethe Oskal’s Eallogierdu (The Tundra Within Me) is a tale of two worlds. Single mother and artist, Lena has been living in Oslo with her young son. Returning to her hometown in Sámp…

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