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Shout Outs from the Soapbox - QueerScreen, Sting, Palestinian Film Festival, and More

Shout Outs from the Soapbox - QueerScreen, Sting, Palestinian Film Festival, and More

Andrew F Peirce Feb 21, 2024 4 min read
Articles newsletter Palestinian film festival QueerScreen Shout Outs from the Soapbox Sting

Welcome Shout Outs from the Soapbox, a rundown of the reviews, interviews, and news that have taken our interest over the past fortnight. The Curb is a reader supported website, with support from as…

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Amazon MGM Studios Announces Feature-Length The Kid LAROI Documentary, Kids Are Growing Up, from OBB Pictures

Press Releases Feb 21, 2024 3 min read
Articles australian film documentary

PRESS RELEASE Today, Amazon MGM Studios announced the feature-length documentary Kids Are Growing Up, about global superstar and Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter, The Kid LAROI, produced by O…

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Carl Joseph Papa Talks About How Richard Linklater Influenced His Rotoscoped Animated Film The Missing in This Interview

Carl Joseph Papa Talks About How Richard Linklater Influenced His Rotoscoped Animated Film The Missing in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Feb 17, 2024 2 min read
Interviews Podcasts Animation Drama Interview QueerScreen The Missing

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Listeners should note that the following interview contains d…

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Inspector Sun is a Poirot-Inspired Tale That will Make Kids and Adults Reach for the Bug Spray

Inspector Sun is a Poirot-Inspired Tale That will Make Kids and Adults Reach for the Bug Spray

Kahn Duncan Feb 17, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews Animation Comedy Emily Kleimo Inspector Sun Review Rich Orlow Ronny Chieng

Inspector Sun is an animated family-comedy spinning a flimsy web of mystery, adventure, and insect intrigue. The Hercule Poirot inspired detective tale is more akin to Jacques Clouseau, but lacking th…

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Discovering Trần Anh Hùng’s Zest for Life and Embodying Passion

Discovering Trần Anh Hùng’s Zest for Life and Embodying Passion

Nadine Whitney Feb 16, 2024 5 min read
Interviews Drama Food Interview Juliette Binoche Perth Festival Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng

Trần Anh Hùng’s glorious The Taste of Things starring Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel is a beautiful belle epoque romance. An ode to happiness as an intricate recipe pared down to provide pleasure…

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QueerScreen Review - Mutt Is A Whirlwind Of Complex Emotions And Trans Identity Captured In Twenty Four Hours

QueerScreen Review - Mutt Is A Whirlwind Of Complex Emotions And Trans Identity Captured In Twenty Four Hours

Kahn Duncan Feb 16, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews Cole Doman Drama LGBTIQA cinema Lio Mehiel MiMi Ryder Mutt QueerScreen Review Vuk Lungulov-Klotz

Mutt screens at the 2024 QueerScreen's 31st Mardi Gras Film Festival on February 20 2024. A mutt is typically associated with a mixed-breed dog. Used as a synonym for mongrel; they can be untethe…

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Dakota Johnson's Madame Web is a Spidery Thriller Caught in a Studio's Web

Dakota Johnson's Madame Web is a Spidery Thriller Caught in a Studio's Web

Branden Zavaleta Feb 16, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews Dakota Johnson Isabela Merced Madame Web Marvel Review Sony Superhero Sydney Sweeney

After the massive joke that Morbius was, expectations are low for Sony’s non-Spider-Man Marvel movies. While recent entries in the once dominant series have fallen flat, chances are you won’t think tw…

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Sundance Review – Sally Aitken’s Every Little Thing is a Tender Ode to Life and Death Through the Prism of Hummingbird Rescue

Sundance Review – Sally Aitken’s Every Little Thing is a Tender Ode to Life and Death Through the Prism of Hummingbird Rescue

Andrew F Peirce Feb 12, 2024 9 min read
Films Reviews australian film documentary Review Sally Aitken

You can tell a lot about a director by the way they frame tragedy in their work. As with all discussions about death and dying, it’s all about striking the right tone for the right audience. A directo…

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Carissa Lee Talks About Navigating Barriers in the Australian Arts System in This Interview

Carissa Lee Talks About Navigating Barriers in the Australian Arts System in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Feb 9, 2024 2 min read
Interviews Podcasts Interview Planet Lulin podcast

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Carissa Lee is a Noongar actor and writer whose work spans fr…

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Robert Connolly on Why Force of Nature Was His Hardest Film Shoot Yet in This Interview

Robert Connolly on Why Force of Nature Was His Hardest Film Shoot Yet in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Feb 8, 2024 3 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian film Eric Bana Force of Nature Interview Robert Connollly Robert Connolly The Dry

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Robert Connolly is one of Australia's great modern direct…

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Feature film Red Rock Run greenlit for production in Karratha in Western Australia

Press Releases Feb 7, 2024 3 min read
Articles australian film Red Rock Run

PRESS RELEASE Screenwest and Screen Australia are pleased to announce Red Rock Run, the debut feature film from Western Australian writer, Meg Shields, has been greenlit for production in Karratha in…

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Equal the Contest Director Mitch Nivalis Talks About Rewriting the Rules to Make Football a Fairer Game for All

Equal the Contest Director Mitch Nivalis Talks About Rewriting the Rules to Make Football a Fairer Game for All

Andrew F Peirce Feb 7, 2024 17 min read
Interviews australian film Castlemaine Documentary Festival Equal the Contest football Interview LGBTIQA cinema Mitch Nivalis

Australian Rules Football is our national sport, yet it has long failed to engage with dismantling the gender inequality that exists within the community. While the existence of AFL Women’s league ame…

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