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From Hilde, With Love Director Andreas Dresen on Beauty within a Dark Story

Nadine Whitney May 9, 2024 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts From Hilde With Love German Film Festival Interview podcast

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. The 2024 German Film Festival is currently underway across Au…

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Goran Stolevski's Housekeeping For Beginners is Queer Joy, Human Heartbreak, and All the Definitions of Love

Nadine Whitney May 8, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews Drama Dzada Selim Goran Stolevski Housekeeping for Beginners Mia Mustafi Review Samson Selim

“It doesn’t go away. The needing. Even when you get old. It’s a nasty business.” – Dita to Vanesa. For many queer people the “found family” isn’t only a community where they feel comfortable – it is…

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A Symphony of Emotions: Embracing the Magic of The Idea of You and Its Unforgettable Contribution to Modern Romantic Storytelling

A Symphony of Emotions: Embracing the Magic of The Idea of You and Its Unforgettable Contribution to Modern Romantic Storytelling

Codie Allen May 5, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews Comedy Ella Rubin Michael Showalter Nicholas Galitzine Review Romance The Idea of You

Lately, the rom-com genre hasn't been riding high, much to the disappointment of fans like myself. But then came Anyone But You last year, a breath of fresh air that reignited our love for rom-com…

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Caitlin Cronenberg's Humane is Satire on Legacy and Family as a Rabid Brood

Nadine Whitney May 5, 2024 6 min read
Films Reviews David Cronenberg Drama Emily Hampshire horror Jay Baruchel Review

Legacy is one hell of a thing. The lessons passed down, a reputation to live up to, or the sum of an existence. Caitlin Cronenberg understands legacy very well. Humane is her first feature film despit…

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Shape Director Roger Ungers Talks About Body Positivity in the Gay Community in This Interview

Shape Director Roger Ungers Talks About Body Positivity in the Gay Community in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce May 2, 2024 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian film Articles documentary gay community Interview LGBTIQA+ Rogers Ungers

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Roger Ungers is a documentarian who continually presents a ne…

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Boy Kills World is Maximum Carnage with Minimum Personality

Nadine Whitney May 2, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews Jessica Rothe Michelle Dockery Moritz Mohr Review

Moritz Mohr’s Boy Kills World is aware you have seen it all before. The film doesn’t even try to cover its comic book, computer game, The Hunger Games inspirations, which is why it comes racing out th…

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Monkey Business in a Banana Republic: On Dev Patel's Monkey Man

Monkey Business in a Banana Republic: On Dev Patel's Monkey Man

Virat Nehru Apr 30, 2024 8 min read
Films Reviews Dev Patel Indian cinema Monkey Man Review

One of the first things that strikes you when you land in Delhi is that vanar and Hanuman-inspired imagery—drawing from Hindu mythology and texts such as the Ramayana—is everywhere. If you’re catching…

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The Fall Guy is an Entertaining Reminder Why the Oscars Needs a Best Stunt Category

The Fall Guy is an Entertaining Reminder Why the Oscars Needs a Best Stunt Category

Andrew F Peirce Apr 26, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews australian film David Leitch Emily Blunt Review Ryan Gosling the fall guy

At the 96th Academy Awards, there was a moment of cheeky promotional work for Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt’s latest flick The Fall Guy, with the two actors taking to the stage to honour the work of th…

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World Premiere Of Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line To Open Sydney Film Festival 2024

Press Releases Apr 25, 2024 3 min read
Articles australian film documentary Sydney Film Festival

PRESS RELEASE The 71st Sydney Film Festival announces it will present the World Premiere of Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line for its Opening Night Gala on Wednesday June 5, at the State Theatre followe…

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First Look At Horror Film "Break A Leg" From Kaitlyn Boye And Brendan Kelly As It Wraps Production In Canberra

Press Releases Apr 25, 2024 2 min read
Articles australian film

PRESS RELEASE Principal photography has just wrapped on Australian feature film BREAK A LEG, from local Canberra filmmakers and actors Kaitlyn Boyé and Brendan Kelly. The film was shot on location at…

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Evil Does Not Exist Again Proves Ryûsuke Hamaguchi is One of Japan’s Most Complex and Indefinable Storytellers

Evil Does Not Exist Again Proves Ryûsuke Hamaguchi is One of Japan’s Most Complex and Indefinable Storytellers

Nadine Whitney Apr 25, 2024 5 min read
Films Reviews Drama Evil Does Not Exist Japanese Cinema Review Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi won an Academy Award for Drive My Car based on a Haruki Murakami story. Suddenly after years of patiently making precise and complex cinema he was a “super star.” The same year his p…

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Luca Guadagnino's Challengers is One of the Most Salacious Movies of the Year

Luca Guadagnino's Challengers is One of the Most Salacious Movies of the Year

Kahn Duncan Apr 25, 2024 5 min read
Films Reviews Comedy Drama Luca Guadagnino Mike Faist Review tennis Zendaya Josh O'Connor

Luca Guadagnino's Challengers is one of the most salacious movies of the year - turning the sport of tennis into a sexy thrill ride. The director's recent filmography has had him channel the m…

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