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Sundance Interview - The Moogai Cinematographer Sean Ryan Talks About Crafting Tension on Screen for this Aboriginal Horror Film

Sundance Interview - The Moogai Cinematographer Sean Ryan Talks About Crafting Tension on Screen for this Aboriginal Horror Film

Andrew F Peirce Jan 26, 2024 2 min read
Interviews australian cinema australian film Cinematography horror Interview Jon Bell Sean Ryan Sundance

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Jon Bell's unsettling 2021 short film, The Moogai, receiv…

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Sundance Review – Skywalkers: A Love Story Depicts the Art of Dangerous Living with Pulse-Racing Glory

Sundance Review – Skywalkers: A Love Story Depicts the Art of Dangerous Living with Pulse-Racing Glory

Andrew F Peirce Jan 25, 2024 5 min read
Films Reviews documentary Ivan Beerkus Jeff Zimbalist Maria Bulkhonina Review Skywalkers Skywalkers A Love Story Sundance

When it comes to experiencing cinema, one of the greatest honours that you can bestow upon a film is having an unexpected physical reaction to it. This might be an out place moment of laughter (the ba…

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Eddie’s Lil’ Homies premieres on NITV and Netflix on Friday 16 February

Press Releases Jan 22, 2024 1 min read
Articles Eddie Betts Kids show NITV sbs

PRESS RELEASE National Indigenous Television (NITV), Netflix and the ACTF are proud to announce that new children’s comedy series Eddie’s Lil’ Homies, inspired by books from former AFL star Eddie Bet…

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The Beekeeper Sees Jason Statham Having Some Fun Bringing a Jar of Honey to a Gunfight

The Beekeeper Sees Jason Statham Having Some Fun Bringing a Jar of Honey to a Gunfight

Kahn Duncan Jan 19, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews David Ayer Drama Emmy Raver-Lampman Jason Statham Josh Hutcherson Review The Beekeeper

The Beekeeper is a well-oiled and by-the-book actioner that simultaneously takes itself very seriously, and yet not at all. All Jason Statham needs to do in this genre of film is what he always does.…

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Sounds of Solidarity and WugulOra added to NITV and SBS’s Always Was, Always Will Be programming slate for January 26

Press Releases Jan 18, 2024 4 min read
Articles January 26 NITV sbs

PRESS RELEASE National Indigenous Television (NITV) and the wider SBS network have announced additional programming for the day of January 26 including celebratory music program Sounds of Solidaritya…

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Looking Ahead for The Curb in 2024

Andrew F Peirce Jan 17, 2024 4 min read
Articles australian film Drama

As the 2024 season commences, I want to take the time to reflect on the purpose of The Curb and what I hope to achieve by spotlighting the voices I do with the podcast. Ultimately, my goal has always…

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Bad Vibrations Writer/Director Nicole Delprado and Annabel Maclean Talking About Flickerfest and Creating Tension with a Theramine in This Interview

Bad Vibrations Writer/Director Nicole Delprado and Annabel Maclean Talking About Flickerfest and Creating Tension with a Theramine in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Jan 17, 2024 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian cinema Comedy Flickerfest horror Interview Nicole Delprado

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Australian horror is experiencing something of a renaissance…

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Andrew Haigh's Infinite All of Us Strangers Makes Love Our Goal

Andrew Haigh's Infinite All of Us Strangers Makes Love Our Goal

Nadine Whitney Jan 17, 2024 8 min read
Films Reviews Claire Foy Drama Jamie Bell Paul Mescal Review

Generations, culture, loneliness, and grief in queer culture and how true love transcends the mortal coil. “The power of love A force from above A sky-scraping dove Flame on burn desire Love with ton…

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Melbourne’s Newest Movie Experience FoMo Cinemas Open in East Brunswick with a Blockbuster Summer Ahead

Press Releases Jan 16, 2024 3 min read
Articles australian cinema FoMo Cinemas Melbourne

PRESS RELEASE Melbourne’s new next-level cinema experience arrives this week with FoMo Cinemas opening its East Brunswick doors this Thursday 18 January. A haven for cinema and food-lovers alike, FoM…

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The Eternal Memory is Maite Alberdi’s Tender and Devastating Documentary About Marriage and Caregiving

The Eternal Memory is Maite Alberdi’s Tender and Devastating Documentary About Marriage and Caregiving

Nadine Whitney Jan 15, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews Chile documentary Drama Interview Maite Alberdi Paulina Urrutia The Eternal Memory

“Reconstructing memory is an act of knowing yourself. Without memory you have no identity.” Augusto Góngora. January 2, 1952 – May 19, 2023. Under the dictatorship of Pinochet no one was allowed to…

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Perfect Days is a Late-Career Masterwork from Wim Wenders

Perfect Days is a Late-Career Masterwork from Wim Wenders

Andrew F Peirce Jan 14, 2024 6 min read
Films Reviews Cannes Film Festival Drama Koji Yakusho Perfect Days Perth Festival Review Takuma Takasaki Tokio Emoto Wim Wenders

Koji Yakusho plays Hirayama in Wim Wenders Perfect Days, a quiet man who lives a life in solitude, working with great pride as a public toilet cleaner. We meet him as he starts his daily routine where…

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Daniel Brühl and the Art of Collaboration and Being a Proactive Actor

Daniel Brühl and the Art of Collaboration and Being a Proactive Actor

Nadine Whitney Jan 13, 2024 4 min read
Interviews Articles Daniel Bruhl Daniel Brühl Drama Interview Quentin Tarantino

Daniel Brühl’s career is long and rich. Some will know the Spanish-German actor for his work in the MCU. Others will know him as Fredrick Zoller in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Some will…

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