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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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Dr Michael Mosley Explores Australia's Sleep Revolution on SBS This March

Press Releases Feb 7, 2024 3 min read
Articles Dr Michael Mosley sbs

PRESS RELEASE Renowned British medical journalist and chronic insomniac Dr Michael Mosley is back in Australia to wake the nation up to the dangers of poor sleep with his eye-opening new three-part s…

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In Groundhog Day The Musical Andy Karl Effortlessly Becomes Phil Connors in a Dynamic Theatrical Production

In Groundhog Day The Musical Andy Karl Effortlessly Becomes Phil Connors in a Dynamic Theatrical Production

Kahn Duncan Feb 6, 2024 4 min read
Reviews Danny Rubin Elise McCann Groundhog Day musical Review Theatre Tim Minchin

Groundhog Day The Musical is exclusively playing at Melbourne's Princess Theatre. Tickets were provided for this review. Groundhog Day The Musical is an enlivened stage adaptation of Harold Ramis…

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Sundance Review - In India Donaldson’s Good One A Young Woman Shakes Off the Burden of Being a Good Daughter

Sundance Review - In India Donaldson’s Good One A Young Woman Shakes Off the Burden of Being a Good Daughter

Nadine Whitney Feb 6, 2024 8 min read
Films Reviews Diana Irvine Drama Good One India Donaldson Lily Collias Review Sumaya Bouhbal Sundance

Chris: Where were you? Sam: Here. Chris: You just upped and left. Well, I just don’t get it. Sam: I didn’t think you would. India Donaldson’s debut feature Good One immediately brings to mind the…

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Phoebe Tonkin To Star In And Produce The New Australian Tv Series

Press Releases Feb 6, 2024 2 min read
Articles australian film Phoebe Tonkin

The Dark Lake PRESS RELEASE Australian Actress Phoebe Tonkin (Boy Swallows Universe) will star in and executive produce the new Australian TV crime drama series, THE DARK LAKE. Based on the debut no…

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Shout Outs from the Soapbox - WA Made Film Festival, All Of Us Strangers, Patricia Clarkson, AIDC, and More

Shout Outs from the Soapbox - WA Made Film Festival, All Of Us Strangers, Patricia Clarkson, AIDC, and More

Andrew F Peirce Feb 2, 2024 4 min read
Articles australian film Drama newsletter Shout Outs from the Soapbox WA Made Film Festival

Welcome to The Curb’s first 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, w…

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Lumapixel receives top accolade at Cannes World Film Festival ‘Remembering the Future’ awards for THE REAL COST OF COFFEE

Press Releases Feb 1, 2024 2 min read
Articles australian film Lumapixel

PRESS RELEASE Lumapixel, the Sydney-based creative production agency, was one of only four companies to reach the finals in the Best Documentary Short category at the Cannes World Film Festival ‘Reme…

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Patricia Clarkson Talks About Working Alongside Trace Lysette in the LGBTIQA+ Drama Monica in This Interview

Patricia Clarkson Talks About Working Alongside Trace Lysette in the LGBTIQA+ Drama Monica in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Feb 1, 2024 2 min read
Interviews Drama Interview Monica Patricia Clarkson Queer Screen Trace Trace Lysette

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. For as long as I've been a devotee of cinema, I've fo…

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AIDC Creative Director Natasha Gadd Talks About the 2024 Documentary Conference Theme Frontlines in This Interview

AIDC Creative Director Natasha Gadd Talks About the 2024 Documentary Conference Theme Frontlines in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Jan 31, 2024 8 min read
Interviews AIDC australian cinema australian film documentary Interview Natasha Gadd

The 2024 Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) continues the conversation of previous conferences with the forward-focused theme of Frontlines: Shaping the Future of Documentary &…

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