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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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SBS Original Drama Four Years Later Starts Filming in India

Press Releases Jan 31, 2024 2 min read
Articles Four Years Later sbs TV

PRESS RELEASE SBS is proud to announce that cameras are now rolling on FOUR YEARS LATER – SBS' first foray into an Original scripted series to be filmed across two countries, told in dual languag…

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is an Admirable and Familiar Romance Story

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is an Admirable and Familiar Romance Story

Kahn Duncan Jan 31, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews Drama LGBTIQA+ Queer drama Queer Screen Review Romance

Based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is an endearing queer coming-of-age romantic drama. Director Aitch Alberto in…

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Sundance Review – Nocturnes Presents the Serene World of Moth ASMR with All Its Vivid Beauty

Sundance Review – Nocturnes Presents the Serene World of Moth ASMR with All Its Vivid Beauty

Andrew F Peirce Jan 27, 2024 5 min read
Films Reviews climate change documentary moths Nocturnes Review Sundance

Deep into Anupama Srinivasan and Anirban Dutta’s serene documentary Nocturnes, we finally get to see the elephants. Cinematographer Satya Rai Nagpaul observes them from a distance as the herd lingers,…

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Todd Haynes Talks May December and Why There’s No Such Thing As Responsible Storytelling in This Interview

Todd Haynes Talks May December and Why There’s No Such Thing As Responsible Storytelling in This Interview

Connor Dalton Jan 27, 2024 9 min read
Interviews Charles Melton Drama Interview Julianne Moore May December Natalie Portman Netflix Todd Haynes

When Todd Haynes' May December premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, it was a major talking point along the Riviera. While immediately revered, it was a film that disturbed audiences as much…

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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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