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The Golden Spurtle Serves Up Warmth, Whimsy, and a Dash of Australia 

The Golden Spurtle Serves Up Warmth, Whimsy, and a Dash of Australia 

Cody Allen Aug 20, 2025 3 min read
Films Reviews australian film Constantine Costi documentary MIFF Review The Golden Spurtle

There’s something quietly magical about a documentary that doesn’t try to dazzle you, but instead invites you in like a warm bowl of something familiar. The Golden Spurtle isn’t loud, flashy, or world…

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MIFF Missive: Iron Winter & Romería

MIFF Missive: Iron Winter & Romería

Nadine Whitney Aug 20, 2025 2 min read
Podcasts Reviews Iron Winter MIFF podcast Romeria

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. In their first conversation Nadine and Virat speak about two films which are…

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MIFF Interview: 'Art is labour' - Jung Jae-il on the job of composing for Parasite

MIFF Interview: 'Art is labour' - Jung Jae-il on the job of composing for Parasite

Andrew F Peirce Aug 19, 2025 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts Interview MIFF Parasite podcast

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. 'Art is labour'. This is a statement from composer Jung Jae-il, the m…

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Splitsville Perth Screening Giveaway

Splitsville Perth Screening Giveaway

Guest Author Aug 18, 2025 1 min read
Articles Giveaway Splitsville

With thanks to Luna Palace Cinemas, the Curb has ten double passes for Perth-based audiences to see Splitsville at the upcoming media screening on 30 August 2025. Take two best friends and two marria…

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MIFF Review: Fwends is a tender portrait of friendship, loss, and rediscovery

MIFF Review: Fwends is a tender portrait of friendship, loss, and rediscovery

Cody Allen Aug 18, 2025 3 min read
Films Reviews australian film Comedy Drama Fwends Review

We’ve all been there — that bittersweet moment when you reconnect with an old friend. Maybe it’s someone you thought you’d never lose touch with, someone who once felt like your closest ally through l…

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MIFF Review: Videoheaven is a neat look at the cultural impact of video stores, but feels like a relic of the past

MIFF Review: Videoheaven is a neat look at the cultural impact of video stores, but feels like a relic of the past

Finnlay Dall Aug 17, 2025 4 min read
Films Reviews documentary MIFF Review Videoheaven

It’s rather strange to think of the video store as extinct. For American filmmakers like Alex Ross Perry, the video store’s death knell coincided well before the 2012 release of This Means War; where…

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Scrap: Life, Love, and the Small Victories That Keep Us Going

Scrap: Life, Love, and the Small Victories That Keep Us Going

Cody Allen Aug 15, 2025 3 min read
Films Reviews Drama Review Scrap Vivian Kerr

There’s a quiet intensity to Scrap that sneaks up on you. At first glance, it might seem like another indie drama following a woman through a rough patch in Los Angeles, but this film is so much more…

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MIFF Review: Redux Redux is one of the smartest films of the year

MIFF Review: Redux Redux is one of the smartest films of the year

Nadine Whitney Aug 15, 2025 3 min read
Films Reviews Drama MIFF Redux Redux Review Scifi

The blazing opening scene of the McManus Brothers’ science fiction thriller Redux Redux promises a white-knuckle ride: a promise that it keeps while revealing a deep sense of humanity and longing whic…

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MIFF Interview: Shalom Almond on putting humanity at the core of Songs Inside

MIFF Interview: Shalom Almond on putting humanity at the core of Songs Inside

Andrew F Peirce Aug 14, 2025 2 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian film Interview MIFF Shalom Almond Songs Inside

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. When documentarian Shalom Almond received access to document a group of women…

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MIFF Review: Michel Gondry’s whimsical stop-motion adventure Maya, Give Me a Title is a labour of paternal love

MIFF Review: Michel Gondry’s whimsical stop-motion adventure Maya, Give Me a Title is a labour of paternal love

Kahn Duncan Aug 14, 2025 3 min read
Films Reviews Animation Michel Gondry MIFF Review

Maya, Give Me a Title (Maya, Donne-moi un Titre) is a sweet and imaginative film about the intersection of art and parenthood. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry combines a s…

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MIFF Interview: Chain Reactions Director Alexandre O. Philippe: Cinema is for Everyone

MIFF Interview: Chain Reactions Director Alexandre O. Philippe: Cinema is for Everyone

Nadine Whitney Aug 14, 2025 6 min read
Interviews MIFF The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

“You look at film history and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre needs to be up there as one of the greatest films ever made.” - Alexandre O. Philippe. Alexandre O. Philippe makes documentaries that absorb…

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MIFF Review: GEN_: Grief, Gender, and the Fight to Exist

MIFF Review: GEN_: Grief, Gender, and the Fight to Exist

Cody Allen Aug 13, 2025 4 min read
Films Reviews documentary Gen Gianluca Matarrese Review

There’s something quietly shattering about GEN_, something that lodges under your skin and hums there for days. Directed by Gianluca Matarrese, this deeply intimate documentary slips past rhetoric and…

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