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Escaping reality is part of being human: and for these characters, both diagnosed and not, they are regularly in a state of fantasy, convincing themselves of a world that supports the hiding of pain.…
While Australian comedies are making their mark on the small screen, they've been moderately absent on a film level, with only a handful emerging over the years - Audrey, How to Please a Woman, Bi…
Sour Minnows is inventive, bizarre, funny, and utterly nightmarish.…
With a handful of titles to her name, Bailey Spalding has already left a major mark on the Australian film industry. From working on the kids show Hi-5 at a young age to stepping onto an international…
No Rest for the Wicked is a sublimely beautiful film about love that uses tones of folklore and horror to carve an atmosphere of Gothic Romanticism.…
A fabulous and inventive deadpan comedy about being the squarest pegs rendered in a brilliantly odd animation style.…
Heretica is built to close the visibility gap, and open up opportunities to connect and create with other filmmakers and creatives, those who didn’t have access to before. 0:0…
Multi-hyphenate talent Laura Brogan Browne is the voice behind the powerful short film Allegedly, an impactful story about Clover (Bailey Spalding), a high school graduate who participates in an anony…
For regular readers of the Curb..., you'll no doubt be familiar with the admiration and respect that I have for Laneikka Denne and the cohort of filmmakers and storytellers they've worked with…
Powered by JustWatch This piece was originally published on 2 September 2020 and is being shared again after the news of the passing of Sam Neill. Sam's filmography is full of diverse per…
Brandon Daley's acidic comedy $Positions has been compared to the Safdie brothers Uncut Gems with the two sharing a level of anxiety-inducing symbiosis as they follow characters who embark on a vo…