ACE HOYTS Midland Gate Cinemas Now Open
PRESS RELEASE Following the announcement of the joint venture between ACE Cinemas and HOYTS in August, ACE HOYTS Midland Gate is now open. This partnership brings together two exceptional exhibitors…
The Exorcist: Believer is a Ploddingly Boring Piece of Hackery
Somehow David Gordon Green has become the go-to director who will take an existing horror franchise and create a direct sequel (or trinity of sequels) from a classic film. He did so with John Carpente…
Matthew Holmes Talks About the Tangible Tension of Thriller Film The Cost in This Interview
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Listeners are advised that this podcast includes mention of s…
The Coffee Table Goes Beyond Black Comedy to Deliver an Extended Panic Attack
There is black comedy, there is pitch-black comedy, and then there is Caye Casas’ The Coffee Table (La mesita del comedor) which is best described as Vantablack comedy. The kind of comedy that is so b…
Nahnatchka Khan’s Totally Killer is a Fun Homage to Teen Slashers
Nahnatchka Khan’s comedy time travelling teen slasher Totally Killer wears its influences on its extremely aware sleeve and that’s entirely the point of the movie and where the real joy of it is locat…
SBS and NITV Announce New Music, Documentary, News and Current Affairs Programming Ahead of Referendum Vote
PRESS RELEASE With only days remaining until the day of the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, SBS and NITV will feature more opportunities for Australians to ensure they are informed b…
Chloe Domont's Fair Play Reveals a Rigged Game Between Men and Women
In a novel published in 1578 John Lyly used the phrase “The rules of fair play do not apply in love and war.” Although the novel itself has vanished from collective memory, the phrase “All’s fair in l…
Matthew Holmes The Cost Pulses With a Palpable Dread That Will Leave You Shaking
This review discusses sexual assault and torture. Matthew Holmes searing vigilante thriller The Cost asks, what do we lose when we enact violence on one other? It provides no easy answers as it opens…
Rebel With a Cause Producers Dena Curtis and Citt Williams Talk About Amplifying First Nations Trailblazers in This Interview
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. In this episode Andrew interviews Dena Curtis and Citt Willia…
Saw X is a Bloody, Boring Slog Through Basic Brutality
Tobin Bell's banal John Kramer aka Jigsaw is a bothersome being. His shtick has always been 'put bad people in brutal torture traps and tell them to maim themselves to escape it', making t…
The Creator is Gareth Edward's Shiny Science Fiction Spectacle That is Too Derivative to Completely Captivate
Audiences are crying out for original science fiction films that aren’t attached to pre-existing IPs. Gareth Edwards The Creator seemed to be the opportunity for the writer/director to build a world o…
Three Chords and the Truth Director Claire Pasvolsky Talks About Creating Powerful Bonds with Her Characters in This Interview
At the core of Claire Pasvolsky’s stunning feature debut film Three Chords and the Truth is a phenomenal performance from singer-songwriter Jackie Marshall. As the character of Angie Cowper, Marshall…