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MIFF Interview: Lorin Clarke on sharing her dad with the world in But Also John Clarke

MIFF Interview: Lorin Clarke on sharing her dad with the world in But Also John Clarke

Andrew F Peirce Jul 31, 2025 2 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian cinema documentary

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. 'The front fell off.' The 94 metre 100 metre track. Fred Dagg. 24 yea…

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Oh, Hi! is the rom-com breakdown we didn’t know we needed (until now)

Oh, Hi! is the rom-com breakdown we didn’t know we needed (until now)

Cody Allen Jul 31, 2025 3 min read
Films Reviews Geraldine Viswanathan Logan Lerman Molly Gordon Oh Hi Review Sophie Brooks

I hit play on Oh, Hi! expecting a cute little indie rom-com. You know, soft lighting, flirty banter, some tears, a cozy Airbnb in the woods. And technically, I got all of that — but with a hefty side…

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Together is a routine 'babes first body horror' experience

Together is a routine 'babes first body horror' experience

Andrew F Peirce Jul 30, 2025 7 min read
Films Reviews australian cinema Damon Herriman Dave Franco horror Michael Shanks Together

It’s hard to wash out the memory of your first time experiencing visceral body horror on screen. The snap of bones, the tearing of flesh, or the impossible bend of limbs becomes a branded mark on your…

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Bethany Bruce on producing one of best documentaries of 2025: Make it Look Real

Bethany Bruce on producing one of best documentaries of 2025: Make it Look Real

Andrew F Peirce Jul 29, 2025 2 min read
Interviews Podcasts Interview Make It Look Real

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. After having its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in 2024, and ha…

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Star People is a Luminous Journey Beneath the Sky and Within the Self

Star People is a Luminous Journey Beneath the Sky and Within the Self

Cody Allen Jul 29, 2025 4 min read
Films Reviews Review Star People

There’s something quietly radical about a film that allows mystery to remain unsolved, that dares to wander, to ask questions without needing to answer them. Star People, the debut feature from writer…

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Scandinavian Film Festival Interview: Sakaris Stórá on protecting culture in The Last Paradise on Earth

Scandinavian Film Festival Interview: Sakaris Stórá on protecting culture in The Last Paradise on Earth

Finnlay Dall Jul 28, 2025 6 min read
Interviews Drama Interview Sakaris Stora Scandinavian Film Festival

In a small coastal town on the Faroe Islands, a compact factory thrums away. Inside, a steel-faced Kári (Sámal H. Hansen) toils away amongst other factory workers, gutting fish in time with the rhythm…

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Crumb Catcher Blu-ray Review: Twisted, Talky, and Just the Right Amount of Weird

Crumb Catcher Blu-ray Review: Twisted, Talky, and Just the Right Amount of Weird

Cody Allen Jul 28, 2025 4 min read
Films Reviews Review

Crumb Catcher is a strange little gem of a film—equal parts home invasion thriller, satire, and offbeat dark comedy. It’s the kind of movie that makes you wonder if you should be laughing, panicking,…

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MIFF Interview: Domini Marshall and Josie Baynes on the searing drama Howl

MIFF Interview: Domini Marshall and Josie Baynes on the searing drama Howl

Andrew F Peirce Jul 24, 2025 2 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian film Domini Marshall Drama Interview Josie Baynes

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Writer-director Domini Marshall is a talent on the rise. With short films lik…

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps is moderately entertaining and aggressively inoffensive

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is moderately entertaining and aggressively inoffensive

Nadine Whitney Jul 23, 2025 4 min read
Podcasts Reviews Kevin Feige Review Superhero The Fantastic Four

The cinematic journey for Marvel’s first family has been rocky to say the least. Three non-MCU films of varying quality (none particularly high) led to the notion that perhaps there just wasn’t a way…

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Eva Victor's Sorry, Baby Doesn’t Offer Closure, Only the Grace of Still Being Here

Eva Victor's Sorry, Baby Doesn’t Offer Closure, Only the Grace of Still Being Here

Cody Allen Jul 22, 2025 5 min read
Films Reviews A24 Eva Victor Review Sorry Baby

There’s a moment in Sorry, Baby that lodged itself deep in my chest and hasn’t left. Agnes—played with aching restraint by Eva Victor—sits in the bathtub, alone. Her arms are crossed like armor. Her v…

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Filmmaker Rhys Ellis on Granite Highway's Aussie Premiere at CinefestOZ

Filmmaker Rhys Ellis on Granite Highway's Aussie Premiere at CinefestOZ

Guest Author Jul 21, 2025 1 min read
Articles australian cinema australian film CinefestOz Granite Highway

Granite Highway will have its Australian premiere at CinefestOZ 2025, screening on Monday, 1 September in both Margaret River (6:00pm) and Busselton (7:00pm). Written and directed by Rhys Ellis, the…

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90s All Over Me Part 12: 2000 – Post-Script: From All the Pretty Horses to You Can Count on Me

90s All Over Me Part 12: 2000 – Post-Script: From All the Pretty Horses to You Can Count on Me

BD Kooyman Jul 21, 2025 30 min read
Articles

90s All Over Me takes inspiration from 80s All Over, the Drew McWeeny/Scott Weinberg podcast that attempted to review every major film release of the 80s one month at a time; that podcast ended circa…

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