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Award-winning documentarian Roger Ross Williams’ narrative feature debut Cassandro is an ode to embracing one’s authentic self. Based on the life of Saúl Armendáriz an American-born Mexican luchador (…
Who is Lydia Tár? Its’ now somewhat a joke that people tried to find Lydia Tár on google after seeing the film, but it is a question at is at the centre of Todd Field’s extraordinary work. Is she real…
A pulsing party spills into the street as a man pushes through the crowd, calling out for his brother. Making his way into the house, he follows the angry directions of partygoers who voice an unsympa…
Director Laura Moss’ modern gothic birth/rebirth begins with a woman going through a difficult and ultimately fatal delivery of a baby. In the background she hears a doctor say, “I think we can save t…
Mystery narratives are difficult beasts to wrangle onto film. The writer and director must stay one step ahead of the audience, working to ensure that essential information is revealed at the right ti…
The Curb is proudly part of the Auscast Network. Subscribe via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Filmmaker Phoebe Wolfe's short film The Overthrow tells the stor…
This review contains spoilers. On January 17th, I visited one of the last remaining Sanity stores in Perth to scour their shelves for bargain prices as the clocked ticked over to the nationwide closu…
Writer and director Nida Manzoor broke out with her hit television show We Are Lady Parts that followed a bunch of British Muslim girls who formed a punk band. Manzoor’s debut feature Polite Society c…
PRESS RELEASE Kyle Portbury Films announced today the completion of the 90-minute independent feature film ‘The Hopeful’. Directed by Emmy® winner and 3-time Australian Directors Guild nominated dir…
Powered by JustWatch Divisive director Darren Aronofsky sometimes wants you to have a bad time at the cinema because of the subject matter: Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, and The Wrestler. Som…
Powered by JustWatch A trend for ageing filmmakers of late is to create a film that is their personal ode to cinema. When young writer and director Damien Chazelle announced he was making a film…
PRESS RELEASE Award-winning Western Australian writer/director David Vincent Smith brings a personal story to the big screen with his feature film directorial debut HE AIN’T HEAVY set to commence sho…