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WA Made Film Festival Call Out for Submissions

November 11, 2019

There is no person more dedicated and excited about Australian film than West Aussie bloke Matthew Eeles. When I started writing about Australian film, the one website that I’d look to for information and news...

The 2019 AACTA Award Predictions

Andrew F Peirce

November 8, 2019

Culture

If you took a cursory glance at the list of films nominated for the 2019 AACTA Awards, you’d be forgiven for thinking that there were only five films released this year. With The Nightingale, Hotel Mumbai, The...

Happy Sad Man Review – The Most Important Film You’ll See This Year

Andrew F Peirce

November 5, 2019

Reviews

Happy Sad Man may be the most important film you’ll see this year. Director Genevieve Bailey turns the camera on five men and shows us who they are behind their smiling faces. These are men who look o...

The Nightingale Sweeps 2019 AACTA Nominations, While Screenplay Category is Shafted

Andrew F Peirce

October 23, 2019

Culture

Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale reigns supreme with a total of fifteen nominations for the 2019 AACTA Awards. The colonial set film is closely followed by Hotel Mumbai and The King which have thirteen nominati...

Ten Questions for Vanessa Gudgeon – Mermaids, Horror, and Hobo Sewer Slaughter

Andrew F Peirce

October 22, 2019

Banter

One of the biggest champions for the horror scene in Perth is Vanessa Gudgeon. If you've gone to a horror screening at one of the many cinemas around the city, then you'll likely have seen Vanessa dressed up i...

Escape and Evasion Review – Josh McConville Impresses in Ambitious Aussie War Film

Travis Johnson

October 17, 2019

Reviews

Following on from dark urban fantasy The School, writer and director Storm Ashwood cants in a very different direction with Escape and Evasion, which sees Josh McConville (1%, The Merger) as Seth, a former spe...

The King Review – A Brutal, Excoriating Warning Siren for the Left

Andrew F Peirce

October 10, 2019

Reviews

I’m not entirely sure why I doubted the talent of Timothée Chalamet. I adored him in Call Me By Your Name, but was yet to be equally stunned by subsequent performances, leading me to wonder whether he might fa...

Help Out Australian Film & TV By Completing a Simple Survey

Andrew F Peirce

October 3, 2019

Unity

At The Curb, we're all about supporting and amplifying Australian content. So, when Oddity Entertainment dropped us a line about a survey that they are running at the moment about how Australian content is con...

Eight Questions for Suburban Wildlife Filmmakers Imogen McCluskey and Béatrice Barbeau-Scurla

Andrew F Peirce

October 2, 2019

Banter

When I watched Suburban Wildlife, about half an hour into it I knew that this was exactly my kind of film. It's a wonderfully written, intimately directed, and superbly acted film that exists thanks to a minus...

Animals Review – A Vibrant Coming of Age for the Quarter Life Crisis

Simone Grogan

September 24, 2019

Reviews

Animals is Sophie Hyde’s film adaption of Emma Jane Unsworth’s novel of the same name. A coming of age film (not the typical teen age range) that’ll hit frighteningly close to home for anyone experiencing a qu...

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Perth Comedy Festival Welcomes Over 65 Comedians for 2020 Lineup

Spice World Leads the Final Rooftop Movies Program for Summer 2020

Unknown Pleasures: Australian Independent Cinema Screenings

International Filmmakers Flock to Mardi Gras: Queer Screen’s 27th Mardi Gras Film Festival: 13 – 27 February 2020

Cloudy River to Premiere at Queer Screen’s 27th Mardi Gras Film Festival

December Newsletter - An End of Year Thanks to All

Cale Street Festival Program Announced

New Aussie film Wild Butterfly Reveals Claire Murray’s Devastating Untold Story

Happy Sad Man Screenings Roll On in Sydney

In My Blood it Runs Gets Theatrical Release with Q&A Screenings in Aus

Thelma Plum Headlines Global Beats and Eats 2020

Redmond Theatre Brings Fringe Fun to Perth’s Northern Suburbs

Green Room Review

Dark Waters Review – Competently Made, but Dreary and Limp

The Wishmas Tree Review – A Timely Celebration of Australian Wildlife

The Leunig Fragments Review – An Elegy Stage Managed By Its Subject

The Invisible Man Review – An Important Look at Moving Forward After Trauma

Gay Chorus Deep South Review – Did Airbnb Productions Just Create the Perfect Emotional Advertisement?

The Call of the Wild Review – True Grit with Digital Dogs

Labor's National Party Conference - Round About

An Interview With Henry Rollins: Politics. People. Travel.

Interview with The Leunig Fragments Director Kasimir Burgess – On Idols, Filmmaking, and Becoming Michael Leunig

Hour of Power Comedians Katie Lees and Grace Rouvray Interview

Interview with Me and My Left Brain Writer/Director/Actor Alex Lykos

H is for Happiness Interview with Director John Sheedy and Star Daisy Axon

Interview with H is for Happiness Writer Lisa Hoppe

WA Made Film Festival Call Out for Submissions

The 2019 AACTA Award Predictions

Happy Sad Man Review – The Most Important Film You’ll See This Year

The Nightingale Sweeps 2019 AACTA Nominations, While Screenplay Category is Shafted

Ten Questions for Vanessa Gudgeon – Mermaids, Horror, and Hobo Sewer Slaughter

Escape and Evasion Review – Josh McConville Impresses in Ambitious Aussie War Film

The King Review – A Brutal, Excoriating Warning Siren for the Left

Help Out Australian Film & TV By Completing a Simple Survey

Eight Questions for Suburban Wildlife Filmmakers Imogen McCluskey and Béatrice Barbeau-Scurla

Animals Review – A Vibrant Coming of Age for the Quarter Life Crisis

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