Backtrack Boys Review
Full disclosure - this film will have you crying within the first five minutes. And odds are, you won't stop crying til the credits roll. Not only is Backtrack Boys an immensely powerful film, it&…
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Jirga enters the Oscars Best Foreign Language Film Race
That headline is a little bit of a clickbait grabber, but no less important. The superb Australian film Jirga has been submitted by Australia for consideration at the next Academy Awards. What does t…
Harmony star Jerome Meyer on Fantasy, Working with Jessica Falkholt, and Parental Reactions
Writer/Director Corey Pearson has crafted something of an anomaly for the Australian film industry. He's managed to create a superb new, original fantasy film, that showcases a great ensemble cast…
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course Review - Steve Irwin, the Next Mick Dundee
The early 2000's was a curious time in the history of Australian cinema. After a wealth of films that were domestic successes in the nineties (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Str…
Upgrade Review
Leigh Whannell is a filmmaker who is steeped in the genres of cinema. The Saw series carved a way through the horror genre, helping forge a subgenre of gorno films (or, torture porn) that changed the…
Me and My Left Brain Review
There's a point in Alex Lykos' debut film, Me & My Left Brain, that the homage to Woody Allen almost becomes too much. In a flashback to a budding relationship, two people sit on a park be…
West of Sunshine Review
West of Sunshine is the directorial debut of Jason Ratopolous. It's an exploration of the modern Australian working class man, Jim, here portrayed by one of the finest actors working in Australia…
Breath Review
Pontificating about life and being a man is the aim of the game with Tim Winton's seventies surfing focused novel, Breath, and first time director Simon Baker, with the help of co-writer Gerard Le…
Grey Dollars - Where Are the Aussie Films for Ageing Audiences?
In the latest round of Screen Australia funding, an interesting variety of films that cover the field of diversity in a great way. There's the new Jocelyn Moorhouse film, Agaat, about a young blac…
Here I Am Review
Shai Pittman's Karen Burden is getting out of prison. A few years behind bars has changed her life. Sure, she's clean, but she's also lost her daughter and has no work experience. She hea…
Strange Colours Review - An Utterly Vital Film
The desolate mining town is a sight long portrayed in Australian film and television, with the archetypal troop of Aussie blokes making up the minimal population. Usually these towns, all covered in r…
AUSgust - The First Annual Australian Film Month is Here!
One of the key goals of The Curb is to help add to the conversation of Australian culture. The biggest slice of Australian culture that we’re most passionate about here is Australian cinema. That’s w…