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From the vibrant and joyous work from Rachel Perkins, to the breadth of Ivan Sen’s catalogue, and the towering importance of Warwick Thornton’s filmography, and the varied joys of Wayne Blair work, al…
Australia’s Black Summer of Bushfire has been well documented and dramatized, however few of these stories are produced and relived by the victims themselves. ‘We are Conjola - Our Fire Our Story’, is…
Over the 2019/2020 Australian summer period, the world witnessed some of the worst and most devastating bushfires in modern history. A billion animals died in a traumatic event that the nation is stil…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Skewing an old joke into ‘if it’s baroque, don’t fix it’ is more apt than most when it comes to Sicilian homewares…
Coinciding with National Child Protection Week (5-11 Sept), the filmmakers behind the explosive new feature documentary THE CHILDREN IN THE PICTURES have today announced a national program of theatric…
Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Jonathan Alley's powerful documentary, Love in Bright Landscapes, tells the story of David McComb and The Triffids - arguably the great…
Kasey Chambers. Lee Kernigan. Slim Dusty. Wanita. These are the many faces of Australian country music, a genre that has changed over the decades. Figurehead after figurehead has emerged, breaking in…
Director Matthew Morden's film, Wanting to Fly, is screening at the 2021 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. This fascinating film follow Neil, a man who is seeking to engage with his first exper…
The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is always home to a plethora of great and varied documentaries from around the globe. This year, the festival will host the deep and moving documentary, Batoor:…
Drone cinematographer and wildlife enthusiast Jaimen Hudson has made a splash online with his videos of the South West of Western Australia. Pristine waters are embraced by an aerial eye that gleans t…
Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Just like every other sport in Australia, and the world, the sport of surfing has found itself rife with issues of inequality, misogyny, an…
Laura's Choice screens on ABC Australia, Wednesday March 17th 2021 at 8:45pm, and also on iView. In August 2006, I travelled with my Grandfather to his home country of Scotland. Together, we drov…