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Every so often, a film comes across your way that manages to reinforce a life perspective that you've long felt alone with feeling. For me, the discussions about end of life care, and voluntary…
The new Australian documentary, Birth Time, focuses on the birthing process in Australia, taking a look at post-natal care, birth care, and how to improve birthing care for mothers, babies, partner…
Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Going into Liselle Mei’s superb documentary Love Opera, I was, admittedly, ignorant about the art form of opera, with my exposure being mo…
Powered by JustWatch Music documentaries come in various forms. There’s the rise-fall-rise film that provides a warts and all perspective of a loved band across their career - see Dig! -, or the…
Kriv Stenders never sleeps. When he’s not telling tales of Red Dog in the Pilbara, he’s bringing Australian soldiers stories to life with films like Danger Close. In between, he’s reworking Australia…
Powered by JustWatch Mark my word, Dylan River is one of the most important creative artists working in Australia right now. When he’s not helping his dad, Warwick Thornton, shoot masterpieces l…
Thanks to the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, I get to interview wonderful people from all around the world who have fascinating stories to tell and beautiful films to share. In this interview…
What can an audience expect from a documentary about an art project that began with two old mates, one a painter and the other an eccentric collector, discussing what it would be like to paint a rare…
Small Island Big Song - An Oceanic Songline is a collaborative film, made over 16 Island nations from the Pacific & Indian Oceans, following musicians from Madagascar, to Taiwan, to Zendath…
Depictions of people with disabilities in films are often troubled with a predilection for filmmakers to craft their stories in a manner that will result in their stories serving as what is known as i…
The Aussie hip-hop scene wouldn't be what it is without the presence of one man: Hunter. Helping establish the Perth rap scene, Hunter was a part of the MC collective known as Syllabolix (SBX),…
Andrew caught up with documentary filmmaker Maya Newell to discuss her new film, In My Blood it Runs. This is the powerful feature about 0-yr-old Arrernte Aboriginal boy Dujuan as he grows up Alice…