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Andrew F Peirce·August 13, 2022·17 min read

Petrol Writer/Director Alena Lodkina Talks About the Feeling of Unreality in This Interview

Alena Lodkina’s second feature film Petrol had its domestic launch at the Melbourne International Film Festival alongside a wealth of...

Press Release·July 29, 2022·3 min read

CinefestOZ Short Film Award Finalists Revealed

Finalists in the CinefestOZ Short Film Competition were announced today ahead of the Short Film Awards, which will be held...

Press Release·July 6, 2021·10 min read

First Look Reveal At Film Prize Finalists For Cinefestoz 2021, and More…

Australia’s premium film festival returns with an incredible first look reveal of its 2021 program and Film Prize finalists. Film-enthusiasts...

Andrew F Peirce·August 1, 2020·12 min read

Nine Questions with Le Miroir Director Leila Murton Poole – Luck, Creativity, and the Power of Collaboration

Le Miroir is a visual delight of a short film, one that shows a talented director on the rise. In...

Andrew F Peirce·September 26, 2019·3 min read

Standing Up for Sunny Cinefest Oz Review – A Genuinely Hilarious Treat of a Film

In Standing Up for Sunny, RJ Mitte stars as Travis, a socially isolated, perennially grumpy, guy living with cerebral palsy....

Andrew F Peirce·August 3, 2022·14 min read

Under Cover Director Sue Thomson Talks About the Documenting the Untold Stories of Homelessness and Working with Margot Robbie in This Interview

Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis, and within that crisis there are hundreds of thousands of homeless...

Andrew F Peirce·July 2, 2022·4 min read

Taking a Look at the 2022 Cinefest Oz Film Finalists

The finalists for the Cinefest Oz 2022 film prize were announced this week. The festival is held in the beautiful...

Andrew F Peirce·August 1, 2020·3 min read

AUSgust – The Third: A Celebration of Australian Film

Ever since The Curb launched, we’ve celebrated Australian films with the annual AUSgust film month – a month dedicated to...

Andrew F Peirce·April 21, 2020·12 min read

The Throwback Review – Celebration for the Fading Video Store

Growing up, I used to peruse the aisles of the Canning Bridge Civic Video – a mammoth store with an...

Travis Johnson·September 10, 2019·4 min read

Below Cinefest Oz Review – A Stripped-Back, Pitch-Black Sci-Fi Farce

Every so often you come across a film that fits your sensibilities so closely that you suspect it’s somehow fallen...

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The Curb

22 hours 2 minutes ago

Josh Margolin’s THELMA is a marvellous, witty, smart, and wholeheartedly charming affair. A sublime mixture of comedy and affection for

Thelma is a Hilarious, Charming, and Huge-Hearted Triumph

"What would Tom Cruise do?" Nadine Whitney reviews Josh Margolin's THELMA for The Curb.

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The Curb

5 days 22 hours ago

LAST SUMMER is an indictment of bourgeois morality and respectability in keeping with Catherine Breillat’s sensibilities. Starring Léa Druker and

With Last Summer, Catherine Breillat Once Again Provokes Ideas of Hypocrisy and Morality - The Curb

Last Summer screens at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 11, 13, and 19. Director, author, and provocateur Catherine Breillat returns to the screen after a near ten-year hiatus with Last Summer (L’été dernier), an interpretation of the Danish film, Queen of Hearts (Dronningen) ...

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The Curb

5 days 23 hours ago

KNEECAP is fecking fantastic and searingly smart. It certainly should come with a warning of “Do Not Try This at

Kneecap is the Craic – It’s Brave, Bold, Ridiculous, and Relentless - The Curb

“Every word of Irish spoken is a bullet fired for freedom.” Fuck up it is! Rich Peppiatt’s hyper-kinetic Kneecap is A Hard Day’s Night for the North of Ireland and the hip hop generation. A little bit true and a lot untrue version of the formation of the Irish language hip hop West Belfast t...