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Nadine Whitney·September 12, 2023·15 min read

Mark Leonard Winter Opens Up About the Making and Meaning of The Rooster

Mark Leonard Winter is a somewhat ubiquitous Australian film and television presence. An excellent character actor who believes firmly in...
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Andrew F Peirce·August 9, 2023·1 min read

Birdeater Directors Jack Clark and Jim Weir Talk About Modern Masculinity and the Legacy of Wake in Fright in This Interview

The Curb is proudly part of the Auscast Network. Subscribe via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google...
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Press Release·July 28, 2021·1 min read

Genna Chanelle Hayes Film Akoni to Have World Premiere at CinefestOZ, Augusta

AKONI, written, directed and produced by Australian Genna Chanelle Hayes, will have its world premiere at the upcoming CinefestOz.  The film...
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Andrew F Peirce·January 16, 2020·4 min read

Go! Review – A Fun Family Friendly Crowd Pleaser

Powered by JustWatch There’s something completely charming about one of the directors of the TV series Top Gear taking the...
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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....
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Andrew F Peirce·August 29, 2023·15 min read

Touch Filmmakers Jennie Feyen and Lauren McDonough Talk About Getting Therapied with Androids in This Interview

Touch is a futuristic short film set ‘five minutes in the future’ which tells the story of Esme (Rebecca Leafe),...
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Press Release·July 19, 2023·2 min read

Sunflower Sells Out Highly Anticipated MIFF Screenings in Just Three Minutes, Secures WA Premiere at Cinefest Oz Film Festival

PRESS RELEASE Following rave reviews and sold out screenings at its Sydney Film Festival (SFF) world premiere; ‘Sunflower’ is set...
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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...
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Travis Johnson·October 3, 2019·3 min read

Hearts and Bones Review – A Humane Look Into the Ownership of Stories

Filmmaker Ben Lawrence showed an affinity for damaged people with his acclaimed documentary, Ghosthunter, and that empathy for injury and...
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Andrew F Peirce·September 23, 2019·5 min read

The Naked Wanderer Review – A Bland Tourism Advertisement Gussied Up as a Film

Coming hot on the heels of Breath and Jasper Jones, and getting the jump on Dirt Music, The Naked Wanderer...
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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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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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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...

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