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Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Isabella Tree is a noted conservationist and the author of the acclaimed book…
Deep into Anupama Srinivasan and Anirban Dutta’s serene documentary Nocturnes, we finally get to see the elephants. Cinematographer Satya Rai Nagpaul observes them from a distance as the herd lingers,…
The Curb is proudly part of the Auscast Network. Subscribe via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Filmmaker Phoebe Wolfe's short film The Overthrow tells the stor…
After impressive turns in notable Australian shows and films like The Kettering Incident, Balibo and The Tracker, Damon Gameau’s move towards being an activist documentarian has been one of the most e…
Director and producer Sonya Pemberton is one of Australia’s hardest working science-focused filmmakers. From her award-winning work on ABC’s Catalyst to working as director on science-backed films lik…
Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Andrew caught up with director Sally Ingleton to talk about her latest documentary, Wild Things. WILD THINGS is a feature length docum…
In Australia, a furore has erupted in the arts community regarding its relationship to the mining sector. It has been simmering for years now, but 2020 has seen a reaction like never before. In what…
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…
If you follow Oscar lore, you'll likely be well and truly familiar with the time Sacheen Littlefeather collected Marlon Brando's Best Actor Oscar on his behalf. Brando had sent Sacheen on his…
On December 14th 2014, Man Haron Monis entered the Sydney Lindt Café and engaged in an act of domestic terrorism, holding 18 people hostage. By the end of the siege the following day, two people had l…
There’s been a wealth of introspection in the past few days from media outlets who all predicted the wrong result for the Australian election. ‘How did they all get it so wrong’ is a phrase that’s bee…
At the beginning of every election cycle, I get a higher level of anxiety than usual. Now, I’ve lived with anxiety for a long time and have been moderately able to manage it, but when the prospect of…