Comedy Archives | The Curb

Booksmart Review – One Heck of a Joyous Comedy

July 18, 2019

Over the past few years, the wealth of teen girl focused comedies has been going into overdrive. With everything from Edge of Seventeen, to Easy A, to Lady Bird, to Blockers, the quality has been top shelf, pr...

Wishing for a Chance: Social Enterprise Seeks Help to Finish Ethiopian Genie Comedy Series

Guest Writer

July 16, 2019

Unity

Brunswick based, social enterprise, Youthworx is having a go at crowdfunding to raise money to complete their four-part series about a migrant who is feeling down on his luck when he meets an Ethiopian Genie. ...

International Falls Review – Ice Box Town Houses Warm Comedy Gold

Andrew Peirce

June 20, 2019

Reviews

International Falls could easily be called The Loneliness of the Long Distance Stand Up Comic, given its honest portrayal of a touring comedian who visits the ice box of America to give his final performances....

Hot Mess Review – One of the Best Films of 2019

Andrew Peirce

June 17, 2019

Reviews

There’s been a rise in stories about millennial Sydney-siders struggling to live in the ever increasingly costly city. Early this year, the black and white Jarmusch-esque dramedy Chocolate Oyster explored the ...

Murder Mystery Review – Not a Cold Case Worth Reopening

Hagan Osborne

June 17, 2019

Reviews

Focusing on the individual within the relationship, Netflix's new comedy delivers not only a welcome progression of diversity on screen but exists as another ripple in the path that is the skipping stone of su...

Pokémon Detective Pikachu Review – The Green, Left Leaning Video Game Film You Didn’t Know You Needed

Andrew Peirce

June 3, 2019

Reviews

This review contains spoilers. Look, I don't know much about Pokémon other than people catch these wild creatures, trap them in electric balls of some kind, and then, when they wish to fight another Pokémon...

Aladdin Review – A Whole New World Indeed

Andrew Peirce

May 22, 2019

Reviews

In a recent episode of the Indiewire Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum director Chad Stahelski talks about the roll of the stunt co-ordinator. He explains about the way a stunt co-or...

Aussie Icon Briggs Chats About Making Music in Australia

Andrew Peirce

May 19, 2019

Banter

Aussie icon Briggs has a new song out - Life is Incredible - that is easily one of the finest of the year. Andrew catches up with him to chat about what goes into making Briggs, well, Briggs, and what it's...

Champions Review

Hagan Osborne

May 6, 2019

Reviews

There are not many comedies depicting people living with a disability. And for a good reason, with actors such as Ben Stiller and Johnny Knoxville playing to the lowest common denominator in their association ...

Come and Support a Normal Place.

Andrew Peirce

April 30, 2019

Unity

In case you weren't aware, Perth has its own Elon Musk. Well, sort of. Actually, we have someone much better than Elon Musk, and that's Tomás Ford. Tomás, and his team, need your help to get a new ide...

Andrew’s Top 30 Films of 2016 – Plus Best Director, Best Acting, Best Script, Worst Films

The Early Bird catches the best tickets at CinefestOZ

This is Not a Holiday: Sexual Violence in Cinema

Tackling Casual Classism: the Last Allowable Prejudice

2019 Revelation Film Festival Picks

Ivan Sen and Jennifer Kent are Invited to Join the Oscars Academy, but at What Price?

The AFL and Racism – Not a Goodes Story

AUSGust - Australian Film DVD/Bluray Pack Giveaway

The Australian Dream Perth Premiere Screening Fundraiser on August 12th

Wishing for a Chance: Social Enterprise Seeks Help to Finish Ethiopian Genie Comedy Series

The Ten Films You Must See at the 2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Win Tickets to ANNABELLE COMES HOME!

Win Tickets to See ROCKETMAN!

May’s Australian Revelations Screening is Pawno

Down Under

Booksmart Review – One Heck of a Joyous Comedy

The Ouroboros of Human Destruction: Acid Forest, Aquarela, Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Review

Devil’s Ballast Book Review – a Thrilling Tale of the Pirate Life of Anne Bonny by Meg Caddy

Maybe It’s Luck? Review – An Essential Time Capsule About Frenetic Perth Punk Rock

Savage Youth Review – Brilliant and Timely Takedown of Toxic White Men

I Go Further Under Review – Desirable Isolation in Remote Lands

Residue Interview with Director/Writer Kori Reay-Mackey and Producer Dan Thom - Not A Knife

Homefront Filmmakers Michael Wilkins and Amanda Gibson Interview

Waiting: The Van Duren Story Director Wade Jackson Interview

Dog’s Best Friend Director Eryn Wilson Interview

Bill Condon Talks About Directing Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren in The Good Liar

Woodstock At Fifty: A Venue For The End Of The World Director Aidan Prewitt Interview

Residue Short Film Director Kori Reay-Mackey and Producer Dan Thom Interview

Booksmart Review – One Heck of a Joyous Comedy

Wishing for a Chance: Social Enterprise Seeks Help to Finish Ethiopian Genie Comedy Series

International Falls Review – Ice Box Town Houses Warm Comedy Gold

Hot Mess Review – One of the Best Films of 2019

Murder Mystery Review – Not a Cold Case Worth Reopening

Pokémon Detective Pikachu Review – The Green, Left Leaning Video Game Film You Didn’t Know You Needed

Aladdin Review – A Whole New World Indeed

Aussie Icon Briggs Chats About Making Music in Australia

Champions Review

Come and Support a Normal Place.

Tagged Comedy