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You know that feeling when the theater air conditioning hits you just right, the popcorn is way too salty, and you're sitting in a packed room full of strangers all collectively losing it to somet…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. When we think of Australian cinema, one of the films that springs to mind is…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. There's a delirious level of dark comedy that thrives in the new short fi…
The Surfer opens with a tense, slow buildup, but I couldn’t help but feel like I was watching a sloth move in slow motion rather than anything that kept me at the edge of my seat. The premise has pote…
Released in fairly quick succession this year have been two distinct “throwback” mainstream slashers. Hell of a Summer and Clown in a Cornfield. The two movies also come on the heels of Josh Ruben’s r…
When it comes to horror, I’ve always believed the best films work on more than one level—they’re terrifying, yes, but also smart, layered, and maybe even a little cheeky. Clown in a Cornfield is exact…
This review contains spoilers for Vulcanizadora and Buzzard. Vulcanizadora is a gnarly word, one that–out of context–suggests a fury of rage and violence at the centre of a chaos of noise, conjuring…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Eli Craig smashed onto the slasher scene with his genre-defying comedy event…
It’s the Snake’s time to shine on the zodiac calendar, yet it seems 2025 is the Year of the Monkey. With the dulcet tones of Better Man and the howling screeches of Osgood Perkin’s aptly named The Mon…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Carmen & Bolude marks something of a first for Australian films. Here is…
South Korean maestro Bong Joon-ho doesn’t hold out much hope for humanity in general. From his first feature Barking Dogs Never Bite in 2000 through to his masterwork Parasite his recurring themes are…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Matt Mirams is a indie creative who has over two decades of experience as a m…