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Hi folks, I hope you're keeping safe and sane in these last few days before Christmas. I'm looking forward to catching up on some of the Australian films I've missed from this year befor…
I’ve been thinking about the opening sequence of Materialists, the so-called “romantic comedy” from Celine Song, director of the Oscar-nominated Past Lives. Her follow-up, which stars Dakota Johnson,…
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit of a scrooge when it comes to Christmas. ‘A bit’ is putting it lightly, as I mentioned in passing to someone the other day that by calling myself ‘a scrooge…
Call for Submissions The 2nd Asian Art Film Festival (AAFF), an international art-cinema festival based in Macau, China, is currently inviting Australian feature films to be considered for a dedicate…
Guest article by Artom Simin Unseen Enemy began as a small, character-driven mystery and grew into one of the most ambitious independent action films made in Australia in recent years. The production…
The Hug shines a light on male vulnerability in a comedic yet sincere way. It follows two friends who experience a strange phenomenon when their goodbye method evolves from a handshake into a hug. Th…
For the Dear Leader is a short film inspired by the 2003 Pong Su incident, when a group of North Koreans tried to smuggle heroin into Australia on a cargo ship called the Pong Su. The crew used a smal…
Well folks, we've entered our Ghost era of the Curb. This is the same old site you've known with the same interviews and reviews and the same passionate support for Australian cinema, just a…
Writer-Director-Producer Azita Damandan writes about their short film Echoes, now in contention for the 2026 AACTA Awards. A Story of Exile, Memory, and Resistance Lyrical, haunting, and deeply res…
The Circus Lion follows Samvel, a young wrestler from Western Sydney, who believes leaving his hometown is the only way to escape the weight of his grief. But as he runs from his pain, he discovers th…