Ian Hale joins Wingman Pictures International
Wingman Pictures International has entered a new chapter with veteran film executive Ian Hale joining the company as a partner with CEO Matt Norman. Ian Hale has been a familiar face in the Perth and…
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The Best Australian Films of the Decade - 2010-2019
With a few months still left to go in 2019, and with those months, a wealth of Australian films yet to come (The Nightingale, Ride Like a Girl, Little Monsters, The Faceless Man, Nekromantik, The Nake…
Double Trouble at Girls School Cinema with a Spielberg Double and More...
The team behind FRINGE WORLD Festival and Rooftop Movies has announced the final program for Girls School Cinema, complete with throw-back movie favourites, a double romance screening with free unlimi…
Revelation Film Festival & City of Vincent Offer $15,000 in Short Film Production Grants
Revelation Perth International Film Festival is proud to announce its third commissioning collaboration with the City of Vincent with the City of Vincent Filmmaking Project. This unique initiative pr…
David Wenham - All Round Cool Guy, and One of the Greats
At The Curb, we don’t just write about films, we write about things that are important to us, we like, we love, we think is cool or maybe not so cool. So come #AUSgust, the Australian film month, I re…
Production commences in Brisbane on Young Adult feature film Swimming For Gold
Shooting has commenced in Brisbane this week on the Young Adult feature film Swimming for Gold, starring U.S. actor Peyton List (Jessie, Bunk’d) in the lead role. List plays Claire Carpenter, a 17-yea…
International Childfree Day: Why I'm Living a Life Without Children
I’ll say what you’re thinking right away, ‘what kind of white nonsense is this?’ Why do people who want to live a childfree life need a day of celebration? What even is ‘childfree’ living? Do we reall…
AUSgust - The Second Annual Australian Film Month is Here!
A year ago we kicked off the first annual celebration of Australian films – AUSgust. A whole month dedicated to Australian cinema and the brilliant work that has been made throughout the years. Just…
The Ten Films You Must See at the 2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Rolling on for another huge year of great content is Australia’s finest documentary film festival – the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. With a huge wealth of content and guests, with subjects str…
This is Not a Holiday: Sexual Violence in Cinema
Trigger warning: This review discusses sexual violence and sexual assault. Deep within Isabella Eklöf’s caustic affair, Holiday, there is one of the most brutal, horrific, horrendously real acts of s…
Tackling Casual Classism: the Last Allowable Prejudice
So, turns out classism, particularly in the arts, is a major trigger for me. I mean, sure, it's always been a bugbear. I'm constantly amazed at the assumption of relative wealth, privilege an…
Ivan Sen and Jennifer Kent are Invited to Join the Oscars Academy, but at What Price?
In November of 2018, Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul voiced his frustration with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, stating that he was “(I’m) totally going to quit it”, and tha…