God of War - Boy, You'll Be A Man, Soon
Up until the 2018 God of War, the character of Kratos had laid claim to being the 'greatest anti-hero video game character of all time'. He's an angry, brutal man, scorned by having been t…
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The Cleaners - So You Copped a Facebook Ban?
Earlier this week I was on the receiving end of a three day Facebook ban. I'd already been banned once for 24 hours (that was for calling out a racist on their racist behaviour), so the next step…
Grey Dollars - Where Are the Aussie Films for Ageing Audiences?
In the latest round of Screen Australia funding, an interesting variety of films that cover the field of diversity in a great way. There's the new Jocelyn Moorhouse film, Agaat, about a young blac…
AUSgust - The First Annual Australian Film Month is Here!
One of the key goals of The Curb is to help add to the conversation of Australian culture. The biggest slice of Australian culture that we’re most passionate about here is Australian cinema. That’s w…
Essential Reading - Every Issue of Cinema Papers Available Online
What a way to start the week. The critical institution that is Cinema Papers has been released in its entirety online for your perusal. Australia has produced some truly superb slices of film critici…
Revelation Film Festival 2018 - Best of the Fest Picks
Perth’s greatest film festival celebrates its 21st year with another cracker line-up of films, seminars, and much, much more. Yep, it’s Revelation Film Festival time again. It feels like it was just y…
Ozflix Major Film Category Award Nominees Announced
It feels like just yesterday that the categories for nominations for the inaugural Ozzies (aka Ozflix Independent Film Awards) were announced. Well, now we've gotten the first round of major film…
Independent Oz Films To be Celebrated At New Ozflix Awards - the Ozzies
Ozflix has announced the details for the inaugural Ozflix Independent Film Awards (aka the 'Ozzies') and it's got me excited. One of the things that has bothered me of late about the AACTA…
Best Film Posters of 2017
2017 continued the trend of great film posters, whether they be commissioned, official or just regular fan art, there was something great out there for everyone. In 2017, I completed my Top 100 Mondo…
Best Australian Films of 2017
2017, just like 2016 before it, was another stellar year for Australian cinema with a bunch of truly superb films. The quality was stretched across theatrical and streaming, with some of my top 20 fil…
Get Ready Player One! The Future Is Not As Bleak As We Thought
The long awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi Blade Runner made its way to screens in 2017. Director Denis Villeneuve ushered the sequel – creatively titled Blade Runner 2049 – onto our scr…
AACTA and the Australian Cinema Conundrum
So, the 7th annual AACTA Awards ceremony came and went. The ceremony was spread out over two days, with a delayed screening running on Channel 7, followed by a repeat screening to be run on Foxtel at…