Best Australian Films of 2018
Another year, another great round of Australian cinema to dig into. Just like with 2017 and 2016, Australia has managed to produce some of the best cinema that there is to offer. Without going on too…
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Red Dead Redemption 2 and the Value of an Hour
Red Dead Redemption 2 is out in the world. It’s another mammoth video game from the minds at Rockstar studios (all 3000+of them), putting you right in the middle of 1890’s America. You use a controlle…
Jirga enters the Oscars Best Foreign Language Film Race
That headline is a little bit of a clickbait grabber, but no less important. The superb Australian film Jirga has been submitted by Australia for consideration at the next Academy Awards. What does t…
Celebrate International Podcast Day With These Great Podcasts
September 30th is International Podcast Day, and with over half a million podcasts out there, and some estimated 18 million episodes to sift through, it's sometimes a little hard to know what show…
Damian Hill - You Were Extraordinary
A few weeks ago I got the opportunity to chat with director Jason Raftopolous and actor Damian Hill about their brilliant film, West of Sunshine. Damian gives one of the best performances of the year…
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…
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…