Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist Review
As the documentary Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist started to roll out around the world, the subject of the documentary, Vivienne Westwood, tweeted the following: As searing an indictment of first t…
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I Am Paul Walker Review
There has been an odd spate of posthumous documentaries that lionise their subjects to a point of extreme saccharinity that you have to visit the dentist after viewing. I Am Heath Ledger was a perfect…
A Woman Captured Review
Have you ever sat in a film and want to equally thank and curse at a director? Have you ever sat there as the lights rise in the cinema, feeling immensely overwhelmed with helplessness and devastation…
Caniba Review
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Directors Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel are doing something quite unique with the documentary film form…
More Human Than Human Review
A perennial question raised by science fiction has been that of whether the rise of Artificial Intelligence and its existence in society will cause the cessation of humanity as we know it. Pick up any…
RBG Review
Documentaries should reflect the subject they’re exploring. Take Meal Tickets for example – a raucous, loud, intense ninety minute film that reflects the ups and downs of a band. Or, Safari, a contemp…
Betty: They Say I'm Different Review
Betty: They Say I'm Different feels like a half finished promise. It starts with gusto, it rollicks and rolls in a way that has you intrigued as to where it'll go, and then it just... ends. In…
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…
Louis Theroux: Heroin Town Review
Heroin Town is the latest ‘feature’-length documentary from Louis Theroux, although it is not a feature film in the way My Scientology Movie was – specifically made as a feature-length film. It’s part…
Not Quite Hollywood Blu-Ray Review
Mark Hartley’s essential Not Quite Hollywood came at a point in Australian cinema history when it seemed like the faith in the Australian film industry was waning. In the early 2000’s, the quality of…
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards Review
Squeeeee! Okay, disclaimer: I do love a good shoe. Some might even (rightly!) say I’m a shoe-aholic, so I was always going to be very interested in this film – and its subject matter. The shoes – and…