Dune Review - The Ultimate Cinematic Experience
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. How do you even approach something like Dune? An “unfilmable” 1965 novel by Frank Herbert that has had one film in…
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No Time to Die Spoiler Review - A Rather Perfect Farewell
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. It is time. Well, it’s been time for a while. No Time to Die was finally released in most territories in late Sept…
Eternals Review - Ambition is Important
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. We need to talk about Rotten Tomatoes and Eternals. Let me preface by saying that I would love to be a certified c…
The Many Saints of Newark review - Forget About It
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Directed by Alan Taylor and written by David Chase and Lawrence Konner, The Many Saints of Newark is a prequel to t…
The Last Duel Review - A Worthy Look at Perspective and Truth
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. It should always be acceptable to write reviews for films days, weeks, months or even years after they come out. Fo…
The Green Knight Review - Chivalry, Fatalism and Inevitability
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. As it doth stand, to wit, In story stiff and strong, In letters fairly writ, The land hath known it long. For s…
Stillwater Review - An Irresponsible Mutation of Truth
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. In 2016, director Tom McCarthy won, with co-writer Josh Singer, the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for…
Encanto Review - A Good Family Film About What it is to Create a Home
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. The notion of family has been prevalent in Disney’s more recent animated releases and with Encanto there is a stron…
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Review - Radu Jude Brings a Godard-esque View to the Internet Age
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Romanian auteur Radu Jude’s Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (BLB) explicitly highlights the terrifying growth of…
The Power of the Dog Review – A Testament to Jane Campion’s Immense Talent and Fearlessness as a Storyteller
After an extended absence from feature filmmaking Jane Campion makes a triumphant return to cinemas with the sweeping epic The Power of the Dog. Billed as a Western, the film runs more to an intense c…
Zola Review - Based on a True Tweet
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. When the sound of a notification bell goes off in black-comedy Zola, you know one of two things: 1. A verbatim me…
Boiling Point Review – A Mature Drama That Puts Viewers in the Middle of a Stress-Filled Kitchen
With Boiling Point, director Philip Barantini crafts a remarkable one-shot film about a chef in a successful restaurant who is on the edge of personal and professional ruin. Andy Jones (Stephen Graham…