Come Away with Me: Miguel Gomes and Grand Tours
Portuguese cineaste Miguel Gomes’ latest film Grand Tour is an odyssey through Asia using a constructed narrative about a couple in 1918 who chase and elude each other through multiple countries. Gome…
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Quiet Reclamations: Payal Kapadia on Malleable Cities, Friendship and the Boy Next Door in Contemporary Indian Cinema
As I wait for my interview with filmmaker Payal Kapadia to commence, I hear the clouds cackle. And right on cue, on a warm summer evening in Sydney, it begins to rain. I smile, thinking that perhaps t…
Sundance Film Festival: View from the Floor Directors Mindie Lind & Megan Griffiths on Bringing Their Animated Short to Life
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. If there's a minor blessing that has emerged from the pandemic, it's…
"The most important thing that remains is that we love each other": Karla Sofía Gascón on the Past and Future of Emilia Pérez
Karla Sofía Gascón made Academy Award history as the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an acting award for her performance as the titular character in Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez.…
‘To make lightness, you have to have darkness’: Dougal Wilson on Directing Paddington in Peru
How do you follow up a film which managed to dethrone Citizen Kane as the best film of all time? Well, if you’re first-time feature filmmaker Dougal Wilson, you approach directing Paddington in Peru w…
Voices in Deep: Jason Raftopoulos on the Purpose of Personal Filmmaking
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Jason Raftopoulous is a filmmaker who I owe my continued writing career to. I…
Adelaide Film Festival: Albert Mwangi on Making it Look Real in Australian Cinema
Let's take a moment to look ahead in 2025 to a few of the Australian films that will get people talking. Two particular films had their world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in 2024, where…
Tanya Modini on the Inspiration for Her AACTA Award Nominated Short Film And the Ocean Agreed
Writer, director, producer, collaborator Tanya Modini has received her second Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) award nomination for her short film And the Ocean Agreed. This no…
Die Bully Die Directors Nathan Lacey & Nick Lacey on Revisiting Trauma Through a Horror Comedy Lens
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Die Bully Die is a short film built on the notion of retribution and exorcisi…
Robert Connolly & Alison Lester Talk About Journeying Down to Magic Beach in This Interview
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. For this final chat in the series, Andrew catches up with pro…
We Live in Time Director John Crowley Talks About Working with Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh in This Interview
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. For this chat, Andrew catches up with Irish director John Cro…
Adam Elliot & Sarah Snook Talk About Bringing Heart to their Mollusk-motion Flick Memoir of a Snail to Life
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. On this episode, Andrew catches up with Academy Award winning…