Eddie Peng on Man and Beast in Black Dog
Guan Hu’s Black Dog is set in 2008 when China is set to host the Olympic Games. In an effort to appear progressive to Western eyes, the Chinese government is focussing its attention on Beijing and cre…
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Lou Sanz on engaging with empathy with the pitch black comedy Audrey
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. In 2024, director Natalie Bailey and writer Lou Sanz unleashed Audrey onto au…
Alice Maio Mackay on the new wave of transgender cinema
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. At just twenty years old, transgender wunderkind Alice Maio Mackay has crafte…
Empathy Now and Forever: Agnieszka Holland on Green Border and Fighting for Humanity
Agnieszka Holland has always led a political life. She has witnessed the impact of multiple occupations and dictatorial regimes. She was present for the 1968 Soviet invasion of Prague. She is consider…
Zachary Ruane and Alexei Toliopoulos on becoming David Stratton & Margaret Pomeranz for their comedy show Refused Classification
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. For decades, David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz were Australian film review…
Carmen & Bolude stars Michela Carattini and Bolude Watson on the joy of dance on film
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Carmen & Bolude marks something of a first for Australian films. Here is…
Opening up the NFSA to interrogation with the new SBS series Australia: An Unofficial History
With their new three-part series Australia: An Unofficial History, SBS have cracked open the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) vault and brought forth the long forgotten Australian government fil…
Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu: On being dangerous in dangerous times
Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu is an actor, writer, and director from Aotearoa. We Were Dangerous starring Erana James, Nathalie Morris, Manaia Hall, and the great Rima Te Wiata was her debut feature and w…
My Melbourne Producer Mitu Bhowmick Lange on bringing the diversity of Naarm to life on screen
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. My Melbourne is a powerful and uplifting new collaborative feature made with…
Festival Focus: The Melbourne Women in Film Festival
The Melbourne Women in Film Festival (MWFF) keeps growing and expanding the opportunities to discuss and spotlight women and gender diverse filmmakers and creators. 2025 promises to deliver a wonderfu…
Residence director Matt Mirams gets bloody honest about indie filmmaking
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Matt Mirams is a indie creative who has over two decades of experience as a m…
"Charles Williams is a supreme filmmaker": Guy Pearce on his latest film, Inside
From Ramsay Street to Hollywood Boulevard, Australian actor Guy Pearce has a wide and varied career. With an Academy Award nomination for his role as Harrison Van Buren in Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist…