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Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. For as long as I've been a devotee of cinema, I've fo…
The 2024 Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) continues the conversation of previous conferences with the forward-focused theme of Frontlines: Shaping the Future of Documentary &…
When Todd Haynes' May December premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, it was a major talking point along the Riviera. While immediately revered, it was a film that disturbed audiences as much…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Jon Bell's unsettling 2021 short film, The Moogai, receiv…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Australian horror is experiencing something of a renaissance…
Daniel Brühl’s career is long and rich. Some will know the Spanish-German actor for his work in the MCU. Others will know him as Fredrick Zoller in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Some will…
For Yankunytjatjara artist Derik Lynch, when he dances for his family and friends in the spotlights of car in a stunning gold dress in Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black), echoing the power and stre…
Dr. Seuss wasn't one for sequels. Aside from writing a new adventure for a couple of his iconic creations, the famed children's author refrained from returning to old wells for his books. Howe…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Aussie indie filmmaker powerhouse Heath Davis is back with hi…
I cannot overstate how significant The Wiggles are to me. As a child of the late '90s, I grew up with Greg Page, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, and Anthony Field. They were my first exposure to both mus…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Much of what I do with The Curb is in a bid to shine a light…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. When the short story Cat Person by Kristen Roupenian was publ…