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After having its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in 2024, and having screened at SXSW and Sydney Film Festival, Kate Blackmore's essential documentary Make it Look Real is now availab…
In a small coastal town on the Faroe Islands, a compact factory thrums away. Inside, a steel-faced Kári (Sámal H. Hansen) toils away amongst other factory workers, gutting fish in time with the rhythm…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Writer-director Domini Marshall is a talent on the rise. With short films lik…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Co-writer and actor Archie Lush, director Alex Power, and producer Mark Zanos…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Grant Hardie is the co-founder of Monster Pictures, one of Australia and New…
Let me tell you about/ faces I see/ The stately, the rugged…/ some fierce lady eyes, some warm gentleman eyes/ but some eyes/ that can't look into mine Vasquez — Julia Holter I’m not usually bul…
The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) returns to flood the streets of Naarm-Melbourne with films, festivities, and all things culture from 7-24 August 2025. This years line-up features an i…
There are an estimated 13,000 to 15,000 people currently living with Down syndrome in Australia and, as life expectancies increase steadily over time, more and more people with Down syndrome are likel…
Kriv Stenders is one of our finer active statesmen in regard to Australian cinema. The majority of his works are amorously Aussie creations that richly evoke the sunburnt country's culture, past,…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Eya’s (Safa Gharbaoui) world as a 12-year-old Belgian Tunisian is filled with…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Debut Australian director Amy Wang’s twisted satire Slanted sees an aspiring…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Dreams, imagination and sobering realities meld in this absolutely magical de…