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When I was quite young a teacher related the story of the practice in some Aboriginal groups known as the “Pointed bone also known as “Kurdaitcha”. The accused person would have a bone pointed at them…
Master Gardener is Paul Schrader’s latest entry into his loose trilogy of solitary men that started with First Reformed (2017) and The Card Counter (2021), it is also his most romantic, or whatever ro…
Not since the slap-in-the-face arrival of Justin Kurzel with Snowtown has there been an Australian filmmaker who has presented violence on film so viscerally like Thomas M. Wright. I say this knowing…
Thomas M. Wright is quickly becoming the Australian master of cinematic discomfort. In his debut film 2018’s Acute Misfortune he created an indelible film about the Australian artist Adam Cullen and h…
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…
I’m not entirely sure why I doubted the talent of Timothée Chalamet. I adored him in Call Me By Your Name, but was yet to be equally stunned by subsequent performances, leading me to wonder whether he…
Watching Boy Erased in Australia is a curious affair. It’s written and directed by one of the great modern Aussie minds – Joel Edgerton (working with the production company he started with his brother…
The true story of Richard and Mildred Loving is one that is ripe for a film adaptation. On paper, one can easily conjure up a saccharine version of this film beat for beat: a story of a couple in love…