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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. In December 2013, Australian journalist Peter Greste, alongside fellow Al Jaz…
Kriv Stenders never sleeps. When he’s not telling tales of Red Dog in the Pilbara, he’s bringing Australian soldiers stories to life with films like Danger Close. In between, he’s reworking Australia…
Australian cinema isn’t known for franchises. Sure, there’s been Crocodile Dundee and the Mad Max films, but that’s about it. Which is part of the reason why the Red Dog film is such an odd film to ha…
With a few months still left to go in 2019, and with those months, a wealth of Australian films yet to come (The Nightingale, Ride Like a Girl, Little Monsters, The Faceless Man, Nekromantik, The Nake…
Powered by JustWatch It’s been 40 years since Australian cinema explored the combat soldier’s experience of the Vietnam War. While David Caesar’s Dirty Deeds (2002) featured a brief early interl…
Oh boy. Workaholic director Kriv Stenders and first time feature film writer Stephen M. Irwin have teamed up to whitesplain to Australia how racist it is. Thanks. If you don’t live under a rock, you’…
How do you make a sequel to a much loved film in which the titular star dies at the end? Even more, how do you make a sequel when the actor who portrayed the titular character has passed away as well?…