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When the news that Greta Gerwig was going to co-write and direct a movie based on Barbie the collective response appeared to be a baffled “What?” (Whereas the news that Margot Robbie would be playing…
Powered by JustWatch A trend for ageing filmmakers of late is to create a film that is their personal ode to cinema. When young writer and director Damien Chazelle announced he was making a film…
Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis, and within that crisis there are hundreds of thousands of homeless people, or people at risk of homelessness. Sue Thomson’s latest documentary, Under Cov…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. To risk sounding like a movie trailer cliché: forget what you think you know about the Suicide Squad. Forget the e…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. There’s a phenomenal majesty to Margot Robbie’s cocaine-cloud, sugar high, ultra-violence loving anti-hero Harley Q…
The one thing coming out of Suicide Squad back in 2016 that was receiving near-unanimous praise was Margot Robbie’s performance as Harley Quinn, it also being the beloved comic-book character’s first…
2020 is a landmark year for superhero films, with four of the major superhero film releases being directed by women. Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn kicks off this…
Directed by Jay Roach, Bombshell stars Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly, Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson, and Margot Robbie as Kayla Pospisil: three women who used to work for FOX News and who were, a…
Quentin Tarantino is at a stage in his career where he could film someone clipping their toe-nails and have it be called a masterpiece by the film community. And going by the number of feet featured i…
I love films based on true stories. I love sports (not all, and not necessarily sports films purely focused on the sport aspect). I love dramas. I love black comedy. And, I remember the mayhem around…
If there’s a running theme through the films of directing duo Glenn Ficara and John Requa, it’s that of characters finding their place in the world. Whether it be Jim Carrey’s con-man Steven Russell i…