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Andrew F Peirce·October 9, 2022·15 min read

Pieces Director Martin Wilson and Producer Nicole Ferraro Open Up About Bringing Mental Health Stories to Screen in This Interview

You might know director Martin Wilson for his debut thriller Great White, but with his latest film Pieces he’s keen...
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Andrew F Peirce·July 15, 2022·25 min read

The Healing Director Nick Barkla Talks About Joint Healing with Veterans and Retired Racehorses in This Interview

Nick Barkla’s The Healing is a calming and powerful documentary about Scott Brodie and the horses he re-trains with the...
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Andrew F Peirce·July 14, 2021·1 min read

Mental as Everything Filmmaker Damon Smith Interview for the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival – Music, Lockdowns, and Mental Health

Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival kicks off its in-person in-cinema screenings...
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Andrew F Peirce·November 5, 2019·8 min read

Happy Sad Man Review – The Most Important Film You’ll See This Year

Happy Sad Man may be the most important film you’ll see this year.  Director Genevieve Bailey turns the camera on...
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Christopher John·September 4, 2019·3 min read

The Babadook Review – An Endlessly Haunting Film

What do want from a horror film? When you see a poster or a trailer for the latest wide-release horror...
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Andrew F Peirce·October 5, 2022·15 min read

How to Thrive Director Duy Huynh Talks About Bringing Mental Health Stories Safely to Screen in This Interview

The documentary How to Thrive follows positive psychotherapist Marie McLeod as she supports seven people on a journey to find...
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Press Release·September 17, 2021·2 min read

Celia Pacquola Confronts Her Anxiety Head On in New Revealing Documentary

As someone who lives with anxiety, comedian Celia Pacquola thinks she’s kind of got it covered. The only thing is,...
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Andrew F Peirce·November 6, 2020·6 min read

The Naked Farmer by Ben Brooksby Book Review – When it Comes to Mental Health, We Are All in This Together

Buy The Naked Farmer from Booktopia here. It’s already been well and truly established that the year 2020 has been...
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Andrew F Peirce·October 27, 2019·12 min read

Five Songs to Help You Out on Your Mental Health Journey

Movember kicks off in a few days, and since I’ve been a long time supporter and participant of the cause...
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Andrew F Peirce·May 7, 2019·14 min read

I’m Terrified: Living With Eco-Anxiety and Political Anxiety

At the beginning of every election cycle, I get a higher level of anxiety than usual. Now, I’ve lived with...
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Josh Margolin’s THELMA is a marvellous, witty, smart, and wholeheartedly charming affair. A sublime mixture of comedy and affection for

Thelma is a Hilarious, Charming, and Huge-Hearted Triumph

"What would Tom Cruise do?" Nadine Whitney reviews Josh Margolin's THELMA for The Curb.

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LAST SUMMER is an indictment of bourgeois morality and respectability in keeping with Catherine Breillat’s sensibilities. Starring Léa Druker and

With Last Summer, Catherine Breillat Once Again Provokes Ideas of Hypocrisy and Morality - The Curb

Last Summer screens at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 11, 13, and 19. Director, author, and provocateur Catherine Breillat returns to the screen after a near ten-year hiatus with Last Summer (L’été dernier), an interpretation of the Danish film, Queen of Hearts (Dronningen) ...

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KNEECAP is fecking fantastic and searingly smart. It certainly should come with a warning of “Do Not Try This at

Kneecap is the Craic – It’s Brave, Bold, Ridiculous, and Relentless - The Curb

“Every word of Irish spoken is a bullet fired for freedom.” Fuck up it is! Rich Peppiatt’s hyper-kinetic Kneecap is A Hard Day’s Night for the North of Ireland and the hip hop generation. A little bit true and a lot untrue version of the formation of the Irish language hip hop West Belfast t...

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