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Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. With 2021s phenomenal documentary River under his belt, filmm…
The earth echoes screams of fear taken in by a large parrot – Death (Arinzé Kene) embodied as an unfathomable feathered creature. Ineluctable and unswayed – the purpose is for the bird to silence the…
Written and directed by Michel Franco, Memory stars Jessica Chastain as Sylvia, a social worker, mother, and recovering addict who encounters Saul (Peter Sarsgaard) randomly and disturbingly when he f…
Pamela Adlon’s Babes begins with one of the most unconcerned “she’s in labour” scenes in recent memory. Eden (Ilana Glazer, also one of the screenwriters) and the heavily pregnant Dawn (Michelle Butea…
It doesn't end or begin. Just changes form. Water. Hands. Dirt. Fingers. Raindrops. An embrace. Tears. Letting go. Returning to that which made you are core aspects of All Dirt Roads Taste of Sal…
There is likely to be a lot of reportage coming from the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) with Nadine Whitney on the ground. Luckily, Nadine has had a chance to see some films in the…
PRESS RELEASE Beloved cultural event, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), has tonight shared its sprawling 2024 program of over 250 features, shorts and XR experiences landing across Me…
PRESS RELEASE The highly anticipated new feature from Melbourne-born Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam Elliot will officially open the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) when the beloved cu…
Press Release Screen content development and financing event, 37°South Market, is welcoming applications with reduced Early Bird pricing currently available. The annual event will take place 8-11 Aug…
Mark Leonard Winter is a somewhat ubiquitous Australian film and television presence. An excellent character actor who believes firmly in his craft. Taking on a new role as the writer and director of…
As witnessed in August 2023 where 11.15 million Australian-based viewers tuned in to watch the Matildas compete in the FIFA Women’s World Cup, little unites the country more than a global sporting eve…
Jeni Thornley is a documentarian whose worked has spanned decades, from the 1978 film Maidens, to 1983’s For Love or Money: a history of women and work in Australia, to To the Other Shore in 1996 and…