Stillwater Review - An Irresponsible Mutation of Truth
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. In 2016, director Tom McCarthy won, with co-writer Josh Singer, the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for…
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When Pomegranates Howl Generates Early Oscar® Buzz
Australian/Afghanistan co-production When Pomegranates Howl has been selected as Australia’s official submission for the Best International Feature Film at the 2022 Academy Awards®. It also recently…
1942 Best Picture Nominee: Yankee Doodle Dandy (Michael Curtiz) - Awards Don't Matter
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. James Cagney danced and sung his way to a Best Actor Oscar for Michael Curtiz's Best Picture nominated film, Ya…
1942 Best Picture Winner: Mrs Miniver (William Wyler) - Awards Don't Matter
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. As we arrive at the 15th Best Picture winner, Mrs Miniver, we find ourselves in the depths of the cinematic output…
1941 Best Picture Nominee: Suspicion (Alfred Hitchcock) - Awards Don't Matter
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. We once again return to the world of Alfred Hitchcock's with the third of his Best Picture nominated films, Sus…
1940 Best Picture Winner: Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock) - Awards Don't Matter
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. The great Alfred Hitchcock never won a Best Director Oscar, and only received the prestige of winning Best Picture…
Soaring on the Wings of Eagles: Chariots of Fire at 40
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. The Academy Awards are no stranger to controversy, as this year's ceremony attests, generating heated think-pie…
The Last Breath of 2020 - A Round-Up Review
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. We’re back here again. Another catch-up post by this writer who watches so many films in a given period that even t…
Minari Review - A Wonderful Film
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, Minari stars Steven Yeun and Han Ye-ri as Jacob and Monica, parents to two…
1939 Best Picture Winner: Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming) - Awards Don't Matter
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. A long epic Best Picture winner deserves a long epic discussion. It's Gone With the Wind time as Dave and Andre…
1935 Best Picture Winner: Mutiny on the Bounty (Frank Lloyd) - Awards Don't Matter
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. We head to sea with the 8th Best Picture winner, Frank Lloyd's colonial drama, Mutiny on the Bounty. Featuri…
1934 Best Picture Nominee: The Thin Man (W. S. Van Dyke) - Awards Don't Matter
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. The utterly delightful and charming first entry in the six (6!) long film series, The Thin Man, was nominated fo…