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The Curb is proudly part of the Auscast Network. Subscribe via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. My Cherry Pie is one of the bril…
Over the 2019/2020 Australian summer period, the world witnessed some of the worst and most devastating bushfires in modern history. A billion animals died in a traumatic event that the nation is stil…
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As World War Two wraps up, we ease out of one of the worst events of modern humankind with one of the most charming and inconsequential Best Picture winners yet, Leo McCarey's Going My Way. Bing Crosby won Best Actor, and dual nominee for the same role, Barry Fitzgerald won Best Supporting Actor, bo…
Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Jonathan Alley's powerful documentary, Love in Bright Landscapes, tells the story of David McComb and The Triffids - arguably the great…
Subscribe and listen to previous episodes via the Auscast Network here. Lakesedge is the debut novel from Australian author Lyndall Clipstone, and it's a great one. Steeped in gothic romance and…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Every so often the Academy Awards get it right, and for the 16th Best Picture winner they chose one of the great…
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…
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…
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…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Charlie Chaplin is best known for his silent films, but quick in the minds of film lovers would be his iconic s…
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…