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There are some movie titles that instantly grab you. Lesbian Space Princess was one of those for me. Ever since I first heard about it, I’ve been eagerly waiting to watch it. And within the first five…
In the remote villages of India, where time seems to hold on to traditions as tightly as the dry earth clings to its roots, the gentle tides of change are finally making their presence felt. This is t…
There’s something quietly powerful about a film that doesn’t promise an easy journey but still holds space for hope. Really Happy Someday, J Stevens’ heartfelt debut, carries a title that feels like a…
Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound (2025) is a reminder that ‘home’ in India is not always a place of refuge—it can be a site of exclusion and humiliation. The title plays on an uncomfortable duality: to be h…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. In their first conversation Nadine and Virat speak about two films which are…
We’ve all been there — that bittersweet moment when you reconnect with an old friend. Maybe it’s someone you thought you’d never lose touch with, someone who once felt like your closest ally through l…
It’s rather strange to think of the video store as extinct. For American filmmakers like Alex Ross Perry, the video store’s death knell coincided well before the 2012 release of This Means War; where…
There’s a quiet intensity to Scrap that sneaks up on you. At first glance, it might seem like another indie drama following a woman through a rough patch in Los Angeles, but this film is so much more…
The blazing opening scene of the McManus Brothers’ science fiction thriller Redux Redux promises a white-knuckle ride: a promise that it keeps while revealing a deep sense of humanity and longing whic…
Maya, Give Me a Title (Maya, Donne-moi un Titre) is a sweet and imaginative film about the intersection of art and parenthood. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry combines a s…
There’s something quietly shattering about GEN_, something that lodges under your skin and hums there for days. Directed by Gianluca Matarrese, this deeply intimate documentary slips past rhetoric and…
New Year’s Eve 1999 and anaesthetist Minnie (Emily Browning) starts her day with a reminder that she’s not got her life together in the manner she thought she would have. Her patient in obstetrics tur…