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An intergalactic actioner wrapped in a technicolour coating, Thor: Love and Thunder doubles down on the Waititi-ism’s to mixed effect. Though not quite the battle-hungry warrior seen in previous inst…
Available to Watch Here: Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. At what cost do we consume? This could be any person’s perceived theme of a film like J…
Terra Femme is screening as part of Revelation Film Festival 2022. I'm usually impervious to envy or even FOMO but one thing that stirs my jealousy is when people, usually young white guys, onscr…
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A film challenge is the perfect opportunity to immerse yourself in a particular genre, explore new areas, or focus on a period of cinematic history. The first one I did covered a whole range of eras a…
Time is the greatest film critic. We have no absolute way of knowing if something is a “classic” until it has existed for an age. A “modern classic” is a fallacy, a hyperbolic fantasy of a film automa…
From the vibrant and joyous work from Rachel Perkins, to the breadth of Ivan Sen’s catalogue, and the towering importance of Warwick Thornton’s filmography, and the varied joys of Wayne Blair work, al…
Available to Watch Here: Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Watch Alvin's Harmonious World of Opposites on RevOnDemand here. The act of connect…
Peter Strickland is a distinct director whose works can equally alienate and seduce. In his latest effort Flux Gourmet Strickland has lost none of his polarising energy yet has created perhaps his mos…
The central question of cinema is the extent to which it is an authentic representation of reality. With a global pandemic, a war in Europe erupting and the disproportion between rich and poor becomin…
Clio Barnard’s exceptional social realist romance Ali & Ava is a testament to finding joy. Set in Bradford in Yorkshire, a working-class city that Barnard refuses to treat as a place of doldrums,…
The life of gyrating music phenomenon, Elvis Presley, is captured with ornate flair in Baz Luhrmann’s showy epic, Elvis. The film observes the triumph and tragedy behind the King of Rock and Roll, fo…
Set during the 2019 Kalgoorlie-Boulder Mayoral election, General Hercules positions the titular John ‘General Hercules’ Katahanas as the David to the incumbent Mayor John Bowler’s Goliath. The regular…