Zola Review - Based on a True Tweet
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. When the sound of a notification bell goes off in black-comedy Zola, you know one of two things: 1. A verbatim me…
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Boiling Point Review – A Mature Drama That Puts Viewers in the Middle of a Stress-Filled Kitchen
With Boiling Point, director Philip Barantini crafts a remarkable one-shot film about a chef in a successful restaurant who is on the edge of personal and professional ruin. Andy Jones (Stephen Graham…
When the Camera Stopped Rolling Review - An Important Reminder of the work of Lilias Fraser, a Trailblazing Aussie Cinematographer
Lilias Fraser isn’t the household name you would think she would have earned after watching Jane Castle’s recent documentary, When the Camera Stopped Rolling, whose mother the film centres around. Lil…
Home Made Review - Broadsheet's Melbourne-Focused Cookbook Places You in the Heart of the City's Restaurants & Kitchens
Purchase Home Made - Broadsheet, Plum, RRP $49.95 For most of Australia, the ability to visit Melbourne to enjoy the food, culture, and the ambiance that comes when the city is in full flow has been…
Like the Wind Review – Celebrated Cinematographer Christopher Doyle Opens Up in Ted McDonnell’s Explorative Documentary
Christopher Doyle is a pioneer of cinematography in Australia and the world, who continuously attempts to live outside the rigid norms that society deems fit as seen in Ted McDonnell’s latest document…
Memory Box Review - A Story of Intergenerational Trauma That Contains Both Joy and Heartbreak
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige's film, Memory Box, about intergenerational trauma could have been an abso…
Last Film Show Review - A Film That Reveals Itself With a Final Act of Great Emotional Power and Visual Beauty
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. I had an odd moment of realisation partway through this: that I, an Indian person based in Australia, was watching…
Friends and Strangers Review - An Aussie Comedy Verging on Slow-Cinema Laced with Irony
Before the colonisation of Australia had occurred, Europeans developed their own lexicon for what they believed existed on the other side of the earth, which they colloquially referred to as the antip…
The British Film Festival Brings an Abundance of Timothy Spall and More Across Australia This November
The British Film Festival returns this year with a stacked array of thirty-one fascinating films and marvelous performances. The opening feature is the Australian premiere of The Duke, a hilarious and…
Friends and Strangers Review – An Attempt at Examining Millennial Ennui, Instead Becomes a Case in Point
Drift and stillness. That’s what defines the experience of watching Australian James Vaughan’s debut feature, which he writes, directs and edits. The film meanders through various vignettes in a langui…
Eternals Review – A Disappointing Use of Chloé Zhao’s Prodigious Talent
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Marvel Studios have occasionally made some canny choices with directors for its major franchise features. Giving th…
Halloween Kills Review - Let The Franchise End. I've Had Enough.
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Halloween Kills came out in the United States on October 15, but Australia’s release was just short of two weeks af…