Nitram Review – The Unbearable Tension of Being
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Complicated cinema is a tricky beast. It moves in the shadows, questioning the darkest aspects of humanity, unveili…
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Palazzo Di Cozzo Review - Melbourne Legend Franco Cozzo is Proudly Celebrated in This Grand Documentary
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Skewing an old joke into ‘if it’s baroque, don’t fix it’ is more apt than most when it comes to Sicilian homewares…
Pig Review - A Suprisingly Delicate Dish, Though Not My Taste
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. It is known that Nicolas Cage is one of the most unique, unpredictable, and mysterious actors working today, even w…
Stranger (Storonniy) Review - A Visually Gorgeous Tale That is Far Too Cryptic For Its Own Good
Stranger (Storonniy) is playing as part of the Sydney Underground Film Festival, from Sept 9 to Sept 26 2021. Details here. Stranger (Storonniy) opens with a quote from The Outsider, a creepily poign…
An Ideal Host Review - A Mostly Delightful Sci-Fi Horror Comedy for Those Who Love the Genre
Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. An Ideal Host is playing as part of the Sydney Underground Film Festival, from Sept 9 to Sept 26 2021. Details here. An Ideal Host starts…
Coming Home in the Dark Review - A Scintillating Drama About the Punishment of Past Misdoings
Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. James Ashcroft’s debut feature length film, Coming Home in the Dark, which played at this year’s Sundance film festival, shows that humans…
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings review - Fresh Spectacle Signals Bright MCU Future
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Directed and co-written by Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12, Just Mercy), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten R…
I'm Wanita Review - A Full-Throated Celebration of a Unknown Legend
Kasey Chambers. Lee Kernigan. Slim Dusty. Wanita. These are the many faces of Australian country music, a genre that has changed over the decades. Figurehead after figurehead has emerged, breaking in…
Disclosure Review - Michael Bentham’s Debut Heralds an Emerging Voice in Australian Cinema With This Complex Drama
Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Writer/director Michael Bentham’s first film Disclosure centres around two couples who come together to deal with the repercussions of a po…
Shiva Baby Review - A Claustrophobic and Sophisticated Feature Debut from Emma Seligman
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Wakes aren’t often considered places of riveting angst or harrowing self-obsession, quite the opposite. However, Em…
Candyman Spoiler Review - Nia DaCosta Delivers a Powerful Vision of Modern Horror
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Operating on a similar level to 2018’s Halloween and 2019’s Doctor Sleep, Nia DaCosta’s Candyman acts as a direct s…
Go to Hell!! Review - A Trippy Underground Animated Adventure Through Space, Religion, Capitalism, and Time
Content Warning: This review contains discussions of sexual assault. In the nineties, if you wanted your fill of underground entertainment, then you’d slip on SBS on a late Saturday night. Amidst the…