Chunderstruck: Les Patterson Saves the World
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. For the 2016 Archibald Prize competition — awarding the best portrait paintings in Australia — the top honour was gi…
Reviews
1337 posts
A Call to Spy Review - A Wonderful Example of the Spy-Genre
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Continuing the trend of notably female-led films comes a story taking place during early WWII. A Call to Spy (a var…
Love Opera Review - A Grand Soaring Song for Equality in the Arts
Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Going into Liselle Mei’s superb documentary Love Opera, I was, admittedly, ignorant about the art form of opera, with my exposure being mo…
Sound of Metal Review - A Sensitive and Quietly Affecting Film You Will Not Forget
Powered by JustWatch Sound of Metal is directed and co-written by Darius Marder, whose previous work included directing the 2008 documentary Loot and writing The Place Beyond the Pines. Here, Ri…
The Furnace Review - A Long Subdued Journey into the Golden Unknown
This review contains mild spoilers. For some reason, as I walked out of my screening of Roderick MacKay’s feature debut, The Furnace, the imagery of a white-gowned choir of kids across the landscape…
The Xrossing Review - Impressive Microbudget Indie Amplifies Tension in the Perth Suburbs
Right across Australia, emerging filmmakers are finding their voices through microbudget feature films. I’ve written at length about Lucy Coleman’s masterful weaving of three thousand bucks into the s…
100% Wolf Review – A Howling Great Time of an Aussie Animation Treat
Powered by JustWatch From Photon Creative’s fauna-focused series, Tales from Sanctuary City, to the iconic Emmy award winning series Bluey, there’s been a steady increase in the amount of Austra…
High Ground Review - A Frightfully Tense Meat Pie Western Steeped in Indigenous Australian History
Powered by JustWatch The emerging Indigenous Australian New Wave film movement has seen two monumental films about Indigenous Australian history written and told from non-Indigenous perspectives…
Summerland Review – A Sensitive and Charming Gentle Comfort Film to Enjoy
Powered by JustWatch In a seaside cottage in 1975 Alice Lamb (Penelope Wilton) hunches over a typewriter and is disturbed by a knock at the door. Two children are asking for donations for the el…
A Sunburnt Christmas Review – A New Aussie Chrissy Classic is Born
Powered by JustWatch Across three films, (Snowtown, Acute Misfortune, Measure for Measure), Daniel Henshall has perfected the piercing stare. It’s a look that tears open your soul and glares int…
End of the Century Review – A Satisfying Ode to the Possibilities of Affection
Powered by JustWatch A bittersweet film, End of the Century tells of a reunion and the attempt to find the middle ground between romantic possibility and our limited reality. Sometimes, the peop…
Happiest Season Review - A Pleasant Delight of a Feelgood Film that Helps Wrap Up a Bad Year
Powered by JustWatch First things first: I don’t like most Christmas movies. No, I’m not a fan of Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, The Santa Clause, Lo…