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What does magick mean to you? It’s the sum total of my life. “Gen’s most provocative work was unconditional love” – David Jay. Brion Gyson’s Dream Machine spins and Genesis P-Orridge begins to narr…
It hungers. The emptiness, the void, the absence that entropically pulls every molecule of your being when you are grieving an inconceivable loss. It hungers and cannot be satiated by time, comfort, r…
Matthew Rankin, Pirouz Nemati and Ila Firouzabadi’s Universal Language blends absurdist comedy, childlike wonder and alternative history into a cultural melting pot worth digging into. Offering a ten…
So here we are, almost a round thirty years since Tom Cruise redefined cinematic action with Mission: Impossible by fighting a helicopter with a train in a tunnel. That franchise spawning creation was…
The Surfer opens with a tense, slow buildup, but I couldn’t help but feel like I was watching a sloth move in slow motion rather than anything that kept me at the edge of my seat. The premise has pote…
Released in fairly quick succession this year have been two distinct “throwback” mainstream slashers. Hell of a Summer and Clown in a Cornfield. The two movies also come on the heels of Josh Ruben’s r…
When it comes to horror, I’ve always believed the best films work on more than one level—they’re terrifying, yes, but also smart, layered, and maybe even a little cheeky. Clown in a Cornfield is exact…
Ryan Coogler's Sinners is a Southern Gothic fable that combines music, history, religion, and horror: building into an imaginative, cinematic eruption. Set in 1932 in rural Mississippi, the film f…
This review contains spoilers for Vulcanizadora and Buzzard. Vulcanizadora is a gnarly word, one that–out of context–suggests a fury of rage and violence at the centre of a chaos of noise, conjuring…
You’d be forgiven for thinking that Miki Magasiva’s feature film debut Tinā is based on a true story. Sure, elements are pulled from truth, with Magasiva utilising the tragedy of the 2011 Christchurch…
Some films don’t just unfold—they breathe. The New Boy, Warwick Thornton’s latest offering, is one of those rare works that moves with the quiet rhythm of something deeply sacred. Set against the sun-…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Lars and the Real Girl is Craig Gillespie's 2007 indie comedy-drama about…