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Filmmakers have two weeks left to submit their films to the 73rd Sydney Film Festival with entries closing on 27 February 2026. Returning to cinemas across Sydney from 3-14 June 2026, Sydney Film F…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Eya’s (Safa Gharbaoui) world as a 12-year-old Belgian Tunisian is filled with…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Dreams, imagination and sobering realities meld in this absolutely magical de…
Vital Alsar was an adventurer and a scientist. In the late 1960s and into the early 1970s, after being inspired by the attempted journey of the Kon-Tiki by fellow sailor Thor Heyerdahl, Vital led an e…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. When we think of Australian cinema, one of the films that springs to mind is…
One of the most ambitious titles at this year's Sydney Film Festival is unequivocally Death of an Undertaker. It is an experimental fusion of truth and invention. It centres on Sparrow, an underli…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Amalie Atkins loving documentary Agatha's Almanac follows Agatha Bock, Am…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Queensland: Beautiful one day, deadly the next! For American drifter Zephyr (…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Director Justin Kurzel has crafted a filmography built on exploring the impac…
One of the most powerful moments at this year’s Cannes Film Festival — and perhaps in its history — came when Iranian director Jafar Panahi learned he had won the Palme d’Or. As jury president Juliett…
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. There's a delirious level of dark comedy that thrives in the new short fi…
A person who promised forever elects to turn unfaithful, knowing full well the shame and hurt they will inflict on their spouse. It's not an uncommon situation, but variance springs from how the v…