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At the end of Martin Scorsese’s epic western a radio show producer presents a live play about William ‘King’ Hale’s Reign of Terror over the Native American people in Osage county, Oklahoma announces…
Directed by Geoff Marslett and co-written by Howe Gelb (who also features as an actor and provides the music for the feature) Quantum Cowboys is a trippy mix of animation, live footage and collage tha…
After an extended absence from feature filmmaking Jane Campion makes a triumphant return to cinemas with the sweeping epic The Power of the Dog. Billed as a Western, the film runs more to an intense c…
New Gold Mountain is one of the most exciting, essential television shows to come out of Australia in 2021. Masterfully directed by Corrie Chen, this four part series unfurls an engaging and powerful…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. It is the first day of LFF and I take a look at festival opener The Harder They Fall, Jeymes Samuel’s ultra-slick,…
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…
Powered by JustWatch Deep in the background, as the obligatory Aussie film drone shot opens Jocelyn Moorhouse’s masterful Western The Dressmaker, you can faintly hear the iconic whistle of Ennio…
Netflix’s newest feature, The Highwaymen, tells the story of retired Texas Ranger’s Frank Hamer (Kevin Costner) and Maney Gault (Woody Harrelson) as they take on a special assignment to track down and…
I’ve had this review sitting at the top of my ‘to do’ list for a good two weeks now. Yet, whenever I sat down to write, it slipped my mind. I simply forgot that it needed to be done. Which is a mighty…
One of the great things about the dark periods of society is that it can encourage great art to be created. Art that comments and reflects on the society it is created within. Films like The Hurt Lock…