Win a copy of Giles Chan's Jellyfish on DVD
To help celebrate the release of Giles Chan's powerful indie feature film Jellyfish on DVD, we're giving away two copies to supporters of the Curb. Jellyfish tells the story of Henry, a slack…
Boorman and the Devil is a treat for film enthusiasts as it respectfully investigates a notorious flop
Almost enough to revisit Exorcist II: The Heretic with new eyes, although even the stars of the film don’t recommend that.…
David Gulpilil – Journey Home, further away and beyond
Journey Home, David Gulpilil (Maggie Miles and Trisha Morton-Thomas, 2025) celebrates his life and takes us on a journey that is equally spiritual and existential as it is physical and geographical. W…
Human Animals is a painful punch to the gut for viewers whose history is bound up with the ongoing dehumanisation of indigenous people
Keren Tova Rubinstein was born in Haifa and now lives in Naarm. She holds a PhD in Israel Studies and has taught Hebrew language and literature in Australia, the US and Canada. She translates articles from Hebrew for The Palestine Project, as well as being a visual artist and writer.…
Mitchell Withers & Sofia Viegas on the pride of their tender short film For the Boys
In our second part of two interviews about the tender short film For the Boys, director Mitchell Withers and producer Sofia Viegas talk about their journey into filmmaking, creating a safe space for M…
Mitch Brown on finding a safe space to share his story with the short film For the Boys
In 2025, in an interview with Sam Koslowski of The Daily Aus, Mitch Brown became the first openly bisexual footy player in Australia. To give some perspective, the VFL was founded in 1896. That's…
Chouwa Liang on finding empathy for AI relationships with her documentary Replica
Chouwa Liang's documentary Replica invites viewers to empathise with a world of Chinese women who are finding romance and relationships with AI partners or companions. When human-to-human relation…
Annemarie Jacir on reclamation and telling hidden histories in Palestine 36
All the details of how to control and occupy a people are placed from that (British colonial) moment. The British were experts at it by the time they came to Palestine.…
Producer Blayke Hoffman on the importance of listening to women with the impactful documentary Silenced
Documentarian Selina Miles has crafted a filmography that gives space to women's voices and stories. From her debut feature, Martha: A Picture Story, which took us into the world of street art, to…
Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars delivers an uninspired post-apocalyptic drama with thin characterisation and a cliched plot
Scott seems to be going through the motions with The Dog Stars by not greatly concerning himself with pacing (the first act is tediously long), not particularly interested in adding to the whisper-thin characterisation and only seems to come alive during scenes of violent interactions…
The Evolving Cinema of Alice Maio Mackay
Alice Maio Mackay is the kind of filmmaker who seems incapable of sitting still. At only 22, and already with seven features under her belt, she has built a filmography that feels remarkably expansive…
Wilderness is a profoundly misguided attempt to bring environmental issues to the forefront in a film that consistently brushes them aside
Martin McKenna’s long-gestating film Wilderness very occasionally allows glimpses of a better film he chose not to make. It gives me absolutely no pleasure to write a review of a small budget Australian film and deem it incompetent on almost every level.…