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Aussie folks.

The glorious documentary BUT ALSO JOHN CLARKE is out in cinemas now.

It's really bloody good.

Go see it. Smile for a bit.
September 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Post a non religious picture you think of as holy
An iconic homage to The Creation of Adam as presented in the enduring eighties classic film Mac and Me featuring two aliens, one being the titular Mac and their mum meeting an earthling and their child. Mac and the child are touching fingers. Who is God? Who is Adam? Which chapel is this painted on the ceiling of?
August 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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A rousing response from the audience.
A photo of an audience in attendance at Kangaroo Island. Multiple people are asleep.
August 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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OBEX is Albert Birney once again proving his singular talent for telling the truth through arcane metaphor.

@nadinewhitney.bsky.social reviews his latest film which recently screened at Fantasia Film Festival for the Curb:

www.thecurb.com.au/obex-review-...
the Curb logo with three dots FANTASIA FILM FEST REVIEW Title: OBEX is Albert Birney proving his singular talent of truth telling through arcane metaphor Photo underneath is of a man with a beard and a pointy hat standing next to someone who has a television for a head. They're photographed in black and white. Underneath is: Nadine Whitney thecurb.com.au @thecurbau
August 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud shows that capitalism is the real horror and it’s coming for you in a box.

It screens at @melbfilmfest.bsky.social this August, and is currently in release in America.

@codyallen.bsky.social reviews below:

www.thecurb.com.au/cloud-review...
the Curb logo - words the curb with three dots MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud shows that capitalism is the real horror and it’s coming for you in a box. Beneath this is an image of an Asian man pointing a gun at the audience. He is in shadows and is standing in front of a plastic shseet. Underneath is the name Cody Allen, thecurb.com.au and @thecurbau
August 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Yeah, because Thelma Plum is the one at fault here.

(Also no alt text friends.)
July 31, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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I've upset the Sticky Fingers crowd. To be expected.

(Sorry, I'm not alt texting this one folks.)
July 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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They then listed a bunch of films and linked to reviews that 'should' be on RT.

Then they said this:
In a bid to fix this oversight, I drew up a list of all these 'missing' articles and made plans to submit them to 'Rotten Tomatoes', only to encounter a problem: Reviews will only be added to this website if they're submitted by the (certified) outlet that published them. Therefore, I've taken it upon myself to contact the reviewers via email and ask if it's possible for them to upload their work.
July 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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These kinds of emails pop into our mailboxes every so often. This one isn't for the Curb, but still makes me laugh a little.

Please folks. Don't do this.
My name is . I'm writing to you with a query that I'm hoping you might be able to help me with. My friends and I are huge film fans. Following a recent visit to the website 'Rotten Tomatoes' we were puzzled to find such a low number of reviews listed on the pages for some of our favourite movies. Using Google, we turned up several articles that haven't been uploaded yet, including some that were
July 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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I present to you this video from me in prime position to get a shot of my favourite player (Luke Jackson) lining up for goal.

I'm a cinematographer.
July 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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(Even though I think someone who has a history of leg fractures maybe shouldn't have voted for Broken Leg.)
Alex Pearce's votes for Hottest 100 Aussie Songs Gang of Youths - Let Me Down Easy Killing Heidi - Weir Missy Higgins - Scar Violent Soho - Covered in Chrome The Slingers - One More Day The Waifs - London Still The Herd - The King is Dead The Jezabels - Endless Summer DMA's - Delete Bluejuice - Broken Leg
July 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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These were my votes for today.

I'm expecting maybe four of the songs to appear.
My votes for the hottest 100 of Australian songs The Herd - 77% The Drones - Shark Fin Blues Sonic Animation - Theophilus Thistler (An Exercise in Vowels) A.B. Original - January 26 Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener The Triffids - Wide Open Road Middle Kids - Edge of Town The Middle East - Blood Jebediah - Leaving Home The Sleepy Jackson - Good Dancers
July 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Now now Michael.

Be schooled for a second.
A screenshot of a comment thread on Facebook.
July 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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HE WAS THE VILLAIN.
A stand full of giant Lotso Bear toys from Toy Story 3, the film where the pink bear was the villain and eagerly was going to burn the toys we know and love To. A. Crisp.
July 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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My votes for that thing everyone is doing.

Had to make a tough choice between adding Chopper to the list or going with Bright Star. Opted for Bright Star because it's there.
The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century Reader's Choice: My Ballot This is Not a Film - 2012 Bright Star - 2009 Cache - 2005 Young Adult - 2011 Zodiac - 2007 Nope - 2022 Sweet Country - 2018 Certain Women - 2016 Memoria - 2021 Dean Spanley - 2008
June 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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*George Miller didn't shadow direct Babe, but hey...
According to actor James Cromwell, there was tension on the set between producer George Miller and director Chris Noonan.[8] Noonan later complained, "I don't want to make a lifelong enemy of George Miller but I thought that he tried to take credit for Babe, tried to exclude me from any credit, and it made me very insecure... It was like your guru has told you that you are no good and that is really disconcerting."[9] Miller shot back, "Chris said something that is defamatory: that I took his name off the credits on internet sites, which is just absolutely untrue. You know, I'm sorry but I really have a lot more to do with my life than worry about that... when it comes to Babe, the vision was handed to Chris on a plate."[10]
May 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Hey now, wonderful choice of song for the press screening of Bring Her Back.
May 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Yes, that's exactly what Universal Language is about.
Screenshot of a comment saying: *”Fascinating interview about universal storytelling! It reminds me of how crypto wallets have become their own ‘universal language’ in film financing—we recently helped recover $150K in ETH for an indie production company when their director’s wallet keys were lost during post-production (*case study*: CryptoPrivateKeyRecovery.net/creative). An unexpected parallel: Just as Rankin’s film explores communication barriers, many creatives hit walls when blockchain transactions fail due to simple key management oversights. Would love to see a filmmaker tackle this modern dilemma—the tension between crypto’s borderless promise and the very real risk of assets vanishing into the digital void!”*
May 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Welp, just turf Aussie films into the plagiarism machine and this is what you get on the other end.
An image of a man leaning against a car. He's wearing a blue shirt and denim pants. He's talking to a woman in a blouse. The car is blue and is a convertible. They're in a car port.
May 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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That's not your head though. That's the stolen head of H.R. Giger.
A screenshot of an AI video with a man standing in a very Giger-esque place. His back is to us. Above is the text 'This is pretty close to the day to day feeling of being an artist living in your own head.'
May 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Always love seeing Aussie films being reviewed abroad, especially when written with a considered and informed approach like Jourdain does here.
Aboriginal Australian director Warwick Thornton has been making films that center his people for decades. His work has been a welcome counter-programming to Australia’s predominantly white media offerings. Much like the Native American population in America and the First Nations people in Canada, the story of Aboriginal Australians is often defined by imperialism and colonialism. Native populations around the world throughout history have been pushed off their land and forced to adopt Western Christian values to create a whitewashed dominant culture. The young Aboriginals in “The New Boy” are acquired like property, thrust into a new world where they don’t know the language and face an uncertain future.
May 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Got to chat with Isabella Tree about her conservation work, which has then been transposed into the new doco Wilding.

Listen to a little - or a lot - below.

www.thecurb.com.au/wilding-inte...
May 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Matthew Rankin's Universal Language is one of the best films of the year.

@finnwritesdall.com reviews ahead of the films release in Australia tomorrow.

www.thecurb.com.au/universal-la...
the Curb template Review Universal Language is a revolutionary exercise in culture, wit, and most of all, fun An image of a person standing in front of a group of people, all wrapped in winter weather gear. They stand in front of a brown brick building. Name: Finnlay Dall thecurb.com.au Three dots - black, yellow, red @thecurbau
May 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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I am old as I don't know who half of these people are. But also...

Margo Dunne is neat.
Complete match list Jonathan Byers (Stranger Things): 91% Brooks Hatlen (The Shawshank Redemption): 88% Charlie Kelmeckis (The Perks of Being a Wallflower): 88% Landry Clarke (Friday Night Lights): 87% Konstantin 'Kostya' Levin (Anna Karenina): 87% Connell Waldron (Normal People): 87% Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby): 86% Amy Antsler (Booksmart): 86% Anita 'Needy' Lesnicki (Jennifer's Body): 86% Hughie Campbell (The Boys): 86% Evan (Superbad): 85% Matt Saracen (Friday Night Lights): 85% Wes Gibbins (How To Get Away With Murder): 85% Joel Barish (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind): 85% Margo Dunne (Gone Girl): 85% Kif Kroker (Futurama): 85% Will Byers (Stranger Things): 85% Aimee Finecky (The Spectacular Now): 85% Otis Milburn (Sex Education): 85% Davos Seaworth (Game of Thrones): 84% Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games): 84% The Tin Man (The Wizard of Oz): 84% Linus Caldwell (Ocean's 11): 84% Andy Dufresne (The Shawshank Redemption): 84% Columbus (Zombieland): 84%
May 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Thomas M. Wright is just one of the 70 voices in Lonely Spirits and the King: An Australian Film Book. He talks about the films quiet violence and about the sounds of the film in the book.

Now available in book stores, online, and via TheCurb.com.au.
The Stranger director Thomas M. Wright on the flexibility of cinema. 'Cinema is such a flexible medium. There's nothing that you can't make a compelling story about and no way that you couldn't make that story compelling. But it's going to come down idiosyncratically to the individuals who are making that film. It's a strange alchemy. I want to see people who think in a completely different way, who are completely unaligned with me and what I'm trying to set out to do. Whose departure point is different and whose expression is different. I love the diversity of cinema.' A bearded man sits staring deep into the camera. He has a black suit on. Text underneath says: Thomas M. Wright is the AACTA award-winning filmmaker behind the 2022 thriller The Stranger. Text: Thomas M. Wright explores the quiet violence of The Stranger, and tells us about the sounds you're not supposed to hear in its aural landscaping in Lonely Spirits and the King: An Australian Film Book. Available in Book stores and thecurb.com.au now. Image of the cover of Lonely Spirits and the King, showing two people standing on top of the big ram.
May 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM