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Welcome to the Curb. This is the podcast where we bring you in depth interviews with filmmakers, creatives, and curators of culture. This podcast is recorded in Boorloo, Western Australia. SupportThe CurbonPatreon, and make sure to follow us onFacebook. Contact with us via ouremail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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34:02

Archie Lush, Alex Power & Mark Zanosov on building...

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2025/05/18

Co-writer and actor Archie Lush, director Alex Power, and producer Mark Zanosov take us to the streets of Fremantle, Western Australia, where their short film Blunt pushes us into the simmering heat of the kitchen. Under the spatter of duck fat and the glint of sharp knives is the mounting pressure of being a top tier chef, a notion that's amplified by Archie Lush's emerging culinary creative need to try and save his fathers struggling restaurant. Shot with a vivid realisation from one of

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19:11

Lars and the Real Girl Umbrella Entertainment Blu-Ray...

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2025/04/30

Lars and the Real Girl is Craig Gillespie's 2007 indie comedy-drama about a man who has an unconventional relationship with a sex doll. That man is a young Ryan Gosling, who is supported by Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Patricia Clarkson, and Bianca the Doll.Umbrella Entertainment have released an impressive collectors edition of the film which features custom artwork, a poster, artcards, essays, an audio commentary by Thomas Caldwell, and more.Nadine Whitney reviews the film, the disc, and the

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40:13

Gold Coast Film Festival: Jane Larkin on the lived-in...

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2025/04/28

Before commencing her career as a filmmaker, Jane Larkin was an Australian representative sprinter, pushing her body to the limits on the track. In the moments of preparation, cooldowns, and every minute in between, Jane was building friendships, learning from fellow athletes, and seeing a world of sports that we rarely get to see in cinema.After shifting over to acting in 2018, Jane embraced roles in films like Ron Howard's Thirteen Lives and the Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe, before

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14:44

German Film Festival: Andres Veiel on the urgency of...

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2025/04/27

Andres Veiel's latest documentary, Riefenstahl, delves into the dark and deep archive of the private estate of Leni Riefenstahl, exposing the deep ties the filmmaker had with the Nazi regime. Andres uses footage and correspondence from Riefenstahl's own personal records, including hidden interviews and documents that present a different side of a director who has been both acclaimed and criticised for her role in the rising Nazi regime.Riefenstahl is a powerful and impactful film that shows just how

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1:00:32

How Umbrella Entertainment physical media essays are...

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2025/04/18

And we're back with another review discussion with myself, Andrew, and my colleague Nadine Whitney. In this episode, we discuss the work that we both did on the Umbrella releases of Eyes Without a Face and Hounds of Love, while also discussing the importance of the supplementary materials that come with physical media releases, alongside the work that goes into writing or creating essays for physical media releases.We also discuss other current releases from Umbrella, including Metal Skin, and the

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35:26

Fantastic Film Festival: Bluebird director Darwin...

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2025/04/18

ion to our humanity. At twelve years of age, Darwin won the award for Best Film by a Child Producer, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing at the KidzFlicks awards for his short film Red Panda Man. He had previously made a claymation short film called My Eco Friendly House. Darwin then also was a Tropfest Jr finalist for his short Milk. Again, he was only twelve years old at the time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZDIpQoomYFlash forward a decade and Darwin's creative streak continues with his

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29:03

The Correspondent director Kriv Stenders on the need...

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2025/04/16

In December 2013, Australian journalist Peter Greste, alongside fellow Al Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, were arrested in Cairo, Egypt under charges of holding illegal meetings with the Muslim Brotherhood, an organisation declared as a terrorist group by the Egyptian Interior Ministry.Kriv Stenders is a prolific Australian filmmaker, with his work spanning features, documentaries, and TV series. His latest film, The Correspondent, translates this period of Greste's life,

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1:07:43

Lou Sanz on engaging with empathy with the pitch...

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2025/03/19

In 2024, director Natalie Bailey and writer Lou Sanz unleashed Audrey onto audiences in Australia and America. Here's a film that I called a caustic comedy that rains like refreshing acid rain. Here's the story of a mum, Ronnie (played by Jackie van Beek), who opts to literally take over the life of her daughter Audrey (Josephine Blazier) when she ends up in a coma after an accident.This immaculately layered comedy film arrived in a time where Australian audiences are calling for more Aussie

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51:12

Alice Maio Mackay on the new wave of transgender cinema

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2025/03/19

At just twenty years old, transgender wunderkind Alice Maio Mackay has crafted a filmography that would make most seasoned professionals envious. Alice's filmography is built within a defiantly independent space that centres queer stories on screen. From 2021's short film The Serpent's Nest, to the run of genre defying horror and sci-fi feature films that includes 2021's So Vam, 2022's Bad Girl Boogey, 2023's T-Blockers and Satranic Panic, and 2024's Carnage for Christmas, Alice has showed other

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37:44

Zachary Ruane and Alexei Toliopoulos on becoming...

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2025/03/13

For decades, David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz were Australian film reviewing royalty, having built up a loyal following with their weekly show on SBS,The Movie Show. The 90s and early 00s was the peak of David & Margaret’s influence over Australian audiences. What they recommended, people would head out and go and see.Both David and Margaret are staunch supporters of cinema, becoming advocates for all kinds of cinema and decrying the impacts of censorship. While both have played roles in the

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16:25

Alliance Française French Film Festival Reviews:...

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2025/03/12

This podcast is also recorded in Naarm, Victoria, with fellow critic Nadine Whitney reviewing two of the films screening at the 2025 Alliance Française French Film Festival.In the following reviews, Nadine discusses Anne Fontaine's Bolero and Éric Besnard's Miss Violet.For all the festival details and to purchase tickets, visit AFFrenchFilmFestival.org.If you want to find out more about the work we do on The Curb, then head over to TheCurb.com.au. We are a completely independent and ad free website

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44:29

Residence director Matt Mirams gets bloody honest...

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2025/03/02

Matt Mirams is a indie creative who has over two decades of experience as a musician, actor, director, theatresports enthusiast, and independent filmmaker. His latest film, Residence, is a bloody zombie comedy that sees Australia inflicted by a brain eating parasite that turns its hosts into mindless zombies that wander the countryside looking for their next victim.It's also a biting satire about the consumerist world we live in, asking whether it's the mind-sapping parasites that have turned us

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27:34

Sundance Film Festival: "This is my advocacy" - Gen_...

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2025/01/30

Gianluca Matarrese's gentle documentary Gen_ opens with overwhelming images of planets and stars. Or are they cells and aspects of human biology? As we lean in to the screen, curious about what we're seeing, the title, Gen, that's gen with an underscore, flits on screen, with a rotation appendage of possible word creations: genesis, genitals, genetics, generation, genealogy, gender, genes.Overlaying this is a chaos of noise and radio chatter from around the globe. European figures discuss trans

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1:08:34

Nosferatu | Better Man | We Live in Time | How to...

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2025/01/10

Andrew F Peirce and Nadine Whitney delve into the darkness of Robert Eggers latest horror Nosferatu, before diving onto the dance floor with Michael Gracey's Better Man. Time gets out of order with John Crowley's latest weepy, We Live in Time, followed by a soapbox chat about the AACTA award nominated adaptation of Paul Kelly's iconic song, How to Make Gravy.Listen to Andrew's interview with John Crowley here.Film recommendations this week include the superb documentary I Used to Be Normal: A

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51:21

Die Bully Die Directors Nathan Lacey & Nick Lacey on...

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2025/01/02

Die Bully Die is a short film built on the notion of retribution and exorcising the pain inflicted by a high-school bully. Actors and writers Matthew Backer & Drew Weston are directed by Nathan Lacey & Nick Lacey, and collectively they bring forth a horror comedy that shows in bloody fantasy sequences how a victim might just want to throw that pain back at their inflictor.Die Bully Die was the winner of the Sydney Film Festival Dendy Award for Best Short Fiction, and is nominated for Best

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45:08

Queer | Babygirl | The Room Next Door - Podcast Review

the Curb ·

2024/12/31

Welcome to the first episode of The Curb review podcast, where Andrew F Peirce and Nadine Whitney catch up to talk through recent cinema, while also recommending a feature film from the past to catch up on. In this first episode, we delve into the relationships in William S. Burrough’s Queer, directed by Luca Guadagnino and adapted for the screen by Justin Kuritzkes, with Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Lesley Manville, and Jason Schwartzman. This discussion flows into talking about Halina Reijn’s

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27:09

Robert Connolly & Alison Lester Talk About Journeying...

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2024/12/30

For this final chat in the series, Andrew catches up with prolific Australian director Robert Connolly and celebrated children's author Alison Lester to talk about their new collaboration, Magic Beach.Magic Beach takes the Alison Lester's much-loved illustrated kids book and brings it to live with a series of vivid, vibrant, and invigorating animated shorts, made by some of Australia's finest visual talents: Lee Whitmore, Anthony Lucas, Marieka Walsh, Eddie White, Susan Danta, Jake Duczynski, Simon

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20:23

We Live in Time Director John Crowley Talks About...

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2024/12/29

For this chat, Andrew catches up with Irish director John Crowley to discuss his latest drama, We Live in Time.We Live in Time is an utterly brilliant drama the follows the lives of Andrew Garfield's Tobias and Florence Pugh's Almut in an out of sequence format. We flit from the past, to the present, to the future, with each moment acting as a new memory laid upon the next. This burgeoning relationship emerges into a family which emerges into a drama that will have you reaching for the tissues like

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48:18

Adam Elliot & Sarah Snook Talk About Bringing Heart...

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2024/12/28

On this episode, Andrew catches up with Academy Award winning master of stop motion animation, Adam Elliot, and Emmy award and AACTA award winning screen legend, Sarah Snook, to talk about their mollusk-motion flick, Memoir of a Snail.Memoir of a Snail is driven by the delightfully dark sense of comedy and a relatable pathos, both of which bring the off-kilter world of Grace Pudel (Sarah Snook) and her equally orphaned twin brother Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee) to life. It's a film that's resonated

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21:52

Kate Winslet on Bringing the True Story of Lee Miller...

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2024/12/27

Our second discussion is with Academy Award winning actress Kate Winslet who was recently nominated for a Golden Globe for her turn as photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller in Ellen Kuras' Lee. We first meet Lee in the months before WW2 commences, where Lee worked as a fashion model before forging a path for women journalists in wartime as she became a war correspondent for Vogue magazine.Lee's photography from that era is some of the finest work you will see focused on WW2, yet after the war, she

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