The Curb
284 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWelcome to The Curb. A show that's all about Australian culture, film reviews, interviews, and a whole lot more...
Here, you'll find discussions with Australian creatives about their work and their role in Australian culture.
To find out more about what this podcast and website is about, head over to this post.
Support The Curb on Patreon, and make sure to follow us on Facebook. Contact with us via our email.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Katherine Grace on Working with Friend Holly Dodd on the Horror Short Alison & Betty
April 10, 2024 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBThere's something in the water in Perth that leads to a creative movement from local filmmakers who push through microbudget limitations to tell engaging and inventive stories on screen. For emerging filmmakers Katherine Grace and Holly Dodd, that drive for creativity comes in the form of working together as actors and directors on a duo of short films. For Holly, it's the short horror Consumed, a story of a young woman who suffers from sleep paralysis, while for Katherine, her short film Al...
The Road to Patagonia Director Matty Hannon Talks About Living with the Land in This Interview
March 17, 2024 21:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBAs a young man, Matty Hannon explored the world, sinking roots in the Southeast Asian region. Here, he made lifelong friends, became part of families, and fostered a connection with the land that was ultimately severed when he had to return home to Australia to kick off a 'career'. The towering metal structures that became the home for his monotonous office life played a major role in an emerging mental illness that saw Matty at a crossroads: continue on with this corporate career life and p...
The Deepest Breath Composer Nainita Desai On the Art of Composing for Documentaries
March 02, 2024 04:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBNainita Desai is an award-winning composer whose work has spanned creative formats, from documentaries like The Reason I Jump where she won an Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition, to TV series like Funny Women, to video games like Telling Lies and Immortality. With over 150 credits to her name, Nainita is nothing short of prolific. In the following interview, Nainita talks about her journey into becoming a composer and how Peter Gabriel impacted her career. While we don't touch on her ed...
Daniel Monks Talks Through His Career From Pulse to In the Room Where He Waits in This Interview
February 29, 2024 09:30 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBDaniel Monks is an award winning theatre and film actor who hails from Perth, Western Australia. He received an AACTA nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the feature film Pulse, a story about a disabled teen who undergoes radical surgery to turn into a beautiful woman in a bid to be loved and embraced. Daniel wrote the script and worked with his close friend, Stevie Cruz-Martin, as a director. It's a film that helped launch his career as an actor in both Australia and London, whe...
Carl Joseph Papa Talks About How Richard Linklater Influenced His Rotoscoped Animation The Missing in This Interview
February 17, 2024 03:29 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBListeners should note that the following interview contains discussions on childhood sexual abuse and trauma. Writer-director Carl Joseph Papa's The Missing follows Eric (Carlo Aquino), a young man who lives alone, maintains a crush on his coworker Carlo (Gio Gahol), and has a strong bond with his mother Rosalinda (Dolly De Leon). Rosalinda's request for Eric to check in on his uncle who they haven't heard from in some time coincides with the presence of an alien. These unexpected events ca...
Carissa Lee Talks About Navigating Barriers in the Australian Arts System in This Interview
February 08, 2024 22:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBCarissa Lee is a Noongar actor and writer whose work spans from critical analysis, to theatre, to the new ABC Kids series, Planet Lulin, where she plays Principal Cruz. Carissa's critical work has appeared in publications like Kill Your Darlings, IndigenousX, and Witness Performance, where her writing examined culture and the arts through an Indigenous lens. In her must read piece on Kill Your Darlings, How Acting Saved My Life, she talks about the complexity that comes with navigating class...
Robert Connolly on Why Force of Nature Was His Hardest Film Shoot Yet in This Interview
February 07, 2024 22:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBRobert Connolly is one of Australia's great modern directors, having exploded onto the film scene some twenty years ago with The Bank, which was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director at the AFI awards, which he swiftly followed up with an impressive body of work that includes Paper Planes, The Turning, Balibo, Blueback, and the 2021 adaptation of Jane Harper's best seller, The Dry. That film, which featured Eric Bana as Detective Aaron Falk, set the box office afire in 2021 alongside...
Patricia Clarkson Talks About Working Alongside Trace Lysette in the LGBTIQA+ Drama Monica in This Interview
February 01, 2024 00:15 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBFor as long as I've been a devotee of cinema, I've followed the career of Patricia Clarkson. Patricia is a genuine queen of the screen, featuring in films like The Station Agent, Far From Heaven, The Green Mile, and Pieces of April, for which she received an Academy Award nomination. Her latest films is the magnificent drama film Monica, featuring Trace Lysette (Transparent, Hustlers) who plays the titular character, a trans woman who poses as a support worker to visit her dying mother, Euge...
Sundance Interview - The Moogai Cinematographer Sean Ryan Talks About Crafting Tension on Screen for this Aboriginal Horror Film
January 26, 2024 04:30 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBJon Bell's unsettling 2021 short film, The Moogai, receives the feature film treatment with his 2024 horror of the same name. Making its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, The Moogai follows in the steps of other Australian horror films (Talk to Me, Relic, You Won't Be Alone) to have left their mark at the fest. It follows the story of Indigenous couple Sarah (Shari Sebbens) and Fergus (Meyne Wyatt) as they welcome their new child into the world. However, Sarah's birth is a traum...
Bad Vibrations Writer/Director Nicole Delprado and Annabel Maclean Talking About Flickerfest and Creating Tension with a Theramine in This Interview
January 17, 2024 11:37 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBAustralian horror is experiencing something of a renaissance at the moment with the box office boom of Talk to Me, and the critical success of Godless, Monolith, You'll Never Find Me, Birdeater, and so many more. As we leave 2023 in the dust and we head into 2024, we want to start the year by continuing this celebration of ocker horror with the new short film Bad Vibrations, which makes its world premiere at Flickerfest on Saturday January 20 in the Best of Australian Shorts bunch. Writer/Di...
The First Episode of 2024
January 17, 2024 10:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBTo help support The Curb on Patreon, please visit Patreon.com/TheCurbAu. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Christmess Writer/Director Heath Davis Talks About Creating His Best Film Yet in This Interview
December 01, 2023 02:47 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBAussie indie filmmaker powerhouse Heath Davis is back with his fourth feature film, Christmess. This seasonally appropriate flick follows on fom his grounded work with his solid debut film Broke, in 2016. Heath quickly followed this up with the black comedy Book Week, before swerving into thriller territory with Locusts. Here we follow washed up alcoholic actor Chris Flint - the never better Steve Le Marquand - who's getting out of rehab just in time for Christmas. He arrives at the halfway...
Isla's Way Director Marion Pilowsky Talks About the Importance of Seeing the Story of an 87-Year-Old Woman in a Cinema in This Interview
November 29, 2023 06:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBMuch of what I do with The Curb is in a bid to shine a light on voices that may not often get the chance to be heard. That mindset carries through with director Marion Pilowsky's tenderly empathetic and joyfully curious documentary Isla's Way. Here we meet Isla Roberts. Isla isn't a lesbian. She's not a lezzo. She's not a dyke. She's just Isla Roberts. She lives with her 'friend' Susan and throughout the course of the film we hear their stories. Isla is persistent and resilient, living for...
Cat Person Director Susanna Fogel Talks About Presenting the Grey Area of Modern Dating on Screen in This Interview
November 22, 2023 06:00 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBWhen the short story Cat Person by Kristen Roupenian was published in The New Yorker in 2017, it immediately went viral with readers resonating with the way modern day dating can quickly turn toxic. It's a compelling place for director Susanna Fogel to build from with her adaptation of the short story, scripted by Michelle Ashford. Here, Cat Person follows Emilia Jones' Margot, a ticket person at a cinema in America. She awkwardly encounters Robert, played by Nicholas Braun, and eventually ...
Scott Hicks Talks About Exploring The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process in This Interview
November 17, 2023 03:25 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBScott Hicks is an Academy Award nominated director, with his Best Picture nominated film Shine bringing his work to international attention, alongside the work of the films subject, pianist David Helfgott. We're now some twenty-six years removed from the release of Shine, and the echoes of its impact continues to resonate within the creative minds of those who have become vessels for music. In Scott's latest film, The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process, he explores just how that well of cr...
Bromley: Light After Dark - David & Yuge Bromley and Director Sean McDonald Chat About Creating a Space for Open Vulnerability in This Interview
November 15, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBEvery so often a presence swirls into our lives in an unexpected manner and changes it just a little bit. For many Australians, whether they be wealthy or not-so-wealthy, that presence is David Bromley. Here is a celebrated artist whose work features on the walls of galleries and private art collectors, while the same artwork adorns cologne labels, reusable water bottles, and more. As mentioned in Sean McDonald's raucous and energetic documentary Bromley: Light After Dark, in Australian ci...
A Savage Christmas Director Madeleine Dyer Talks About Crafting a Comedic Aussie Christmas in This Interview
November 15, 2023 04:55 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBMadeleine Dyer is a writer, actor, director, and producer, whose body of work includes the 2017 comedy series Sexy Herpes, the acclaimed comedy series Colin from Accounts, where she worked with her sister Harriet Dyer, and now her latest film, A Savage Christmas, out in cinemas on 16 November 2023. A Savage Christmas tells the story of the Savage family as they meet for a sweaty summer Christmas in Queensland. After years of estrangement, trans woman Davina, played by Thea Raveneua, returns...
Bird Drone Director Radheya Jegatheva Talks About Perth Sunsets and Seagulls in This Interview
November 09, 2023 21:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBRadheya Jegatheva is a Perth based filmmaker. His work includes the award winning short Pacing the Pool, about Perth local Richard Pace, and The Quiet, an animated film about an astronaut contemplating existence. His latest short animated film, Bird Drone, is a collaboration with writer Clare Toonen and producer Hannah Ngo. It tells the story of a seagull who finds an unexpected connection with a human-operated drone. Presented in a striking painterly style, this animation features a wonder...
Damage Director Madeleine Blackwell Talks About Working Alongside Ali Al Jenabi to Bring This Story of Humanity to Life in This Interview
November 08, 2023 04:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBWith her delicate and gentle drama Damage, director Madeleine Blackwell has crafted a parable that layers grief, trauma, a sense of location and what it means to live away from home, and more into an emotionally enriching experience. Damage follows Ali, played by Ali Al Jenabi, a refugee in Australia using a friends taxi license to earn some small aspect of a living. As he drives the streets of Adelaide at night, he picks up Esther, played by Madeleine's mother Imelda Bourke. Esther is a lo...
My Darling in Stirling Director Bill Mousoulis Talks About Creating a Musical in the Adelaide Hills in This Interview
November 02, 2023 23:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBFilmmaker, critic, and cultural historian Bill Mousoulis has forged a career as, in the truest sense of the word, an independent filmmaker in Australia. His filmography spans over decades, with his works showcasing a keen sense of curiosity for the world around him, whether it be Greece, Melbourne, or as in his latest film My Darling in Stirling, the humble city of Stirling in the Adelaide Hills. In the following interview, recorded ahead of the world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival,...
Foe Director Garth Davis Talks About Creating a Human Connection on Screen with Saorise Ronan and Paul Mescal in This Interview
October 31, 2023 23:00 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBGarth Davis is a filmmaker who has explored the human need for connection in his films. Whether it's in his Best Picture nominee Lion, or in his latest film, Foe, that sense of being one with the person you love is a tangible thread throughout his career. In the following interview, Garth talks about that sense of connection, while also talking about one of the core themes of the film: Artificial Intelligence. Foe stars Saoirse Ronan as Hen and Paul Mescal as Junior. They are Midwest lovers...
Anupam Sharma Breaks Down His Documentary Brand Hollywood Downunder in This Interview
October 30, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBFilmmaker Anupam Sharma talks about his new documentary Brand Bollywood Downunder in this in depth interview which touches on the cross-cultural relationship between India and Australia on screen, what makes a Bollywood film a Bollywood film, and about the Australian Indian Visual Co-Production treaty. Anupam is the director of cross-culture films like UNindian and The Run, and has worked on a line producer for major Bollywood films like Love Story 2050 and Prem Aggan, both of which feature...
Paullina Simons Talks About Her New Novel Light at Lavelle and the Emotionality of Her Characters in This Interview
October 27, 2023 02:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBIn this episode, Andrew interviews celebrated author Paullina Simons about her latest novel, Light at Lavelle. It tells the story Finn Evans, a Bostonian banker who at the end of the 1920s finds his life unexpectedly swirling into the orbit of Isabelle Lazar, a young Ukrainian farmer. Light at Lavelle takes readers on a journey over the breadth of its five hundred plus pages of romance fiction through stories of war, unspeakable hardships, and the unexpected unions that arise during these di...
Monolith Director Matt Vesely Talks About Why South Australia is the Hotbed for Genre Filmmaking Right Now in This Interview
October 25, 2023 03:08 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBOn this episode, Andrew chats with director Matt Vesely about his feature film debut Monolith. Monolith is a chilling sci-fi thriller follows a journalist, played by Lily Sullivan, whose livelihood is at stake after a defamation case threatens her career. In a bid to escape the pressure of the case, she heads to her parents remote home and starts working on a podcast called Beyond Believable, a show that looks at unbelievable true stories. Over the following taut and tense ninety minutes, t...
Editor William Goldenberg and Costume Designer Charlese Antoinette Jones Talk About Working on Ben Affleck's Air in These Interviews
October 22, 2023 05:35 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBIn this double interview episode, Andrew chats with two of the creative minds behind Ben Affleck's latest film, Air. Air tells the story of how sports marketing executive Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon) pursued Michael Jordan and changed history for Nike and basketball with the creation of the iconic Air Jordan shoe. First up is Academy Award winning editor William Goldenberg who reunites with Affleck for the fourth time, having won the Best Editing Oscar for Argo. Bill talks about the short han...
Love is in the Air Director Adrian Powers Talks About Working with Delta Goodrem in Paradise in This Interview
October 12, 2023 21:58 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBOn this episode, Andrew chats to writer, director, and editor Adrian Powers about his new film Love is in the Air. This romantic drama tells the story of Dana, played by Delta Goodrem in her return to acting. Dana is a seaplane pilot in Far North Queensland and when she's not monitoring the region from the skies, she's delivering much needed supplies to remote communities. Her job is thrown into disarray when the business that helps fund the operation sends the handsome William (Joshua Sasse...
Suka Director Heidi Lee Douglas Talks About Shooting Neon-Noir Action on the Streets of Western Sydney in This Interview
October 04, 2023 11:28 - 17 minutes - 15.3 MBIn this episode, Andrew interview filmmaker Heidi Lee Douglas about her new film Suka. Written by Tsu Shan Chambers and Lily Cheng, this neon-soaked action flick tells a story that spans decades, detailing the the fury that rages between two feuding families in Western Sydney. Suka is both a multi-cultural Romeo and Juliet style revenge film, with a touch of real-life events thrown into the mix. In this interview Heidi talks about the importance of casting actors who could handle both the ...
Matthew Holmes Talks About the Tangible Tension of Thriller Film The Cost in This Interview
October 04, 2023 04:09 - 51 minutes - 46.2 MBListeners are advised that this podcast includes mention of sexual assault and trauma. In this episode, Andrew interviews writer and director Matthew Holmes about his latest film, The Cost. This is a searing vigilante thriller that tells the story of two men, David and Aaron, who abduct the newly released felon Troy to inflict their own version of justice and retribution. While on paper The Cost appears to be a routine rape-revenge film, it eschews the genre trappings to become a grounded t...
Rebel With a Cause Producers Dena Curtis and Citt Williams Talk About Amplifying First Nations Trailblazers in This Interview
September 29, 2023 10:11 - 32 minutes - 29.2 MBIn this episode Andrew interviews Dena Curtis and Citt Williams who are the producers behind the new NITV four part series Rebel With a Cause. This compelling and engaging documentary series follows four First Nations trailblazers - Senator Neville Bonner, poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal, magistrate Pat O'Shane, and radio presenter and media icon Tiga Bayles - and ultimately asks the question of what does it take to make a difference in the world? In the following interview Dena and Citt talk about...
Jack Dignan Opens Up About His Found Footage Horror Flick Puzzle Box in This Interview
September 21, 2023 18:00 - 34 minutes - 30.6 MBOn this episode Andrew chats with Aussie filmmaker Jack Dignan about his found footage horror film, Puzzle Box. Olivia (Laneikka Denne) heads out to a remote house in the woods to help her sister Kait (Kaitlyn Boyé) rehabilitate and escape her life of addiction. Olivia aims to document the process, almost in a way to show how far Kait will heal and change. Little does she know, instead of documenting Kait's rehabilitation, she instead manages to document the labyrinth-like house that they b...
1946 Academy Award Best Picture Winner: The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler) - Awards Don't Matter
September 20, 2023 10:54 - 49 minutes - 44.3 MBOh hey, would you believe it, Awards Don't Matter is back. After almost a two year break, we're back with an episode from the vault where David Giannini and Andrew F Peirce discuss the 1946 Best Picture winner The Best Years of Our Lives. Winner of an impressive seven Academy Awards, including Best Director (William Wyler), Best Actor (Frederic March), and Best Supporting Actor (Harold Russell), The Best Years of Our Lives is widely considered one of the great Best Picture winners. But don...
Glenn Fraser and Amelia Foxton Unleash About Their Wicked Horror Flick Mother Tongue in This Interview
September 20, 2023 09:31 - 50 minutes - 45.5 MBOn this episode, Andrew chats with the filmmaking duo Glenn Fraser and Amelia Foxton about their latest film Mother Tongue, which screens at the upcoming A Night of Horror International Film Festival alongside Ursula Dabrowsky's The Devil's Work on September 28 2023. Mother Tongue tells the wickedly humourous tale of Alex (Chiara Gizzi) and Jade (Amelia Foxton), a couple who are trying to have a child, yet struggle to do so. After trying all manner of methods, and finding that biology is n...
JJ Winlove Talks Crossing Paths and June Again in This Interview
September 18, 2023 22:41 - 34 minutes - 30.2 MBFilmmaker JJ Winlove has managed an impressive feat for Australian film: having two films released in the same year. With the emotional June Again featuring a trio of excellent performances from Noni Hazelhurst, Claudia Karvan, and Stephen Curry, joining the immersive cinematic experience Crossing Paths, an interactive journey through Sydney as the audiences decides which of the twelve characters stories to follow. Screening to sold out audiences at the Sydney Film Festival, Crossing Paths ...
The Land Director Ingvar Kenne Talks About Fractured Friendships and Unresolved Trauma in This Interview
September 14, 2023 17:00 - 31 minutes - 27.9 MBOn this episode I chat with director Ingvar Kenne about his haunting film The Land, which screened in 2022 at the Sydney Underground Film Festival and Europe's Snowdance Film Festival where Ingvar won the Best Direction Award. The Land follows Jeremy, played by Steve Rodgers, and Neets, played by Anna Lise Philips, a couple who have a life that many would envy. They have a three-bedroom house, they have a busy family, and they've been married for fourteen years. They also have a remote pro...
Paco Director Tim Carlier Talks About Crafting Joy with a Community of Creative Souls in This Interview
September 13, 2023 09:18 - 35 minutes - 31.2 MBOn this episode Andrew turns into a bit of a fanboy as he chats with writer and director Tim Carlier about his feature film Paco. This charming and quirky flick follows Manny, played by Manuel Ashman, a sound recordist who is working on a film set one day and has the worst thing happen to him: one of the actors has walked off with a radio microphone. As many people continually tell him, that's a 'very bad thing'. As he heads off after a long day of filming to find his awol radio microphone...
You'll Never Find Me Directors Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen Talk About Sonic Landscapes and Tangible Tension in This Interview
August 16, 2023 07:25 - 36 minutes - 32.6 MBOn this episode, Andrew talks with co-directors Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen about their first feature film, You'll Never Find Me. Building on their impressive short film work with Call Connect. and The Recordist, You'll Never Find Me sees a visitor, played by Jordan Cowan, who knocks on the door of Patrick, played by Brendan Rock. She's lost and it's pouring outside, and in the middle of nowhere, his caravan is the only source of sanctuary that she could find. Or is it? What follows is a...
Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism Director Nick Kozakis Talks About Weaving an Ambiguous Horror Story in This Interview
August 09, 2023 10:26 - 33 minutes - 30 MBOn this episode, Andrew talks with Nick Kozakis, the director behind the unsettling horror film, Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism. Based on true events, Godless tells the story of Lara, played by Georgia Eyers, and her husband Ron, played by Dan Ewing. Lara has been living with delirious episodes, and instead of following the advice of medical practictioners, Ron instead seeks out the work of Daniel, played by Tim Pocock, an unofficial exorcist. What follows is a horrifying, unsettling and u...
Birdeater Directors Jack Clark and Jim Weir Talk About Modern Masculinity and the Legacy of Wake in Fright in This Interview
August 09, 2023 08:58 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBOn this episode, Andrew talks with the filmmakers behind one of the most anxiety provoking films of the year: Birdeater. Jack Clark and Jim Weir are co-directors, with Jack writing the script for this story about a bachelor party that takes horrifying and wild turns. Part thriller, part character piece, always intense, Birdeater is a film that owes its existence to the legacy of the classic Aussie film: Wake in Fright. In the following discussion, Jack and Jim talk about the influence of W...
King Coal Director Elaine McMillion Sheldon Talks Exploring the Complicated Past and Future of the Fossil Fuel in This Interview
August 08, 2023 07:07 - 35 minutes - 31 MBdocumentary King Coal. Told in an intimate and reflective manner, King Coal details the history of the all powerful fossil fuel in Appalachia, stretching back in time to the foundation of the mining region and utilising the imagery of the coal miner's daughter to explore the myth and dominance that the black rock has on the region. King Coal never condemns those who have worked in and relied on the mining industry as a source of income or stability, with Elaine's supportive narration being...
Lola Blanc Talks About Her Short Film Pruning and Exploring Extreme Views in the Media in Genre Films
July 27, 2023 22:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBOn this episode, Andrew chats with American filmmaker Lola Blanc about her new short film Pruning. This creepy flick follows a Fox News adjacent political commentator, played by Madeline Brewer, who finds herself in a moral conflict when a mass shooter cites her as an influence for their actions. Over fifteen minutes, Lola Blanc forces viewers to question the morality of those who spout reactionary and inflammatory comments in the media, all the while trying to distance themselves from the ...
Talk to Me Directors Michael and Danny Philippou Chat About This Effed Up Flick
July 26, 2023 08:25 - 25 minutes - 22.6 MBOn this episode, I get to chat with Danny and Michael Philippou aka RackaRacka about their bonkers and brutal horror film debut Talk to Me, which lands in cinemas tomorrow. This fucked up flick is a possession story mixed with a touch of social commentary. Ultimately though, it's a film with no safety nets. It’s not mucking about at all. Talk to Me intends to make you have one of the most unsettling nights watching a horror film, and the best part is that the Philippou’s know that you’re g...
We Get Deep and Meaningful with Frank and Frank Actor Myles Pollard and Writer-Director Adam Morris in This Interview
July 10, 2023 07:36 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBThis interview contains discussion of mental health issues and suicide. Albany based filmmaker Adam Morris returns to the region with his second feature film, Frank and Frank (or the Valley and the Walrus: Ruminations on the Mystery from Soup to Nuts). This introspective and explorative film follows Frank (Myles Pollard), a faith and financial influencer whose life is in turmoil as he faces a potential divorce as he heads out on a talking tour. In the throes of despair, Frank chances upo...
Devil's Peak Director Ben Young Talks About Working with Billy Bob Thornton and Robin Wright in This Interview
July 10, 2023 05:57 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBOn this episode, I chat with WA local Ben Young about his new film, Devil's Peak, which features Robin Wright, Billy Bob Thornton, Hopper Penn, Jackie Earl Haley, and regular collaborator, Emma Booth. It's a thriller set in the Appalachian Mountains and focuses on a family torn apart by drug related crime. In this chat, Ben talks about working with mother-son relationship with Robin and Hopper, as well as the grounded nature of someone like Billy Bob Thornton. He also gives open advice abo...
Robert Machoian Talks About The Integrity of Joseph Chambers and the Modern American Man in This Interview
July 10, 2023 05:42 - 35 minutes - 31.3 MBRobert Machoian is an independent American filmmaker who continues to stun with a body of work that is emotionally shocking, and at times, darkly comedic. His previous film, The Killing of Two Lovers, stands as one of the towering achievements of modern American indie filmmaking, and it's with that strength and the fortitude of low budget filmmaking that he turns the story of a man trying to do the right thing for his family into a darkly comedic tragedy with The Integrity of Joseph Chambers...
When One of Us Hurts Author Monica Vuu Talks Crime and Tasmania in This Interview
July 05, 2023 08:15 - 21 minutes - 19.1 MBOn this episode I chat with new author Monica Vuu about her first novel, When One of Us Hurts. This is a tight thriller set in a small coastal town. Tragedy has struck the region with a baby being abandoned at a lighthouse, while a teenager has drowned. The novel unravels in captivating fashion, following two characters - Livvy and Marie. Monica's writing vividly brings the their stories to life, leading to a gripping conclusion. In this interview, Monica talks about how she started writin...
Trained to See Director Luzia Schmid Talks About Reviving the Lost Stories of Women Journalists in This Interview
June 17, 2023 04:28 - 29 minutes - 25.9 MBOn this episode, Andrew chats with director Luzia Schmid about her stunning documentary Trained to See, which is screening at the Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival. It will launch at the in person screening on June 17, with online sessions available to everyone in Australia afterwards. Trained to See tells the story of three American women journalists - Martha Gellhorn, Lee Miller, and Margaret Bourke-White - who each documented the Second World War in a fearless manner, putting themse...
Flyways Director Randall Wood Talks About Saving Shorebirds in This Interview
May 10, 2023 10:17 - 26 minutes - 22.8 MBFlyways is a visually stunning and emotionally enriching film about three different groups of endangered migratory shorebirds from around the globe. Each of these birds fly thousands of kilometers around the globe through migratory routes, traversing hemispheres and continents to reach breeding grounds. Often they will fly days without food or water. Directed and shot by Randall Wood, Flyways is a passionate film that presents parts of the avian species that are threatened by humanity alon...
The Blue Caftan Director Maryam Touzani Talks Emotional Intimacy and Sharing Personal Stories with the World in This Interview
March 17, 2023 00:55 - 35 minutes - 31.5 MBThe Blue Caftan screens at Perth Festival from March 20th to 26th, before having a theatrical release in cinemas. Maryam Touzani’s sublime and sweet drama, The Blue Caftan, is a film that will stick with me for a long time. Filmed in Morocco, a region of the world where gay relationships come with a criminal sentence, this tells the story of Halim (Saleh Bakri), a maalem, or a master tailor, who works with the support of his wife Mina (Lubna Azabal) to craft stunning, intricate and perso...
Dissociation Director Clayton Orgles Talks About the WA Made Film Festival and Horror in This Interview
February 22, 2023 05:24 - 17 minutes - 15.3 MBKaya, welcome to The Curb podcast. My name is Andrew Peirce and this podcast is recorded in Boorloo, Perth, Wadjuk Nation, and I pay respect to the elders past present and emerging. On this episode, Andrew talks with director Clayton Orgles, whose latest film Dissociation, a retelling of the HP Lovecraft story The Picture in the House, is screening at the Long Shorts, Short Longs session at the WA Made Film Festival. This impressive short horror film utilises the countryside of Western Aust...
The Longest Weekend Director Molly Haddon Talks Queer Screen, Creating Genuine Family Connections on Screen, and More in This Interview
February 19, 2023 02:28 - 26 minutes - 23.3 MBOn this episode, filmmaker Molly Haddon talks about her brilliant indie family drama The Longest Weekend, which tells the story of three siblings Lou (Mia Artemis), Avery (Elly Hiraani Clapin), and Rio (Adam Golledge), who are each going through a personal crisis and congregate at their mother's (Tammy MacIntosh) home to support one another and work their way through familial tensions. The Longest Weekend is a wonderful performed triple hander, with rich dialogue and narrative that comes f...