Ab Film Review & The Last New Wave

We all have a creative entity within us, but how do we get to that path of creativity? In Roger Ungers documentary, Finding Creativity, he seeks to answer that question by interviewing various creative minds, like a glass blower, a chef, a musician, and more. And, stretching deeper into the well of creativity, Andrew interviews Roger about his creative process. Finding Creativity screens at the 6th Melbourne Documentary Film Festival and tickets can be purchased here. Check out Rogers other work here, and read more about Finding Creativity on Cinema Australia here. The music featured at the end is by Rollo Grey. Support The Curb on Patreon, and make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Get in contact with us via our email.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is always home to a plethora of great and varied documentaries from around the globe. This year, the festival will host the deep and moving documentary, Batoor: A Refugee Journey by Walkely Award winning photojournalist, Barat Ali Batoor. Batoor: A Refugee Journey follows Batoor's path from Afghanistan through to Australia in search of safety and sanctuary. This powerful film comes at a devastating point in Australian history, where the Australian government is actively denying the refuge of countless Afghani citizens who assisted the Australian armed forces in the war against the Taliban. As mentioned in the interview, one of the support services that you can help by donating to is the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC). The other action you can do to help is to head over and watch Batoor: A Refugee Journey and share Batoor's story with the world. You can see Batoor: A Refugee Journey in Melbourne on July 22nd and August 1st, pending any further lockdown measures. He

We once again return to the world of Alfred Hitchcock's with the third of his Best Picture nominated films, Suspicion. Joan Fontaine won Best Actress for her performance as Lina, a young woman who falls for a suave and confident man named Johnnie, played with ultimate-comfort by Cary Grant. Dave defends his favourite Hitchcock, delving into the complexity of the narrative, the uncertainty of the ending, and the eroticism of wanting Cary Grant to 'step on your neck'. Dig on in to this episode of Awards Don't Matter and find out why this one matters.Oh, and everything you need to know about the AFL.Clips featured in this episode:Dinner Scene // Milk Scene // Joan Fontaine Talking About  Her Oscar WinWatch the original theatrical trailer below:Subscribe via RSS Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.Follow the hosts on social media at the links below:Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini – @DarnthatdaveAwards Don’t Matter – @AwardsDontPodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23gdJ0J6TY8Se

The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival kicks off its in-person in-cinema screenings on July 21st through to July 31st at the Cinema Nova. Screening at this years fest is the film, Mental as Everything: Damon Smith has estimated that he has spent around 50 thousand hours of his life, so far, participating in absurd ritualistic behaviors associated with his obsessive Compulsive Disorder. With the help of his anxious friend, Adam, these two, Australian musicians, share, with original music, preposterous humor, and outlandish animations, the intricate and debilitating nature of what it is like to live and talk about mental illness in a world where it's ok to talk about a broken arm but not ok to talk about a broken mind.https://mdff.org.au/films/mental-as-everything Andrew caught up with Damon to chat about how the film was made, what the creative process is like for a musician turned filmmaker, and the main theme of the film: mental health. It may sound like a dark subject on paper, but Mental as Everything emb

We arrive at maybe the most notorious and contentious Best Picture winners... ever? John Ford's How Green Was My Valley which triumphed over the 'Best Film Ever', Orson Welles Citizen Kane. In a possibly strident, and yet no less passionate, defense of How Green Was My Valley, co-hosts Dave and Andrew discuss John Ford's enduring classic, encouraging modern viewers to embrace this film without the shackles of its Oscar glory. Somehow we even wrap in a comparison to Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One.Listen to Dave's Top 25 Films of All Time list on Talk Film Society here.Oh, and also make sure to watch The Little Foxes too.Subscribe via RSS Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.Follow the hosts on social media at the links below:Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini – @DarnthatdaveAwards Don’t Matter – @AwardsDontPodSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Scandinavian Film Festival is fast approaching, and Andrew caught up with the Icelandic Film Centre's Festival Manager, Christof Wehimeier, to discuss all things Nordic with an interview that explores the importance of cultural representation on film, what exactly makes up a Scandinavian film, and the need for festivals like this. Head over to the festival website for more details, and keep up to date with the festival via their Facebook page. Support The Curb on Patreon, and make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Get in contact with us via our email.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Perth's Revelation Film Festival has been partially delayed due to lockdowns, but that doesn't stop the films being talked about. Andrew catches up with local filmmaker Sharnya Yates to discuss her short film, Choice, which screens alongside Rebel Dykes. This is a powerful short film that deserves to be seen by all. The plot is: Nina is a caring, loving, but exhausted mum & wife who has tried to be everything that everyone needs. Responding to the coming out of her transgender teenager, Nina battles with the choices that she and her family have to make and how these choices will affect her child! …. but timing is everything!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlie Chaplin is best known for his silent films, but quick in the minds of film lovers would be his iconic speech that concludes his Best Picture nominated film, The Great Dictator. Co-hosts of Awards Don't Matter sift through this powerful satire and assess how difficult it is to craft biting comedy that shakes its fists at the powerful. Find out in this episode whether Chaplin's maniacal dictator film still matters or not in this episode.Featured in this episode is a clip of Daniel Taradash presenting Charlie Chaplin his honorary Oscar at the 1972 44th Academy Awards:Subscribe via RSS Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.Follow the hosts on social media at the links below:Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini – @DarnthatdaveAwards Don’t Matter – @AwardsDontPodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Pl-qvA1X8&ab_channel=OscarsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Perth's Revelation Film Festival kicks off on July 1st and runs through til July 11th. Andrew caught up with festival programmer Richard Sowada to discuss how the festival has changed due to the ongoing pandemic, the impact of streaming services on film festivals, and more.Make sure to head along and check out some of the stellar films screening at this years festival, and if you can't head along, support the festival by donating here. And, if you're not in Perth or can't attend the festival, then curate your own festival by watching previous Rev films on RevStream.For everything else Rev, keep an eye on their social media pages here:Facebook // Instagram // TwitterAnd check out the trailers for this years films on YouTube here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The great Alfred Hitchcock never won a Best Director Oscar, and only received the prestige of winning Best Picture once in his career. Join co-hosts Dave and Andrew as they return to Manderlay and revisit the gothic romance that is Rebecca. Featuring stellar performances from Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier, this is a mystery you'll want to dive into.Subscribe via RSS Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.Follow the hosts on social media at the links below:Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini – @DarnthatdaveAwards Don’t Matter – @AwardsDontPodSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We take momentary leave from the 1930's and 1940's to move to the modern day, and look at the most recent Best Picture winner, the 93rd in fact: Chloé Zhao's Nomadland.Winning three awards, including Best Actress for Frances McDormand and Best Director for Chloé Zhao, Nomadland follows Fern (McDormand) as she navigates her nomad life in modern America, through the rising gig economy and the pressing reality of a world that pushes against an ageing workforce.In this episode, co-hosts Andrew and Dave are joined by Off Screen Death co-host, Michael Denniston, to discuss whether Nomadland matters, addressing its complexities and thematic threads.Subscribe via RSS Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.Follow the hosts on social media at the links below:Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini – @DarnthatdaveAwards Don’t Matter – @AwardsDontPodSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The deserving Best Picture winner of 1939, Ernst Lubitsch's masterful Ninotchka, gets a deep dive discussion in this episode as co-hosts Dave and Andrew swoon over Greta Garbo, laugh over her immaculate comedic timing, and fawn over the hilarious script co-written by the one and only Billy Wilder. Dig into this Russian/France rom-com and discover your new relationship litmus film.Please, go and watch this delightful film right now.Subscribe via RSS Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.Follow the hosts on social media at the links below:Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini – @DarnthatdaveAwards Don’t Matter – @AwardsDontPodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e3MSf6ISLk&t=1162sSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aussie author, screenwriter, and critic, Anthony O'Connor, has landed on the bookshelves of the nation with his debut novel, STRAYA, a post-apocalyptic look at the Australia of the future. I won't drop a synopsis here - you'll have to dig into the interview above for that, and much more, including what goes in to writing a sci-fi novel, the need to be genre agnostic, and how long it takes to actually write one of these darn things. Dig on in and make sure to pick up a copy of STRAYA at your local book store, or even on Audible... Support The Curb on Patreon, and make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Get in contact with us via our email.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer/Director JJ Winlove helms June Again, a powerful drama/comedy about a mother living with dementia, June (Noni Hazelhurst), who has a day of clarity and sets about restoring the fractures in her family. Her kids, Ginny (Claudia Karvan) and Devon (Stephen Curry), have stopped talking to one another, and it's up to June to bring them together once again. Andrew caught up with actor Stephen Curry to discuss what it was like working with an icon like Noni Hazelhurst, as well as creating a balance between drama and comedy. Make sure to head along and see June Again, which is in cinemas right now. Support The Curb on Patreon, and make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Get in contact with us via our email.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A long epic Best Picture winner deserves a long epic discussion. It's Gone With the Wind time as Dave and Andrew tackle Victor Fleming's (and George Cukor and Sam Wood) 1939 'classic', tackling the themes of racism, love, Vivien Leigh's performance, and Clark Gable's attractiveness. It's a long, complex discussion, embracing film history, and the value of reflection. Dig on in.Read Angelica Jade Bastién's piece on Gone With the Wind on Vulture here.Subscribe via RSS Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.Follow the hosts on social media at the links below:Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini – @DarnthatdaveAwards Don’t Matter – @AwardsDontPodhttps://anchor.fm/s/4ab9ae70/podcast/rssSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'This is why I'm obsessed with movies' - DaveWe reach a monumental moment in the history of the Academy Awards: the first film not in the English language to be nominated for Best Picture.This is Jean Renoir's masterpiece, Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion). Nominated solely for Best Picture, this masterful film encompasses the war movement in 1914, following captive French soldiers and their engagement with enemy forces. Find out why this one in particular matters more than most.Subscribe via RSS Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.Follow the hosts on social media at the links below:Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini – @DarnthatdaveAwards Don’t Matter – @AwardsDontPodRead Roger Ebert's piece in Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BT5DX07x94&t=29sSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We return to the world of Frank Capra with his second Best Picture winner, You Can't Take it With You. Co-hosts Dave and Andrew dig into this charming film, and as they do they uncover a Hollywood that wilfully steals from its own past to weave new stories. Full of delight and whimsy, this Best Picture winner features Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart and Edward Arnold.At the end, Dave and Andrew are forced to ask... while You Can't Take it With You, does that matter?Subscribe via RSS Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.Follow the hosts on social media at the links below:Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini – @DarnthatdaveAwards Don’t Matter – @AwardsDontPodSend us an email at: contact@thecurb.com.auListen to the Sex & Lucia theme here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVDb8fZqsdMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first version of A Star is Born features the first ever Best Actress winner, Janet Gaynor, and Frederic March, and is directed by William A. Wellman, who collectively tell the tale of an actress on the rise, and an actor on his way down. It is a celebration of the rise and fall of greatness.Co-hosts Dave and Andrew leap into this slightly problematic tale, questioning its importance nowadays, and going further and asking whether this narrative still matters.Please be warned that this particular episode features discusses about mental illness, alcoholism, and suicide.Listen to Talk Film Society's Queer and Now podcast here and follow them on Twitter here.Subscribe via RSS Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.Follow the hosts on social media at the links below:Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini – @DarnthatdaveAwards Don't Matter - @AwardsDontPodWatch the explanatory trailer for A Star is Born here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=culU4EUXww8See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf

Truth becomes fiction in William Dieterle's biopic of the famed French author, Emile Zola, in the 10th Best Picture winner, the creatively titled The Life of Emile Zola. With a narrative that embraces the heights of the Dreyfus Affair, while also taking in the divide between the impoverished and the wealthy, at the same time it critiques the military.In this episode of Awards Don't Matter, co-hosts Dave and Andrew discuss and divide the film, ultimately coming to the conclusion whether it's the narrative of The Life of Emile Zola that matters, or if the film itself does. Dig on in and find out.Make sure to check out Dave's new podcast, Off Screen Death with co-host Michael Denniston.Subscribe via RSS Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.Follow the hosts on social media at the links below:Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini – @DarnthatdaveAwards Don't Matter - @AwardsDontPodSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the episode where Dave says the fateful line, 'I outright refuse to ever watch (this) again'.Yep, it's Robert Z. Leonard's Best Picture winner, The Great Ziegfeld, where the charismatic William Powell misplaces his charm in a bloated epic as follies producer Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld Jr., paired with the Best Actress winner Luise Rainer, and an extended cameo by Myrna Loy.This is a rather swear-laden episode as co-hosts Dave and Andrew vent their frustrations about this long film.Make sure to check out Dave's new podcast, Off Screen Death with co-host Michael Denniston.Subscribe via RSS Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.Follow the hosts on social media at the links below:Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini – @DarnthatdaveAwards Don't Matter - @AwardsDontPodhttps://anchor.fm/awards-dont-matter/episodes/1932-1933-Best-Picture-Nominee---42nd-Street-Lloyd-Bacon---Awards-Dont-Matter-epqidhSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy