Ab Film Review & The Last New Wave

Welcome to Awards Don't Matter!Follow along with hosts Andrew F Peirce and David Giannini as they travel through the history of the Academy Awards by looking at each of the Best Picture winners and discussing their importance in film history.Each episode has Andrew and David asking the question, does this film matter?, all the while exploring why each film won the illustrious and highly coveted award of Best Picture.The first episode will arrive on April 15th with a discussion on F.W. Murnau's silent film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and William A. Wellman's war epic Wings.Join along with the discussion as a new episode drops each month by following the discussion on social media on Twitter at @AwardsDontPod and Facebook at Awards Don't Matter. And shoot through any questions or thoughts to AwardsDontMatterPod@gmail.com.Subscribe to the show via the links here:Show PageRSS FeedSpotifyDeezerFollow the hosts on social media at the links below:Andrew F Peirce - @TheCurbAUDavid Giannini - @DaveAGianniniClips use

Andrew caught up with comedians Katie Lee and Grace Rouvray to chat about their successful stand up comedy show, Hour of Power. Kicking off on Thursday January 16th at the Flight Path Theatre in Marrickville.In this conversation, Andrew talks to Katie and Grace about relationships, friendships, being open and vulnerable, and the comfort of comedy.Make sure to check in to the Facebook event here, and read more about the event at What's On Sydney, and check out the Instagram page here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2019, I was fortunate enough to meet and run a Q&A with the exceptionally talent writer/director/actor Alex Lykos. After the run of his film Me and My Left Brain around Australia, I got back in touch with Alex to have a chat about the process, about the stresses of self releasing the film, and the challenges of making a film in Australia outside of the funding body systems.I'm releasing this now at the beginning of 2020 with the intention of showing the difficulties that Alex faced as he put his film out into the world, and hope that when people listen to this interview that they can appreciate the struggles of getting films released in Australia independently.Hopefully after you hear Alex's story that you can appreciate how important it is to get behind Australian artists and support their work. They put so much of themselves out there that it is beyond important to support them when they do make themselves vulnerable for us.Check out the pieces I've written about Me and My Left Brain here, including

If you've been following the site for a bit, you'll have noticed I'm a fairly major fan of the new Aussie film, H is for Happiness. I adore it completely, and was fortunate enough to chat with director John Sheedy and star Daisy Axon about their work on the film. I also had a chat with writer Lisa Hoppe about her work adapting the film, which you can read here.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.

Travis Akbar got to speak to Indigenous KGB actor Bjorn Stewart about KGB, the show's production, what he's watching on TV at the moment and his desire to get some dirt on future co-stars. And - lots more.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.

Prepare yourself for a bit of effusive praise. If you haven't already seen, I quite love Koko: A Red Dog Story, calling it a 'dogsterpiece' and naming it the second best Australian film of 2019, so it was with great pleasure that I got the chance to sit down with directors Aaron McCann and Dominic Pearce for a second time to discuss their latest film.This is a proudly family friendly film that I cannot recommend highly enough. I loved every second of it and urge you to see it this weekend. And once you've seen it, make sure to vote for it in the upcoming Cinema Australia best film awards.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.

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Andrew caught up with multi-hyphenate writer-director-actor Steve Vidler to talk about his new comedy Standing Up for Sunny. This is a treat of a film, genuinely hilarious and superbly acted. Standing Up for Sunny will be having screenings around Australia in December, and is definitely a film best served with a large audience. Head over to the Facebook page for more information about dates, and check out the website as well for more info. If the film isn't coming to your area, fear not! You can always organise a FanForce screening. In the meantime, make sure to check out Andrew's review here, and if you like the film, then make sure to vote for it in the upcoming Cinema Australia best film awards. 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.

Andrew caught up with director Selina Miles to talk about her excellent documentary, Martha: A Picture Story, which is all about the life and career of photojournalist Martha Cooper. It's an excellent film which will leave you on a high once it's finished.Check out the website for more information, and while you're at it, give Andrew's review a read as well. 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.

Andrew catches up with Happy Sad Man director Genevieve Bailey to talk about her work directing this important documentary.Find out about the film at HappySadMan.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Travis caught up with Aussie hip hop artist, Kaye, to discuss his new album release. Purchase Kaye's music here: https://kaye.bigcartel.com/Support The Curb on Patreon, and make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Get in contact with us via our email.https://www.thecurb.com.au/in-conversation-with-kaye-music-studies-and-life/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Travis Akbar catches up with Angel of Mine director, Kim Farrant, to discuss the process of making the film. Read Travis' thoughts on the film here:  Inspired by the 2008 French film Mark of an Angel, Kim Farrant's 2019 effort Angel of Mine is about a woman who has lost her child in a fire, and was almost killed herself, and after seeing a young girl at a party, believes her child may still be alive. What follows is a fantastic, eerie performance from the nothing-short-of-great Noomi Rapace, as Lizzie, the desperate, obsessed and bordering on dangerous grieving mother.  Yvonne Strahovski, making up for the outrageously bad film that was The Predator, plays Claire, the protective, instinctive mother of Lola, the girl that Lizzie has become so obsessed with.Angel of Mine, adapted by Luke Davies (Lion, Catch-22) and David Regal (Zeke and Luther) follows a seemingly generic path as far as obsession films go - the character finds something to become obsessed with, they turn up out of the b

Andrew caught up with Australian icon Bryan Brown to talk about his new film, Palm Beach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Filmmakers Jaime Lewis and Jeremy Dylan talk with Andrew about their documentary Tommy Emmanuel: The Endless Road, which is followed by a discussion with the subject of the documentary himself, Tommy Emmanuel.Tommy Emmanuel: The Endless Road has its Australian debut at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival on July 26th at 8:45pm. Tickets are available here.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.

Strange Tenants were the “Godfathers of Australian Ska”, emerging in the 1980s in the wake of UK two-tone ska bands like The Specials but producing original political ska songs unlike most other Australian ska bands. 36 years later they're still around and still political.Andrew caught up with director Fiona Cochrane to discuss her documentary Strange Tenants: Ska'd For Life which is screening at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival on July 24th at 6:15pm. Tickets are available here.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.

Andrew caught up with filmmakers Michael Wilkins and Amanda Gibson to talk about their documentary Homefront which screens at this years Melbourne Documentary Film Festival on July 20th 2019. To purchase tickets, head to the website here.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.

Waiting: The Van Duren Story is a film about Van Duren, a hidden music icon who director Wade Jackson discovered by chance and went to work to find out what happened to him. Andrew caught up with Wade to talk about the making of the film and what went into making this film. Waiting: The Van Duren Story screens at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival on July 26th at 6:15pm.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.

Playing at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is the film, Dog's Best Friend, a feature about one man and his bid to help rehabilitate traumatised dogs. Director Eryn Wilson joins Andrew to discuss the process of making the documentary, and the challenges facing cross-country film making. Dog's Best Friend plays on July 23rd at 6:15pm at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. 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.

Woodstock at Fifty: A Venue for the End of the World is director Aidan Prewitt's look back at one of the most famous, influential music festivals in the world - Woodstock. Aidan looks at the peaceful way that Woodstock unfurled, and brings a wealth of great interviews to explore the political comparisons that the festival has. Woodstock at Fifty: A Venue for the End of the World screens at the 2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, and Woodstock's own MC Chip Monck will be at the screening on July 24th for a Q&A. Find out more about the screening here, and find out more about Aidan's work here. 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.