Continuing @thecurbau.bsky.social #Aussiex26 challenge with 9: Aussie comedy Bad Eggs A comedy that seems to be getting better with age, from a golden era of big screen comedies.

Perhaps the best way to view Wolfram is as another story that needs to be told about Australia’s history. So many tales have been taken away from the tellers. “We’re playing catch up,” Thornton said of Wolfram and Indigenous cinema in Australia. @nadinewhitney.bsky.social in @thecurbau.bsky.social

Rabbit Trap does seem a case of style over substance. However, that style is abundantly mesmerising at its best and charged with the mystery of dark and deep places. My review for @thecurbau.bsky.social www.thecurb.com.au/rabbit-trap-...

For @thecurbau.bsky.social I review The Devil Wears Prada 2. A sequel that’s in no way groundbreaking but also not unpleasant. It’s just there as a comfy treat. www.thecurb.com.au/the-devil-we...

HOKUM is terrific. Damian McCarthy truly is a horror maestro. My review for @thecurbau.bsky.social bit.ly/4eOaY8G

There is a blissful naïveté to The Devil Wears Prada 2 that picks up threads of an interesting idea; what does journalism mean?, and then drops it for a much neater idea that fashion is art and denying the glossy magazine is forgetting the necessity of the creative arts. @thecurbau.bsky.social

I review David Lowery’s pop psychodrama MOTHER MARY for @thecurbau.bsky.social www.thecurb.com.au/mother-mary-...

New review live on @thecurbau.bsky.social #Filmsky 🎥 #moviesky "Rebecca Zlotowski’s lighthearted mystery about a psychiatrist descending into an endearing and bourgeois neurosis gives us thrills with a delicate touch" www.thecurb.com.au/a-private-li...

Trying to catch up on @thecurbau.bsky.social #aussiex26 challenge . 2:An Australian film released in 2026 Last night I watched Proclivitas A really effective understated "elevated" horror continuing the string of great horror films coming out of this country

Trying to catch up on @thecurbau.bsky.social #Aussiex26 challenge. So it will be a weekly occurrence for the time being. This week, before he owned a Takeaway Vince Colosimo was Moving Out .

"First Light is the kind of film one expects from a master of the cinematic arts: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Edward Yang, Tsai Ming-liang, Andrei Tarkovsky, Lav Diaz. James J. Robinson joins their pantheon with his first feature." @nadinewhitney.bsky.social nailing it in @thecurbau.bsky.social

My Sound of Falling review is now up @thecurbau.bsky.social #Filmsky 🎥 #moviesky "For the four women at the center of Mascha Schilinski’s inter-generational drama, the specter of death and the spirit of desires are explored beyond a hundred years of history" www.thecurb.com.au/sound-of-fal...

My review on Bart Schrijver's The North is up @thecurbau.bsky.social The price for this is cold hands, sore feet, and tired legs, but in the magic of the quiet valleys and dense woods, being vulnerable to those you love is a significant reward www.thecurb.com.au/the-north-ba... #Filmsky 🎥 #moviesky

'Ready or Not 2: Here I Come' plays like the John Wick: Chapter 2 of horror-comedies. It trades a lean, simple concept for double the lore and cast. I enjoyed its bloody mayhem, even if it is filled with bloat. Read my full review here at @thecurbau.bsky.social www.thecurb.com.au/ready-or-not...

In tribute to Jamie Blanks. And also the next update to @thecurbau.bsky.social #Aussiex26 Challenge 21: written by Everett de Roche

1000 WOMEN IN HORROR is about to burst through your screen. Here is a chat I had with @horrornonna.com about the vital documentary. 🫀❤️‍🔥 www.thecurb.com.au/miff-intervi...

Proclivitas is a triumph of mood and meaning through cinematic language. @nadinewhitney.bsky.social reviews for the Curb: www.thecurb.com.au/proclivitas-...

1. Magnolia 2. Phantom Thread 3. One Battle After Another 4. Punch-Drunk Love 5. Boogie Nights

Anyhow, after a very shitty week, and another one on the horizon, the Oscars today were a balm I desperately needed. I didn't think I'd love watching it, but I did.

It's really hard to look at this year's Oscars and find an undeserving winner amongst the bunch. More importantly, you'd be hard pressed to find an undeserving nominee in there too, and if you swapped them out with the winner, it'd be still great.

A nitpick, but one nonetheless... Misery is horror. Sinners is horror. Weapons is horror. Horror isn't a dirty word.

Sinners is a film I'll revisit regularly. One Battle After Another is one I'll think about revisiting regularly, but won't actually re-watch.

A better Bruce than Jeremy Allen White.

Thanks 77 for asking if I'm still watching and then just... Turning the fucking feed off.

Ireland has some wonderful talent.

Go watch Wild Rose folks.

Jennifer Lawrence should have been nominated here.

Mikey Madison is lovely and I'll never forget interviewing her and she being so impressed by the First Dog on the Moon stuffed toys behind me.

That is one heck of an acceptance speech. What a humble, great human being.

Teyana saying 'yes yes' is energy giving.

King Michael B. Jordan.

Good one you PTA. Wish Ryan won though.

I'd be happy to never see David Koch's face again.

Congratulations to KPop Demon Hunters for winning Best Original Song.

"No to war... and free Palestine" Javier Bardem

Yeah, I'm glad we didn't get the other three songs performed on stage to be honest. They're fine songs, but would be dead weights in the ceremony. No disrespect, but take it if you feel it's there.

People on awards shows don't "make it political." The world is political. Our lives are political. Our choices are political. The only decision is whether to acknowledge it.

I’m going to consider that a make up award for WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD.

Beautiful statement to end on Joachim. Thank you for using your moment for that.

All of these films are great. Watch them if you haven't.

Thank you Javier Bardem.

A personal note: I was very touched to hear Best Editing winner Andy Jurgensen thank his aunt Barbara Hall. As an Academy archivist, she took an interest in my research and, miraculously, found me George Stevens's pocket diary. A miracle. Five Came Back would not have been what it was without her.

i thought autumn arkapaw's name was familiar and yes she is married to adam arkapaw, cinematographer of animal kingdom, snowtown etc. - he married a star!!!

FIRST WOMAN TO EVER WIN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. FIRST BLACK PERSON TO WIN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. FIRST FILIPINA TO WIN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. ACADEMY AWARD WINNER AUTUMN DURALD ARKAPAW.

So good following up a great win with a great song. What a mood lifter.

FINALLY. A MOMENT.

Yeah, this is great

HOLY FUCKING SHIT