Welcome to the first discussion episode of Awards Don't Matter! Hosts David and Andrew discuss the first two Best Picture winners, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Wings. Two? Yep! The first Academy Awards had some quirks with the F.W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans winning the only instance of the Best Unique and Artistic Picture, while William A. Wellman's Wings won the first iteration of the Best Picture Oscar, then known as Outstanding Picture. David and Andrew take a look at both f...
Apr 14, 2020•1 hr 21 min
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...
Apr 07, 2020•37 min•Season 3Ep. 11
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'...
Apr 07, 2020•38 min
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 o...
Jan 14, 2020•40 min•Season 3Ep. 9
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...
Jan 04, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 8
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 omnystud...
Jan 04, 2020•51 min•Season 3Ep. 7
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....
Dec 28, 2019•22 min•Season 3Ep. 6
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 ....
Dec 05, 2019•41 min•Season 3Ep. 5
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Dec 04, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 4
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 ca...
Nov 28, 2019•37 min•Season 3Ep. 3
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...
Nov 28, 2019•28 min•Season 3Ep. 2
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.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 13, 2019•30 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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....
Oct 26, 2019•22 min•Season 2Ep. 18
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 ...
Sep 10, 2019•17 min•Season 2Ep. 17
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.
Aug 11, 2019•13 min•Season 2Ep. 16
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Jul 24, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 15
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 omnystudi...
Jul 24, 2019•47 min•Season 2Ep. 14
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 . Suppor...
Jul 24, 2019•26 min•Season 2Ep. 13
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....
Jul 14, 2019•45 min•Season 2Ep. 12
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 ...
Jul 12, 2019•29 min•Season 2Ep. 11
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 ou...
Jul 09, 2019•39 min•Season 2Ep. 10
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...
Jun 19, 2019•39 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Almost a year ago, Perth filmmakers Kori Reay-Mackey and Dan Thom launched a gofundme campaign for their short film, Residue . Now, a year on, Residue is complete and finalised, and having seen the final cut, I can say it's been worth the wait. Way back before cameras were rolling, Andrew caught up with Kori and Dan to talk about their work and what they had planned for Residue . You can listen to that interview here (apologies for the poor audio). Now, after the film has wrapped, Andrew catches...
Jun 08, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 7
One of the joys of watching films for the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, is that you're inevitably presented with some magical, hidden gem of cinema. It just so happens that the first of many interviews that will be coming over the next few weeks for this years fest is for one of the finest Australian films of the year - Looby . Looby is a documentary about Sydney-born artist Keith Looby and the relationship his art has with politics at large, and the fires that rage between art galleries....
Jun 08, 2019•36 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Aussie icon Briggs has a new song out - Life is Incredible - that is easily one of the finest of the year. Andrew catches up with him to chat about what goes into making Briggs, well, Briggs, and what it's like making music in Australia. Check out the billboard 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 informat...
May 19, 2019•26 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Acute Misfortune is the feature debut from actor Thomas M Wright. This is a film that follows the life of Archibald Prize winning artist Adam Cullen and his time with journalist Erik Jensen. Travis Akbar met up with Thomas to have a chat about the film and what went into making the film what it is. 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 acas...
May 19, 2019•35 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Documentary filmmaker, Damon Gameau, has returned with the follow up to his massively successful documentary, That Sugar Film , with a film that is a letter to his daughter. 2040 is a promise to his daughter that there will be a positive future for her, and a cleaner, greener future where the climate emergency we are in has been course corrected. 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 f...
May 19, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 3
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Apr 30, 2019•16 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Andrew caught up with Australian comedian Lawrence Leung ahead of his new stand up show, Growing Concerns. In this interview, Lawrence talks about sleep deprivation, his film Sucker , and Uber ratings. Make sure to head along to see Lawrence as he heads around Australia. The tour starts on May 3rd in Perth, with other dates to follow. Keep an eye on his facebook page for more info. Support The Curb on Patreon , and make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter . Get in contact with us via our e...
Apr 30, 2019•23 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Every so often, an interview comes along that you can't turn down. That's how it was with writer/director/actor Jim Cummings and his film Thunder Road . Easily one of the finest films of the year, Thunder Road is a masterwork in balancing comedy and drama. In this interview, I talked to Jim about his filmmaking process, and how he sees the distribution platform changing in America. Support The Curb on Patreon. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCurbAU Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/TheCurbA...
Apr 24, 2019•35 min
