Andy Hazel
@andyhazel.bsky.social
Writes for IndieWire, The Curb and The Saturday Paper – senior editorial producer and photo editor there, too. Golden Globes voter. Twin Peaks nerd. 1/4 of Tacoma Radar. Tasmanian in Naarm/Melbourne. https://linktr.ee/andyhazel
“One Night Only,” director-producer Will Gluck‘s latest romantic comedy, is everything that’s troubling about the current conservative capitalist hellscape that is the United States of America writ large. @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social nailing it again at @ebertvoices.bsky.social
One Night Only review: Pull out from this sex-negative rom-com
If this is what it takes to get a rom-com greenlit these days, maybe we should just let them die.
rogerebert.com
No one has ever seen one of these fish alive. But they are most likely still swimming in a part of the sea we hardly ever visit.
New museum find shows nature can’t stop inventing seahorses
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My series of profiles with directors whose films are playing at @melbfilmfest.bsky.social continues over at @thecurbau.bsky.social. Today, it's my interview with director Ira Sachs and actor Tom Sturridge who spoke about making their Cannes hit The Man I Love. www.thecurb.com.au/ira-sachs-in...
A New York story: Ira Sachs on The Man I Love
Ira Sachs The Man I Love screens at the Melbourne International Film Festival on 8, 16, & 23 August 2026. Tickets are available here: The Man I LoveRami Malek captivates as an HIV-positive man who co...
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I spoke to the creators of @melbfilmfest.bsky.social highlight 'Once Upon a Time in Harlem' for @thecurbau.bsky.social. One of the titles I have been consistently recommending to people asking me "What should I see at MIFF?"
David and Liani Greaves on the party, the poetry, and finishing a father's film: Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Few forces have shaped global culture more than the creative explosion that came out of the collision of African and American life in New York City in the twentieth century. Tracing it back to a singl...
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How can we crowd fund this?!
Dr swift parrot@teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 2d agoHuge property for sale in Tasmania in core swift parrot breeding habitat if there’s any philanthropists out there seeking to protect some birds and bush! Lake Leake is an important site for parrots but the broader landscape is being savagely logged www.realestate.com.au/property-lif...
I spoke to the creators of @melbfilmfest.bsky.social highlight 'Once Upon a Time in Harlem' for @thecurbau.bsky.social. One of the titles I have been consistently recommending to people asking me "What should I see at MIFF?"
David and Liani Greaves on the party, the poetry, and finishing a father's film: Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Few forces have shaped global culture more than the creative explosion that came out of the collision of African and American life in New York City in the twentieth century. Tracing it back to a singl...
thecurb.com.au
“Well, Daryl,” said the waitress, “at least she’s still on oxygen.” I froze on the threshold. The waitress looked up and gestured towards a booth with a slosh of her jug before turning back to Daryl and breathing a sympathetic sigh. “You do what you can.” trib.al/bx1jO1U
In search of the perfect American diner
Following a guidebook, a road game and a 40-year-old metric, the author goes looking for the perfect American diner.
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I met Ralph Carr a few times in the mid-2000s. The first time was at a very messy party where he told me and my (very attractive female) bandmate that he was interested in managing our band. The following week we visited his office. A beautiful, clearly anxious woman showed us into a room... 1/3
These signs should be on every hiking trail in Oregon and across the US .
A complete failure. Just spitballing, but maybe the Albanese govt should have consulted with experts instead of Fitzy and Wippa
Australia’s under-16 social media ban failing, study shows: What it means
Australia's internet regulator revealed in a recent study that teenagers are continuing to use social media despite ban.
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Armed with a 40-year-old guide book and a questionable method to measure the quality of a cafe (count the number of calendars on its wall), I ventured through the southwestern USA in search of the perfect diner.
In search of the perfect American diner
Following a guidebook, a road game and a 40-year-old metric, the author goes looking for the perfect American diner.
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Maybe the greatest road trip of all time? Read about it here: www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2026/08...
In search of the perfect American diner
Following a guidebook, a road game and a 40-year-old metric, the author goes looking for the perfect American diner.
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” may seem like a back-to-basics take on the web-slinging superhero, but the film quickly falls into Marvel Cinematic Universe nonsense, David Sims writes. theatln.tc/VKwWLxGv 📸: Marvel Entertainment / Columbia Pictures / Everett Collection
Maybe the greatest road trip of all time? Read about it here: www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2026/08...
In search of the perfect American diner
Following a guidebook, a road game and a 40-year-old metric, the author goes looking for the perfect American diner.
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
No one is interested in my sequel pitch for HONEY I KEPT THE KIDS AT THEIR REGULAR SIZE.
Wangaratta council decides aged care service governance is too costly and bothersome, decides to shutter aged care service provision completely edge1021.com.au/articles/age...
Aged Care Exit - 102.1 & 93.3 Edge FM Wangaratta
The Rural City of Wangaratta has announced its exit from local aged care services.
edge1021.com.au
Latest Foreign Desk Explainer on Monocle Radio takes a look at India's upstart Cockroach Party. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Explainer 528: Does India’s Cockroach party have legs?
India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party is scuttling onto the political stage. It has already claimed one minister’s resignation but can...
monocle.com
If I won the lottery I would hire an interior designer and just say “Columbo murderer” while waving my hand around my home office.
This politician in Canada used ChatGPT to write his speech and then just directly read out loud the AI prompt without realising it, announcing to legislators “Here's a more natural, flowing version of that section that reads like a legislative speech rather than a series of short points." Glorious!
It’s worth pointing out that no one at the NACC disputed a single fact in our Point piece (that they tried to kill in advance of publication), but that two commissioners announced their resignations since then…
Australia's live performance industry is in crisis. Production cancellations are leaving performers, musicians, crew, technicians and creative workers without work, and audiences and communities across Australia are also losing out. Sign the letter to government: meaa.io/SaveLivePerf...
A new poll shows half of America wants Netanyahu arrested on U.S. soil.
Half of Americans Support Arresting Benjamin Netanyahu: Poll
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for war crimes
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"I'm not making it for a producer, I'm not making it for an audience, I'm making it for you. One other human being. We're looking together at an image and I'm saying, ‘look at that’." @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social on his @melbfilmfest.bsky.social highlight The Story of Documentary Film:
Mark Cousins on stories, documentaries, film and The Story of Documentary Film
Documentary is trying to capture what should have been said and perhaps hasn't been said. There'll always be documentary because we'll always be trying to understand ourselves.
thecurb.com.au
With thanks to Kismet Movies, for paid subscribers, we have three double passes to see Holy Days. To win, be an active paid subscriber. That's it! Winners are selected at random and will be contacted via email with tickets by 5 August 2026. www.thecurb.com.au/holy-days-giveaway/
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Film and culture. Not content.
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