We prove sufficient conditions for the boundedness of the maximal operator on variable Lebesgue spaces with weights \(\varphi_{t,\gamma}(\tau)=|(\tau-t)^\gamma|\), where \(\gamma\) is a complex number, over arbitrary Carleson curves. If the curve has different spirality indices at the point $t$ and \(\gamma\) is not real, then \(\varphi_{t,\gamma}\) is an oscillating weight lying beyond the class of radial oscillating weights considered recently by V. Kokilashvili, N. Samko, and S. Samko.