Widow Clicquot

M, 90 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Tackling the subject of a young widow who stood her ground during the Napoleonic era and helped establish…

Companion

MA 15+, 97 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury If you catch the opening credits here, a cryptic producer mention ‘from the studio that brought The…

A Complete Unknown

Review by © Jane Freebury 5 Stars M, 141 minutes Let ‘em leave, I’m not really here. Ever since Bob Dylan landed he has been hard to pin…

Nosferatu

M, 132 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury A remake of a silent film released in Germany over a century ago and now a recognised classic…

Anora

MA 15+, 139 minutes 5 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The spoilt son of a Russian oligarch meets an exotic dancer in Brooklyn and buys her time…

Parthenope

MA 15+, 137 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury According to myth among the ancient Greeks and Romans, the most beautiful goddess of all was born…

Mufasa: The Lion King

PG, 118 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury There’s less hakuna matata on the savannah in the much-loved star-performing Disney franchise this time round. The lion…

Black Dog

M, 118 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Featuring a long-eared black dog that rides a sidecar and a muted performance from a high-profile actor, this…

The Dead Don’t Hurt

M, 129 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury A saloon door swings closed, dust swirls across a main street and the saw-toothed profile of nearby mountains…

Goodrich

M, 111 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Andy Goodrich receives a call from his absent wife in the middle of the night, the only time…

There’s Still Tomorrow

M, 118 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury While the news of yesterday’s shock election results will be a slap in the face for many women,…

Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe

MA 15+, 123 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury In this intimate study of one of the founding members of the Post-Impressionist movement, the woman who…

His Three Daughters

M, 105 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury However hard they try, three adult sisters who spend time together caring for their father during the last…

Midas Man

M, 112 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury There was so much that Brian Epstein was juggling with when he died at the age of 32…

Suddenly

M, 113 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury   Watching this new French survivalist drama about a vulnerable couple in a deserted location, you might be…

Blink Twice

MA 15+, 102 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury A recurring question in this slick revenge flick is the apparently innocent and attentive query, ‘Are you…

Iris and the Men

M, 98 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Like many a French relationship film before it, this new comedy-drama draws attention to attitudes towards marital fidelity…

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

PG, 102 minutes 4 Stars Streaming on Binge Review by © Jane Freebury Early in the movie career of Elizabeth Taylor, a film critic of some repute declared…

The Fabulous Four

M, 99 minutes 2 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Yeah, yeah, yeah? Nope, there is really only one ‘fab four’ and that supergroup came and went a…

The Teacher Who Promised the Sea

M, 105 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The centrepiece of this fine film set rural Spain in the 1930s is a journal produced by children…