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…

Mr Blake At Your Service!

PG, 110 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury In location shots that reveal and remind where events are taking place, a graceful castle with witch-hat spires…

Kinds of Kindness

MA 15+, 164 minutes   2 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury In the tryptich of distinct stories that stand end-to-end in this confronting dark satire, there is a…

The Bikeriders

M, 116 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The clean-cut image of the all-American boy didn’t stand much chance in popular culture when motorcycle riders in…

The Road to Patagonia

M, 91 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury If it isn’t the ultimate road trip, then it is surely right up there. Along the entire western…

The Promised Land

MA 15+, 127 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Like others who have thought big and staked a claim in wild country, the solitary figure riding…

The Sitting Duck

M, 122 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Whether at work as a trade union representative or at home with family, the woman at the heart…

Hit Man

MA 15+, 115 minutes 4 Stars Netflix Review by © Jane Freebury This movie about a contract killer isn’t what it might seem. People mown down like skittles,…

The Three Musketeers: Milady

M, 114 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Alexandre Dumas’ novel has been told and retold for screen many times since the days of silent cinema,…

The Garfield Movie

G, 100 minutes 1 Star Review by © Jane Freebury The latest Garfield movie starts off in the usual vein for the tubby orange cat. It’s never too…

A Great Friend

PG, 95 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It all begins with an omelette. Not any old omelette, but one made French style with chopped fresh…

Radical

M, 126 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Among the vignettes of daily life in a Mexican city that open this film, some are mundane while…