A brilliant, brooding adaptation of Shakespeare on leadership and power MA15+, 140 minutes Review by © Jane Freebury 4 Stars Now the streaming platforms are windows on the world in our shuttered lives, movies that were at the cinema a few months ago are re-appearing on our TVs. Giving The King a second chance if… Continue reading The King
Month: March 2020
Queen & Slim
Combines style and charisma to make the point MA15+, 132 minutes Review by © Jane Freebury 4 Stars The date at a diner wasn’t going well. She had only responded to his request on Tinder after a bad day at work. His attempts at conversation were getting a curt response, his easygoing manner was irritating.… Continue reading Queen & Slim
Rolf de Heer’s outstanding contribution to Australian film
ROLF DE HEER FCCA 2019 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AWARD Australia’s premier association of professional film critics, the Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA), has presented a special award to filmmaker Rolf de Heer. The Acknowledgement Award for Excellence recognises his unique body of work, and exceptional contribution over many years to Australian cinema and culture. The award… Continue reading Rolf de Heer’s outstanding contribution to Australian film
Honeyland
M, 86 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury A wild and rugged landscape, a cast of thousands of airborne extras and their solitary beekeeper feature in this engaging and unusual observational documentary. It hails from Macedonia. It was first conceived of as an official documentary on the Balkan region where it is located.… Continue reading Honeyland
Undertow
∼∼ Big on atmosphere, light on plot MA 15+, 95 minutes 3 stars Review by © Jane Freebury The backstory to this atmospheric, moody psychodrama is the dark side of football culture. The very serious issue of bad off-field behaviour by male players is overlain here with the delicate story of a woman, grieving for… Continue reading Undertow
Motherless Brooklyn
Pet project made with a free hand M, 144 minutes 4 stars Review by © Jane Freebury Edward Norton has had a lot of time to think this pet project over. In the late 1990s, around the time that he was first recognised for his gifts as an actor in Primal Fear, he acquired the… Continue reading Motherless Brooklyn