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The King’s Man

As the first Kingsman movie opened eight years ago, the filmmakers were suggesting that it might fill the space that Bond was relinquishing. Maybe then, but not anymore.

Delicious

M, 79 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It may not be the right year, or the real chef, or the exact historical moment when public…

The Worst Person in the World

  MA15+, 128 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury       The worst person in the world is not as bad as it sounds, just…

The Hand of God

MA 15+, 130 minutes 4 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury How absurd life looks through the eyes of an adolescent. Weird, grotesque, enticing, deadly. If only…

Best films of 2021: the year in review

  By © Jane Freebury It has been as good a year as any on screen during 2021, and there’s more to come. For the short term, at…

The French Dispatch

  M, 108 minutes 4 stars Review by © Jane Freebury         If watching The French Dispatch feels like thumbing through an old-style print magazine…

The Card Counter

  MA 15+, 116 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury   A mind like a steel trap has its up and downside. Ever since he served…

Eric Clapton – Lockdown Sessions

No rating, 89 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It was never meant to be the way it turned out. Eric Clapton and a combo of…

Titane

R 18+, 108 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury So, the jury at Cannes has given the Palme d’Or to a film directed by a woman….

Stray

M, 71 minutes 4 Stars   Review by ©  Jane Freebury It’s a doggie world in Stray. A singular doco about the dogs that live on the streets…

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

  R 18+, 106 minutes 3 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury After whips, masks and explicit sex open the show, this argumentative, chaotic film from Romania…

The Rescue

  M, 107 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury   When the junior soccer team and coach who went missing inside a vast underground cave system…

The Power of the Dog

  M, 127 minutes 5 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury Sensuality laced with violence often features in the films of writer-director Jane Campion whose remarkable career,…

Passing

              PG, 98 minutes 4 Stars   Review by ©  Jane Freebury Two women with completely different approaches to life, meet by…

The Last Duel

MA 15+, 153 minutes 4 Stars   Powerful and immersive, despite making a shift away from the usual driven narrative style and embarking into 14th century gender politics…

The Green Knight

  MA 15+, 130 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury With or without a head on his shoulders, the Green Knight who disrupts a feast at…

Nitram

MA 15+, 112 minutes  Three stars   Review by © Jane Freebury Among the lists recommending the best of this or that out on the net, there are…

A Fire Inside

M, 92 minutes Four Stars             Review by © Jane Freebury Volunteering in this country is strong. We saw how it boosted the…

Lamb

MA 15+, 106 minutes 4 Stars             Review by © Jane Freebury Without a lot to go on, little things loom large in…

Count Me In

M, 82 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury As a doco about the overlooked, drummers who were integral to the success of famous rock bands but…