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Jirga

Rated M, 1 hr 18 mins Screening at Dendy, Canberra Review by © Jane Freebury 3.5 Stars Obstacles that directors face on film shoots range from the trivial…

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot

Review © Jane Freebury Rated M, 1 hr 54 mins Screening at Dendy and Palace Electric   The cartoon that lends its caption to this Gus Van Sant…

Ladies in Black

Review © Jane Freebury Rated PG, I hr 49 mins All cinemas   Like many girls in generations past, Lisa takes a job in retail while she waits…

Juliet, Naked

Review by © Jane Freebury 3.5 Stars Screening at Palace Electric This romantic reboot for two who could have done better in life is based on a book…

Jirga director

Jirga, a new fiction feature from Benjamin Gilmour, is about a former Australian soldier who returns to Afghanistan to ask forgiveness of the family of a civilian he…

Italian Film Festival 2018

The Italian Film Festival screens in Canberra at Palace Electric Cinema from 12 September until 7 October. Now in its nineteenth year, the IFF celebrates Italian culture, language…

The Insult

Review by © Jane Freebury   Screening at Palace Electric Rated M, subtitled 4.5 Stars   The Insult begins with a petty altercation over a drainpipe that escalates…

Summer 1993

Review © Jane Freebury PG, Subtitled Screening at Palace Electric 4 Stars   Without fanfare or introduction, a little girl wanders from room to room, looking dazed as…

RBG

Review by © Jane Freebury 3.5 Stars At Palace Electric, and Dendy Canberra Centre   From the flamboyant outfits and fishnet gloves she wears for public events, to…

The Wife

Review by © Jane Freebury She warns her husband there are crumbs in his beard, reminds him to take his medication, and is diplomatic towards intrusive journalists. Joe…

See You Up There

Review by © Jane Freebury A sensitive young soldier, an artist in civilian life, is wounded at the front during the final hours of war. It is a…

Stronger Than Fiction Documentary Film Festival

Stronger Than Fiction, dedicated to documentary film art, returns to Canberra in 2018 with a program showcasing quality films from around the world. The docos, many with awards…

Back to Burgundy

Review by © Jane Freebury There’s a familiar face in the background in Back to Burgundy (Ce Qui Nous Lie). An actor often seen in French films, but…

Brothers’ Nest

Review by © Jane Freebury A couple of chumps, their evil plan and a long ‘to do’ list with little imagination for backup are all the ingredients necessary…

Scandinavian Film Festival

This popular event that began in 2014 showcases the best in contemporary cinema from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. There are 21 films on the program that…

Ocean’s Eight

Review by © Jane Freebury Ever since Clooney and Pitt stepped up for a rat pack romp in Vegas it’s been clear that all you need to do…

Aurore

          Review by © Jane Freebury You’re never too old to start again. If life starts unravelling, it’s what the baby boomers want to hear: there’s a new…

Tully

Review by © Jane Freebury Somehow or other, the South African-American actress Charlize Theron is able to switch between the most intimate of stories, like this one, Tully,…

Breath

Review by © Jane Freebury Surfing makes for elegant and beautiful spectator sport, as those of us who stick to land know only too well. Ever since I…

Gurrumul

Reviewed by © Jane Freebury A few days before Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu passed away last year at the age of 46, he agreed to the release of this…