Category: Film ReviewsPage 9 of 31

Moonage Daydream

M, 135 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury     A sprawling, rhapsodic, kaleidoscopic experience Over his long career, the mercurial rock god, David Bowie, made…

Under Cover

  PG, 91 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury       A timely, sombre investigation of homelessness among the growing demographic of older women who…

Where the Crawdads Sing

M, 125 minutes 2 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury The fanfare launching this movie about a fiercely independent young woman living in the swamp wilderness who…

The Phantom of the Open

M, 106 minutes 4 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury Wondering what else he might get out of life as retirement approached, a crane operator in the…

Compartment No 6

MA 15+, 107 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury   Claustrophobia in a sleeper compartment on a long train journey has a tension all its own…

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

M, 126 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This lovingly curated documentary on the celebrity American author and social satirist, Kurt Vonnegut, had a long gestation….

Lost Illusions

  M, 144 minutes 5 Stars  Review by © Jane Freebury This extravagantly-mounted, lush period drama adapted from the book of the same name by Honore de Balzac…

Elvis

  M, 159 minutes 5 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury   The King has been gone a while now but that doesn’t mean people don’t feel a…

Nude Tuesday

      MA15+, 100 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The latest relationship comedy from New Zealand is out there and experimental with some good…

The Kitchen Brigade

  M, 97 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It’s not hard to imagine how working in a kitchen as a sous-chef under one gastronomic eminence…

A Hero

    PG, 127 minutes 4 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury A new film from Asghar Farhadi will never now go unnoticed. Not since he won…

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

  PG, 109 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury   Travellers lucky enough to have visited Bhutan will have insights of their own into the small…

Top Gun: Maverick

  M, 130 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Why are we watching Top Gun: Maverick today? To see why Joe Biden got hooked on aviator…

Everything Went Fine, aka Tout S’Est Bien Passe

MA 15+, 113 minutes Four Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It isn’t every day that the subject of a European film coincides neatly with events on the…

A Chiara

M, 122 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It’s a birthday party, Italian style, with an 18-year-old basking in all the love and attention as family…

Ablaze

PG, 81 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury   As personal as it is, this new documentary is likely to be a revelation for many. It…

To Olivia

  M, 94 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury There’s a promising start to this new film that visits the life of the famous children’s author,…

Petit Maman

      PG, 73 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It’s my guess there are few filmmakers who could make a success of the story…

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

M, 121 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury On the face of it, an anthology or portmanteau movie can look like it has plenty going for…

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

  M, 107 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Nic Cage playing Nick Cage in this toey new Hollywood number plays along with the persona that…