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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…

Mads Mikkelsen, he can play anything

  Riders of Justice interview Director, Anders Thomas Jensen and lead actor, Mads Mikkelsen   By © Jane Freebury It’s quite the transformation. For his role in Riders…

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…

Diana the Musical

  M, 118 minutes 1 Star   Review by © Jane Freebury It’s easy to imagine Diana Spencer would have loved the idea of her life turned into…

The Guilty

  M, 90 minutes 3 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury It’s always a bit of a jolt to be reminded how much drama a movie can…

The Donut King

M, 99 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Once during the spectacular rise of doughnut entrepreneur, Bun Tek Ngoy, his chain of fast-food outlets in West…

The Voyeurs

R 18+, 116 minutes 2 Stars     Review by © Jane Freebury     The opening montage of this good-looking erotic thriller features the human eye in…

The Stronghold

MA 15+, 105 minutes 3 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury The Hollywood buddy movie as we know it comes in various generic guises and is often…

Hating Peter Tatchell

MA 15+, 91 minutes 4 Stars       Review by © Jane Freebury Peter who? Just in case you aren’t sure you have the right person in…