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MA 15+, 85 minutes 4 stars   Review by © Jane Freebury This new Australian indie has its reasons for opening with a vigorous sex scene. The sex…

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali

MA 15+, 96 minutes 4 Stars         Review by © Jane Freebury   The day that he met Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X had no idea…

JJ+E

MA 15+, 91 minutes 3 Stars         Review by © Jane Freebury When a film gets remade, it’s intriguing for the quizzical questions it prompts….

Annette

  MA 15+, 139 minutes 5 Stars In limited cinema release, and due to stream on Prime       Review by © Jane Freebury Every ten years…

Worth

M, 118 minutes Netflix 4 Stars         Review by © Jane Freebury As a plane flies past in the early scenes of this 9/11 drama,…

First Ladies

PG & M, 6 x 40-minute episodes 5 Stars Streaming, SBS On Demand     Review by © Jane Freebury   A mixed-race guy, brought up in Hawaii,…

La Garçonne

  M & MA 15+ 6 x 50-minute episodes, subtitled Streaming, SBS On Demand 3 Stars     Review by © Jane Freebury Paris in the 1920s might…

Beckett

A stumbling, loosely conceived action thriller that lacks conviction but has atmos, cinematography and music of mood, to recommend it   MA15+, 110 minutes 2 Stars Netflix  …

Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir

PG, 101 minutes 3 Stars Netflix Review by © Jane Freebury   It’s surprising that the Chinese community that has made America home is under-represented on US cinema…

Miss

M, 107 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury   Beauty pageants demand so much more of contestants than they used to. Parading around in bikinis and…

Free Guy

PG, 115 minutes 3 Stars     Review by © Jane Freebury Guy isn’t free, just programmed to look like it. When he gets ready for work each…

The Rose Maker

Despite some twee familiarity at the start, this story about a tough, committed businesswoman becomes a story about youth and second chances   M, 95 minutes 4 Stars…

The Souvenir

MA15+, 119 minutes Netflix 4 Stars         Review by © Jane Freebury   This highly accomplished feature is a portrait of the artist as a…

Shiva Baby

  M, 99 minutes 3 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury Who brings a baby to a shiva?’ Guests at a funeral keep asking each other the…

Jungle Cruise

Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt on a Jungle Cruise. Courtesy Disney   M, 127 minutes 3 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury This theme-park inspired Disney feature…

Everything but the Groom. Interview with Iciar Bollain, director Rosa’s Wedding

    By © Jane Freebury Tempestuous quarrels and family disagreements aside, there is plenty of kissing and hugging in Rosa’s Wedding, a popular new Spanish comedy from…

A Perfect Fit

PG, 112 minutes 3 Stars Netflix   Review by © Jane Freebury The island of Bali, beautiful in so many ways, forms the backdrop for this sweet romance…

Nine Days

M, 124 minutes 4 Stars       Review by © Jane Freebury   Building new worlds and creating new rules might just be worth contemplating in these…

Black Widow

M, 134 minutes 4 stars           Review by © Jane Freebury Given that Black Widow is the 24th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,…

This Little Love of Mine

G, 91 minutes Netflix 2 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury   The romantic couple in this new Australian feature first clap eyes on each other on…