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All Together Now

A glossily produced sugar hit, with serious backstory and talent on board, that sings its way out of issues it skirts   M, 133 minutes 3 Stars Netflix…

Fatima

a faith-based story for believers that attempts to interrogate its subject, but never follows through M, 113 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury A love of…

Les Misérables

MA15+ 104 minutes 4 stars Review by © Jane Freebury In the summer of 2018, when France beat Croatia in the FIFA World Cup, the people of Paris…

The Swallows of Kabul

M, 81 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The Swallows of Kabul is set in the summer of 1998, a couple of years into Taliban rule…

La Belle Epoque

M, 110 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This delicious tale of lovers a half century apart is a postmodern romance. Part your own romantic adventure…

We’ll End Up Together

(aka Little White Lies 2) M, 134 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury In 2010, Little White Lies was an ensemble piece about a group of…

Litigante

M, 95 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Harried parents of young children know full well that some days everything seems to be happening at once….

Babyteeth

Pitch-perfect performances all round, a beautifully crafted drama about a teenager’s last fling at life M, 118 Minutes Dendy, Palace Electric 5 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury…

House of Cardin

a fascinating tribute to Pierre Cardin, fashion visionary, whose work is ‘never done’ G, 97 minutes Palace Electric 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury How famous people…

The future of Australian movies

Australian film, where to from here? Too much to lose if Australia’s film and television industries are allowed to slip into decline … again In this year of…

Shirley

A convoluted, eerie psychological drama about reclusive writer of gothic horror   M, 107 minutes Palace Electric 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury   When the actor…

Eurovision Song Contest: the Story of Fire Saga

Despite the deadpan, Ferrell doesn’t sink his Eurovision caper entirely M, 123 minutes 3 Stars Netflix Review by © Jane Freebury The Eurovision Song Contest scheduled for May…

It Must Be Heaven

A silent doco observes a world gone mad M, 97 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury For obscure reasons, It Must Be Heaven begins during an…

Love Sarah

M, 98 minutes 2 stars Palace Electric  Review by © Jane Freebury This letter to loved ones lost begins with a young woman on a mad dash across…

The Assistant

Cover-up and complicity all in a day’s work M, 87 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Her job begins at the office before dawn, making ready…

Petit Paysan (aka Bloody Milk)

Subtle, taut drama that resonates beyond the family farm M, 86 minutes Streaming on Stan 4 stars Review by © Jane Freebury This is an impressive, subtle drama…

Taylor Swift: Miss Americana

Taylor Swift and the pop music doco M, 85 minutes 3 Stars Streaming on Netflix Review by © Jane Freebury More often than not, a documentary about a…

The Laundromat

Another spin with Meryl Streep 3 Stars By © Jane Freebury In shapeless, comfy clothes and floppy grey wig, Meryl Streep is barely recognisable in her latest film,…

Ben Mendelsohn, larrikin no more

By © Jane Freebury New work by actor Ben Mendelsohn can be easy to miss. Not often the lead, he can pop up in unexpected places, like Buckingham…

Revisit Catch-22 in 2020

By © Jane Freebury Odds are that someone somewhere has already come up with a phrase to nail the international health emergency that we are living through right…