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Monster

PG, 126 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury An artless simplicity belies the complexity of this new film from Japan, a drama that takes place in…

The Taste of Things

PG, 145 minutes 5 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It’s a waltz around the kitchen as cooks prepare banquets to while away the hours in this quintessentially…

The Teachers’ Lounge

M, 98 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury There is no shortage of idealistic, inspiring teachers in front of rowdy, listless or hostile classrooms at the…

Freud’s Last Session

M, 109 minutes Three Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Several weeks before he died, Sigmund Freud met with an Oxford professor whose identity remains a mystery. As…

Scoop

M, 103 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Scoop opens on a clear winter’s day in New York in 2010 at the apartment of a tabloid…

Origin

M, 141 minutes Four Stars Review by © Jane Freebury At the start of this impressive, immersive study of race relations in the United States, an African American…

Perfect Days

PG, 125 minutes Four Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Simplicity and lyrical fluidity are hallmarks of the style of veteran German filmmaker, Wim Wenders. So are the…

Io Capitano

MA 15+, 122 minutes Four Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This story out of Africa is drawn from first-person accounts by survivors of the harrowing overland journey…

Shirley

M, 118 minutes Netflix 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The groundswell for civil rights was growing in 1972 but it took a Black American woman, a…

How To Have Sex

MA 15+, 91 minutes Four Stars Review by © Jane Freebury If a sense of déjà vu begins to develop as the best holiday ever descends into the…

The Great Escaper

M, 96 minutes Three Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This affectionate tribute to two great names of the screen is a gentle and dignified finale that will…

Four Daughters

M, 100 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Among a group of terrorists arrested in Libya in 2016 were two young Tunisian sisters who remain in…

The Zone of Interest

M, 105 minutes 5 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury So much careful and thoughtful prep has gone into this film, told with such restraint, but the impact…

Fallen Leaves

M, 81 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It’s not yet winter in this new film from Finland, but a chill in the air has you…

Riceboy Sleeps

M, 117 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury After watching this migrant story about leaving Korea behind and building a new life in Canada, I found…

Anatomy of a Fall

MA 15+, 152 minutes 5 stars Review by © Jane Freebury As they must, it’s the small details that matter on the day a man dies, suddenly and…

Two Tickets to Greece

M, 111 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Blazing sunlight, deep blue seas, white-washed walls and plenty of space on the beach for everyone to do…

Maestro

M, 129 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It is curious that, after relatively little on screen about the subject, there have in the last year…

Master Gardener

M, 111 minutes 2 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The dungarees with a pair of pruning shears protruding from the front pocket were to be expected, but…

Uproar

M, 110 Minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This light-hearted drama with deadly serious intent is as good-natured as its charismatic young lead actor, Julian Dennison….