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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….

Napoleon

MA 15+, 158 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The defiant, scowling figure slouching on the French throne on the flyers that advertise Ridley Scott’s latest…

Saltburn

MA 15+, 131 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury For someone hanging out for an invitation to stay with members of the English upper class on…

Paris Memories

M, 103 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It is hardly surprising that filmmaker Alice Winocour felt the need to tell a story connected with the…

Foe

M, 110 Minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Late into the evening, a car travels through arid, spectral landscape before stopping outside an isolated farmhouse. The…

Monolith

M, 93 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury In an age of blockbusters with budgets over 200 million dollars, here is a movie that confirms some…

Killers of the Flower Moon

M, 206 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The latest movie from living legend, Martin Scorsese, brings together two of the actors that he has made…

Nyad

M, 120 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury While a film about a long-distance swimmer wasn’t a subject that you might expect to hold your interest…

The Crime is Mine

M, 102 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Two heads are better than one. So it goes, for two young women, an actress and a lawyer,…

Fair Play

MA 15+, 115 minutes 3 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury It’s great to know that at least some of the people can find time for a…

Shayda

M, 118 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury As a woman trying to escape an abusive marriage and start over in a new land, the actress…

Past Lives

M, 106 minutes 4 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury This subtle, understated romantic drama involves three people who we first see having a drink together at…

BlackBerry

M, 120 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This tale is one for our fast-changing times. It is about how a small technology innovator got together…

Asteroid City

M, 105 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury To reassure anyone who may get lost along the way, the new film from Wes Anderson begins with…

The Miracle Club

PG, 90 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It is a bit of a surprise to see a film like this arrive on the big screen….

Barbie

PG, 114 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Just how does a professional bimbo some say set the feminist movement back 50 years get to be…

Alcarras

M, 120 minutes, subtitled 4 Stars  Review by © Jane Freebury From deep within a farm in Catalonia where peaches grow in abundance, there is little to see…

Sugar and Stars

M, 110 minutes, subtitled 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This story of a young chef so dedicated to his craft that he camped on the beach…