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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…

Carmen

M, 117 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This new take on the ravishing gypsy woman who can never belong to anyone is striking. From its…

The New Boy

M, 116 minutes 5 Stars Review by Jane © Freebury In startling opening scenes, a boy trying to escape from police is felled by a boomerang, bundled into…

Other People’s Children

M, 107 minutes, subtitles 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This gentle, relatable relationship drama set in the city of love and romance explores a sadly common…

Belle & Sebastian: Next Generation

PG, 97 minutes, subtitles 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury When no one else understands or appreciates you, a big hound at least as big as yourself…

Reality

M, 83 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The name of the young security contractor at the centre of this tense, meticulously plotted drama comes as…

No Hard Feelings

MA 15+, 103 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury When an old pop song is performed solo in this battle of the sexes for millennials, it…

You Hurt My Feelings

You Hurt My Feelings film review by Jane Freebury

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

M, 108 minutes 2 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury What would possess someone to walk the length of England, from southernmost Devon to the Scottish border?…

One Fine Morning

MA 15+, 113 minutes, subtitled 4 Stars   Review by © Jane Freebury One fine day, did Mia Hansen-Love wake up with the idea of casting James Bond’s…

Sweet As

Risks to at-risk Indigenous youth are clear yet peripheral in this fresh and assured perspective on life choices in the magnificent, remote North-West