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Noah

Review by Jane Freebury A big screen treatment of the life of a key prophet of Judaism, Christianity and Islam is one helluva big undertaking, destined for controversy….

The Cup

Review by Jane Freebury It is the season for thoroughbred horses, outlandish hats and a lot of money changing hands and just the right moment for veteran producer…

Dinner for Schmucks

Review by © Jane Freebury The received wisdom that foreign language Hollywood remakes are a pale imitation of the original is usually true, but not always. An exception…

South Solitary

Review by Jane Freebury Even at the best of times lighthouse keeping would have to be a tough call. The isolation on an inhospitable outcrop in the ocean,…

I Am Love

Review by © Jane Freebury There’s something about Tilda Swinton. The way she looks and the characters she plays have an ethereal quality, like something from far away…

Van Diemen’s Land

Review by Jane Freebury The Tasmanian tourism industry won’t be thanking our film industry for its interest in an Irish convict called Alexander Pearce who was hanged in…

La Vie en Rose

Review by © Jane Freebury There were lovers and husbands, triumphs and catastrophes, illnesses and addictions, and highs and lows enough in the life of singer Edith Piaf…

The Oyster Farmer

Review by Jane Freebury The last time I remember being on the Hawkesbury River in an Australian movie was afloat in that fantastic glass church, the centrepiece in…

Team America: World Police

Review by © Jane Freebury A little while back, before terrorism became an everyday word, the South Park team launched a rough and rude feature animation from their…