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Burning Man

Review by Jane Freebury This is the story of a man grieving for his dead wife. It is intricately structured and edited, and gorgeous to look at but…

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Review by © Jane Freebury As it turns out, the director of this film is an American who learned French to make it, because he felt the story…

Pan’s Labyrinth

Review by Jane Freebury If the point of fairy tales is to frighten small children into doing as they’re told or the bogeyman will get them, then this…

Jindabyne

Review by Jane Freebury It would be interesting to see what director Ray Lawrence could do with a genre thriller, because he is a master of suspense. The…

The Proposition

Review by Jane Freebury It’s said that one of the reasons Hollywood has snapped up Australian cinematographers to shoot movies like Dances with Wolves, Chicago and Cold Mountain,…

2046

Review by © Jane Freebury The year 2046 is the last of the ‘50 years without change’ that China promised Hong Kong from 1997. It’s also the number…

Downfall

Review by © Jane Freebury The face of actor Bruno Ganz, his gentle, impish features transformed by the intensity of performance in this portrayal of one of the…

Million Dollar Baby

Review by Jane Freebury Million Dollar Baby sounds more like a romantic romp, a battle of the sexes, or a doco about IVF than a drama about a…

The Motorcycle Diaries

Review by © Jane Freebury In the middle of last century, two young Argentinians set out on a journey of discovery to explore the South American continent. It…

The Hours

Review by © Jane Freebury This beautifully constructed film and its fragile characters will delight its audiences, even though it is profoundly sad. It glides effortlessly backwards and…