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M, 136 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Making a film from a novel is a tricky business. Page and screen are vastly different, unless we’re…
M, 103 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This new film from Iran, about a group of former political prisoners who kidnap a man they believe…
M, 106 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Of all the film directors who took part in the French New Wave, no one rode it quite…
MA 15+, 118 Minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury By keeping bees, a hallowed art today, a man somewhere in America feels that he is doing…
PG, 117 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It’s ironic that a drama set during a time of brutal political repression gets a PG rating in…
M, 113 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury In this teenage resistance caper set in Tokyo in the near future the authority figures, young and old,…
PG, 112 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury In its heyday a few decades ago, the Merchant Ivory film was a lavish cinema experience, a sumptuous…
National Theatre live E, 111 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury A cracking script and skilful, creative direction combine in this new production bringing theatre to…
MA 15+, 105 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury There are so many aspects to a movie that can win us over. The way it looks,…
M, 119 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This sweet story about canine companionship combines a little sadness with a dash of wry humour. Some of…
M, 92 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Before his world abruptly changes, the young man at the heart of this story set in rural France…
MA 15+, 98 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury In these days of everyday celebrity, a French stage actress who was a pioneer in theatre arts…
MA 15+, 98 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury What was it about Joh Bjelke-Petersen, the outlandish state premier who drove a tractor through the democratic…
M, 94 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury A family lunch in the gardens of a fine house in the French countryside sets the stage in…
M, 117 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The dreamy, introspective relationship drama, Past Lives, was so successful several years ago with an Oscar nomination that…
Netflix series 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The further south along the east Australian coast, the darker, denser and twistier the trees and plants become. The…
M, 101 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury If the whacky charm and playfulness of a Wes Anderson film is a challenge to folk who prefer…
M, 115 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The tale of a long-distance walk, while not bristling with tension, can hold its own at the movies….
M, MA15+ and R18+, 5 episodes, Amazon 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Anyone unfamiliar with the Richard Flanagan book on which this television series is based…
M, 119 minutes 4 stars Review by © Jane Freebury Seeing a defendant seated in a steel cage in court is an image that is hard to erase….