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Review by © Jane Freebury Shit happens. Kenny and his crew know all about that, because their jobs depend on it. Kenny (Shane Jacobson) half-heartedly tries to pass…
Review by Jane Freebury Little Fish heralds the very welcome return of two talented Aussies to the big screen in a fine Australian film. Cate Blanchett needs no…
Review by © Jane Freebury Experiencing this striking new movie from Turkish-German director Fatih Akin is like colliding with an artist’s pent-up fury and frustration. And it is…
Review by © Jane Freebury Every once in a while a feature comes along that signals a fresh, new creative voice that makes filmmaking look effortlessly fluent and…
Review by Jane Freebury Since this remarkable documentary on David Hicks was completed, the young Adelaide man who needs no introduction has finally met with his father Terry,…
Review by © Jane Freebury If you’re wondering why the words don’t roll off the tongue, the title is a quote from 18th century man of letters Alexander…
Review by Jane Freebury A highway prostitute who in the late 1980s became a serial killer is now the subject of three films. British filmmaker Nick Broomfield made…
Review by © Jane Freebury If a picture is worth a thousand words it can also prompt a good story, something shown recently by the success of a…
Review by Jane Freebury Early in Dinner Rush a man is gunned down in the street. When this happens and when so many movie elements are slick, handsome…
Review by Jane Freebury This spirited, compassionate and stylish movie begins in Australia in 1960 and is told from the point of view of Lucia, fourteen years old…
Review by © Jane Freebury Having set the publishing world ablaze with her four books about an English schoolboy who finds out he’s a wizard in need of…
Review by © Jane Freebury The Iron Giant, based loosely on a story written by the late Ted Hughes, former poet laureate, and directed by Brad Bird who…