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M, 113 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Watching this new French survivalist drama about a vulnerable couple in a deserted location, you might be…
M, 98 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Like many a French relationship film before it, this new comedy-drama draws attention to attitudes towards marital fidelity…
PG, 102 minutes 4 Stars Streaming on Binge Review by © Jane Freebury Early in the movie career of Elizabeth Taylor, a film critic of some repute declared…
M, 105 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The centrepiece of this fine film set rural Spain in the 1930s is a journal produced by children…
MA 15+, 127 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Like others who have thought big and staked a claim in wild country, the solitary figure riding…
M, 122 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Whether at work as a trade union representative or at home with family, the woman at the heart…
MA 15+, 115 minutes 4 Stars Netflix Review by © Jane Freebury This movie about a contract killer isn’t what it might seem. People mown down like skittles,…
M, 114 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Alexandre Dumas’ novel has been told and retold for screen many times since the days of silent cinema,…
PG, 95 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It all begins with an omelette. Not any old omelette, but one made French style with chopped fresh…
M, 98 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury There is no shortage of idealistic, inspiring teachers in front of rowdy, listless or hostile classrooms at the…
M, 103 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Scoop opens on a clear winter’s day in New York in 2010 at the apartment of a tabloid…
M, 141 minutes Four Stars Review by © Jane Freebury At the start of this impressive, immersive study of race relations in the United States, an African American…
PG, 125 minutes Four Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Simplicity and lyrical fluidity are hallmarks of the style of veteran German filmmaker, Wim Wenders. So are the…
MA 15+, 122 minutes Four Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This story out of Africa is drawn from first-person accounts by survivors of the harrowing overland journey…
MA 15+, 91 minutes Four Stars Review by © Jane Freebury If a sense of déjà vu begins to develop as the best holiday ever descends into the…
M, 81 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It’s not yet winter in this new film from Finland, but a chill in the air has you…
M, 117 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury After watching this migrant story about leaving Korea behind and building a new life in Canada, I found…
M, 111 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Blazing sunlight, deep blue seas, white-washed walls and plenty of space on the beach for everyone to do…
M, 129 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It is curious that, after relatively little on screen about the subject, there have in the last year…
MA 15+, 158 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The defiant, scowling figure slouching on the French throne on the flyers that advertise Ridley Scott’s latest…