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The Phoenician Scheme

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…

The Salt Path

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….

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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…

The Correspondent

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….

The Count of Monte Cristo

M, 178 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury When the Three Musketeers films landed back-to-back on screen two years ago, it seemed to confirm that the…

Bird

MA 15+, 119 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Living in an inner-city squat with a boisterous dad too busy larking around and having fun for…

Parthenope

MA 15+, 137 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury According to myth among the ancient Greeks and Romans, the most beautiful goddess of all was born…

Black Dog

M, 118 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Featuring a long-eared black dog that rides a sidecar and a muted performance from a high-profile actor, this…

The Dead Don’t Hurt

M, 129 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury A saloon door swings closed, dust swirls across a main street and the saw-toothed profile of nearby mountains…

There’s Still Tomorrow

M, 118 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury While the news of yesterday’s shock election results will be a slap in the face for many women,…

Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe

MA 15+, 123 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury In this intimate study of one of the founding members of the Post-Impressionist movement, the woman who…

His Three Daughters

M, 105 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury However hard they try, three adult sisters who spend time together caring for their father during the last…

Suddenly

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…

Iris and the Men

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…

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

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…

The Teacher Who Promised the Sea

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…

The Promised Land

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…

The Sitting Duck

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…

Hit Man

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,…

The Three Musketeers: Milady

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,…