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Idiot Prayer – Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace

Singer-songwriter Nick Cave gives his all in a one-man concert, a soaring performance in a cavern of silence   M, 118 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane…

The  Mystery of Henri Pick

  M, 101 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury     smart and entertaining drama that takes an influential book critic to the provinces to dissect…

Rams

A different take on the eccentric Icelandic drama that makes more of community, the challenging environment and laconic Aussie humour PG, 119 minutes 4 Stars Review by ©…

I Am Greta

M, 97 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It was a tip-off that got him started. When filmmaker Nathan Grossman heard that a schoolgirl was campaigning…

On the Rocks

An elegant, subtle and playful take on marital affairs with Bill Murray providing dubious advice as the aging playboy dad M, 96 minutes 4 Stars Review by ©…

Les Misérables

MA15+ 104 minutes 4 stars Review by © Jane Freebury In the summer of 2018, when France beat Croatia in the FIFA World Cup, the people of Paris…

The Swallows of Kabul

M, 81 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The Swallows of Kabul is set in the summer of 1998, a couple of years into Taliban rule…

La Belle Epoque

M, 110 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury This delicious tale of lovers a half century apart is a postmodern romance. Part your own romantic adventure…

We’ll End Up Together

(aka Little White Lies 2) M, 134 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury In 2010, Little White Lies was an ensemble piece about a group of…

House of Cardin

a fascinating tribute to Pierre Cardin, fashion visionary, whose work is ‘never done’ G, 97 minutes Palace Electric 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury How famous people…

Shirley

A convoluted, eerie psychological drama about reclusive writer of gothic horror   M, 107 minutes Palace Electric 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury   When the actor…

It Must Be Heaven

A silent doco observes a world gone mad M, 97 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury For obscure reasons, It Must Be Heaven begins during an…

Petit Paysan (aka Bloody Milk)

Subtle, taut drama that resonates beyond the family farm M, 86 minutes Streaming on Stan 4 stars Review by © Jane Freebury This is an impressive, subtle drama…

The King

A brilliant, brooding adaptation of Shakespeare on leadership and power MA15+, 140 minutes Review by © Jane Freebury 4 Stars Now the streaming platforms are windows on the…

Queen & Slim

Combines style and charisma to make the point MA15+, 132 minutes Review by © Jane Freebury 4 Stars The date at a diner wasn’t going well. She had…

Honeyland

M, 86 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury A wild and rugged landscape, a cast of thousands of airborne extras and their solitary beekeeper feature in…

Motherless Brooklyn

Pet project made with a free hand M, 144 minutes 4 stars Review by © Jane Freebury Edward Norton has had a lot of time to think this…

Emma

PG, 125 minutes All Canberra cinemas 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Emma Woodhouse, created by the 19th century novelist Jane Austen, is blessed with beauty, intelligence…

Just Mercy

M, 137 Minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury It took more courage than many of us would have thought necessary 30 years ago to leave home…

1917

MA 15+, 119 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury For whatever reasons, World War I doesn’t figure nearly as much as World War II on the…