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M, 108 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury How to Be a Good Wife opens at the crack of dawn, as everyone gets ready…
MA 15+, 116 minutes 4 stars Review by © Jane Freebury Among the memorable moments in the classic film, Gallipoli , there’s a standout that is…
M, 151 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury The subject of this fine documentary was one of society’s eccentrics. A medical doctor and a writer of…
M, 106 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury When organisers were getting ready for the Miss World contest in 1970, there were plans afoot to gatecrash…
Gutsy female lead performances lift all boats in this tale of backwoods America that is both vilified and embraced by a polarised public M, 116 minutes 4 Stars…
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…
M, 101 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury smart and entertaining drama that takes an influential book critic to the provinces to dissect…
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 ©…
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…
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 ©…
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…
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…
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…
(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…
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…
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…
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…
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…