Published in the Canberra Times on 23 September 2016 Joe Cinque’s Consolation highlights ambiguities © Jane Freebury It is now nearly two decades since a young civil engineer died in a flat in Canberra’s inner north after his live-in girlfriend injected him with heroin. The case has been dealt with in the courts but… Continue reading Joe Cinque’s Consolation, film director interview
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Malcolm – ‘harmless, innocent, shy, gentle, a genius…and wanted’
This articles was published in the Canberra Times on 16 September 2016. Remembering hit Aussie film Malcolm © Jane Freebury A film about a shy, retiring type whose love of all things mechanical inadvertently draws him into holding up banks was one of the surprise hits of the 1980s. Yes, Malcolm, who… Continue reading Malcolm – ‘harmless, innocent, shy, gentle, a genius…and wanted’
Arab Film Festival
© by Jane Freebury Published in the Canberra Times 30 July 2016 Halal or haram? Legal or illegal? That’s the question at the heart of Halal Love, a revealing comedy that features during the Arab Film Festival, now in its 13th year. Socially relevant and progressive, it looks at the tangled lives of contemporary… Continue reading Arab Film Festival