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Happy End

Review by © Jane Freebury There are probably plenty of exceptions to the adage that happy endings belong in fairy tales, so it may not be fair to…

Phantom Thread

Review by © Jane Freebury High end fashion is not a place to expect to find the actor Daniel Day-Lewis. Over his long career he has fought on…

Sweet Country

Review by © Jane Freebury There’s a burning intensity to Sweet Country, a tale of revenge in the Australian outback where men turn against each other with guns…

The Shape of Water

review by © jane freebury Guillermo del Toro had the actor Sally Hawkins in mind for this sensuous dark fantasy from the beginning. Once, when he bumped into…

Darkest Hour

Review by © Jane Freebury If the impression we get is really true, rather than chosen for dramatic effect, Winston Churchill behind the scenes was not the type…

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Review by @ Jane Freebury When a grieving mother in rural Missouri tries shock tactics to get results from police investigating the rape and murder of her daughter,…

The Florida Project

Review by © Jane Freebury It’s summer holidays in Orlando, Florida. Disney World is just over the road, and out of reach. What is there to do when…

The Teacher

Review by © Jane Freebury This is a film that shows what’s possible on screen with a good idea that is well thought through and delivered in a…

Loving Vincent

Review by © Jane Freebury It seems there is no end to the ways to express love for van Gogh. Buy the print, wear the jewellery, wear the…

Suburbicon

Reviewed by © Jane Freebury It can’t be as bad as all that, can it? I mean, Suburbicon is directed by the sophisticate George Clooney. Those brilliant, witty…

The Mountain Between Us

Review © Jane Freebury After a hasty set-up at an airport closed due to bad weather, The Mountain Between Us delivers us onto a snowbound mountainside when a…

Final Portrait

Review by © Jane Freebury Final Portrait, from the actor and occasional director Stanley Tucci, is a footnote to the life and work of sculptor and painter Alberto…

Blade Runner 2049

Review by © Jane Freebury It took a decade to perfect the original Blade Runner by jettisoning the voiceover and upbeat ending and restoring some scenes that had…

Beatriz at Dinner

Reviewed by © Jane Freebury Think ‘when worlds collide’ with this one. Unexpected dinner guests can create quite a stir. There is something of a cinema sub-genre out…

Victoria & Abdul

Review by © Jane Freebury With a cheeky play on names, Victoria & Abdul hints that Queen Victoria so missed her late husband and consort Prince Albert that…

Ali’s Wedding

Review by © Jane Freebury Smitten by a lovely girl at the local mosque and eager to make his father and family proud, a young man tells a…

The Beguiled

Review © Jane Freebury Like so much, it all depends on point of view. Is it the male of the species or is it the female who is…

A Quiet Passion

Review © Jane Freebury In her day, the American poet Emily Dickinson was a kind of free thinker and early feminist, but she hardly crossed her front porch…

Una

Review © Jane Freebury It is a committed, adventurous actor who takes on the role of a pedophile, even apparently reformed. They couldn’t have been exactly lining up…

Ali’s Wedding

4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Smitten by a lovely girl at the local mosque and eager to make his father and family proud, a young man…