M, 102 minutes 3 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury Two heads are better than one. So it goes, for two young women, an actress and a lawyer, who share an apartment together in Paris in the 1930s. It’s hard to get by in a world when the competition in their line of work is… Continue reading The Crime is Mine
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EO
MA 15+, 87 minutes 5 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury If he has seen and done it all now, the Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski who made his feature debut in 1960, has made a sharp, new career turn in his mid-80s. EO is a deeply empathetic perspective on the life of a gentle, vulnerable… Continue reading EO
The Godmother (aka Mama Weed)
Whip-smart crime caper with the familiar insouciance of Isabelle Huppert a good starting point for a radical change M, 105 minutes 4 Stars Review by © Jane Freebury For those familiar with the work of Isabelle Huppert, the opening scenes of tension and suspense in her new film will unspool as anticipated. In that the… Continue reading The Godmother (aka Mama Weed)