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Jane Freebury

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Biography:

Cinema journalist for 30 years on many platforms, writing reviews and features. In print (The Jakarta Post, the former Australian Society magazine and Australian film journal Metro and currently The Canberra Times), on radio and a blog. I've taught screen studies at university, and my book on the intriguing Australian auteur director, Rolf de Heer, was published in 2015. A member of the Film Critics Circle of Australia since the 1990s.

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The Correspondent (2024) 4/5 “With an immersive ambience that looks and feels entirely authentic and a compelling point to make, this account of recent true-to-life events is a chilling demonstration of the importance of a free press” – Jane Freebury Apr 22, 2025 Full Review The Count of Monte Cristo (2024) 96% 4/5 “A thrilling ride. With its grand sweeping plot, lush historical settings and compelling protagonist, this won't disappoint. Coherent, engrossing and entertaining, the film effortlessly proves historical action is still timeless. ” – Jane Freebury Apr 14, 2025 Full Review I'm Still Here (2024) 97% 5/5 “Visceral and suspenseful, a chilling account of what can happen to citizens if a regime regards them as dissident that slowly rallies as a grieving wife leads her family beyond the tragedy of loss” – Jane Freebury Mar 3, 2025 Full Review Bird (2024) 86% 4/5 “Despite the difficult and weighty subjects here, like underage and neglectful parenting, the film's social realism finds way of escape in an irrepressible sense of fun and an immersive, uplifting natural world” – Jane Freebury Feb 25, 2025 Full Review Widow Clicquot (2023) 80% 3/5 “The fascinating backstory that surely belongs with this tale of a female wine entrepreneur in Napoleonic France just doesn't get the attention it deserves in this vague, dreamy treatment with great atmos but weak script” – The Canberra Times (Australia) Feb 16, 2025 Full Review Companion (2025) 93% 3/5 “A smart, articulate and entertaining, sometimes vicious, take on the AI playmate as accessory lover, that twists and turns its unpredictable way through the woods of gender politics ” – Jane Freebury Feb 7, 2025 Full Review A Complete Unknown (2024) 82% 5/5 “Bears powerful witness to the moment when Dylan, anchored in a truly great performance, decides to create for himself, not for others, and build his incredibly influential body of work” – Jane Freebury Jan 30, 2025 Full Review Nosferatu (2024) 84% 3/5 “The powerful visual aesthetic, Depp's lead performance, and the attention to historical detail are all compelling, but this 21st century version of a weird and wonderful silent classic could have tweaked the familiar journey with more new ideas” – The Canberra Times (Australia) Jan 14, 2025 Full Review Anora (2024) 93% 5/5 “Impressive at every stage, it starts out as an adolescent male sex fantasy then segues to a surprisingly comic dimension with bumbling goons, before the slow reveal that makes its final, devastating point” – Jane Freebury Jan 4, 2025 Full Review Black Dog (2024) 97% 4/5 “Bleak realities are rendered handsome in this offbeat noir featuring a moody young biker released from prison, who finds his hometown overrun by stray dogs” – Jane Freebury Jan 4, 2025 Full Review Parthenope (2024) 45% 4/5 “With its medley of unwieldy ideas exploring the impact of female beauty, it is nothing short of ambitious, and the lead has to convince she has that siren something, yet it is a stunning and memorable visual feast” – Jane Freebury Dec 31, 2024 Full Review Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) 56% 3/5 “It looks good and there's plenty of race-and-chase action against spectacular backdrops but less childhood trauma and more meerkat, plus a terrific score like the classic original, would have made this way more engaging” – The Canberra Times (Australia) Dec 31, 2024 Full Review The Dead Don't Hurt (2023) 86% 4/5 “Insightful and refreshing, this elegant revisionist western about an unconventional pioneering couple still offers many of the familiar pleasures of the traditional western” – Jane Freebury Dec 11, 2024 Full Review Goodrich (2024) 81% 3/5 “An intelligent script dealing with familiar family stuff, along with Keaton's comedic flair as a single parent, makes for an interesting watch ” – The Canberra Times (Australia) Nov 30, 2024 Full Review There's Still Tomorrow (2023) 89% 4/5 “An unusual and daring take on domestic abuse in post-war Rome with nods to the neorealist artistic trends of the time, and a clever about-turn that confounds our sense of tragedy foretold in panache and style” – Jane Freebury Nov 14, 2024 Full Review Midas Man (2024) 82% 3/5 “Jacob Fortune-Lloyd cuts an engaging figure in the first half as the brilliant entrepreneur, personable and self-effacing, and facilitator for the outrageously talented Liverpudlian lads, but the film loses its way as the focus shifts to family melodrama” – Jane Freebury Nov 14, 2024 Full Review Bonnard, Pierre & Marthe (2024) 4/5 “Cecile de France does a fabulous job with Marthe, a complex, earthy and antagonistic character and artist in her own right, in this gorgeous painterly study of the relationship between an artist and his muse” – Jane Freebury Sep 17, 2024 Full Review His Three Daughters (2023) 98% 4/5 “Nuance and complexity wittily observed as three women, all so different, get together during the final days of their father's life” – Jane Freebury Sep 17, 2024 Full Review Blink Twice (2024) 75% 3/5 “A slick, expertly handled revenge flick set in a billionaire's playground, plays with an apparently innocent and attentive enquiry that hides dark intent, but gets into difficulties trying to resolve the threads in the odd final coda” – Jane Freebury Sep 5, 2024 Full Review It's Raining Men (2023) 75% 4/5 “A breezy serio-comic French sex comedy featuring the natural, generous charm of its lead actress, mixes an airy nonchalance with a serious side that gives pause” – Jane Freebury Aug 26, 2024 Full Review Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024) 97% 4/5 “An intriguiing insight into the life of a massive star that reveals her many dimensions, and her concerns that her stunning looks got in the way of being considered a serious actor” – Jane Freebury Aug 26, 2024 Full Review The Fabulous Four (2024) 25% 2/5 “A feeble attempt at feel-good in this celebration of mature-age friendship, despite the number of talented creative women involved who try to rise above the poor material they have work with” – Jane Freebury Aug 17, 2024 Full Review The Teacher Who Promised the Sea (2023) 100% 4/5 “The solemn mood in this elegant historical piece only makes the enthusiasm and charisma of the central character, with his promise for a better future, all the more poignant” – Jane Freebury Aug 9, 2024 Full Review Mr. Blake, at Your Service! (2023) 89% 3/5 “Although there is some humour in this rather ordinary fare, the perfomances from the pros in the cast give it a lift and occasional moments of endearing charm” – The Canberra Times (Australia) Aug 9, 2024 Full Review Kinds of Kindness (2024) 71% 2/5 “With scenes of casual, gratuitous misanthropy that are hard to take, the dark and savage satire carries fine performances but lacks the pleasures of the filmmaker's recent wildly offbeat historical dramas, and becomes something like an ordeal ” – Jane Freebury Jul 20, 2024 Full Review
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