Film Review – Horizon: An American Saga, Chapter One (2024)
The rousing music swells, the spectacularly stark beauty of the American West rises up and we know we’re on...
Freda Cooper
Freda is a Senior Writer at The People's Movies.
A lifelong movie fan and a film critic for over ten years, Freda’s natural habitat is the darkened rooms frequented by fellow cineastes. She can also be found asking questions of some of the biggest names in the business – from Cate Blanchett to Daniel Craig or Mike Leigh to Pete Docter – or crafting reviews for a number of sites and publications, including The People’s Movies. And listeners to BBC Local Radio can catch her views on the latest releases. She always – and probably always will – cite The Third Man as her favourite film of all time. Her top ten? That’s a moveable feast …..
Film Review -The G (2023)
“Old age isn’t for sissies.” The G’s Ann (Dale Dickey) wouldn’t disagree with Bette Davis. If anything, she’d go further:...
Film Review – The Bikeriders (2023)
Jeff Nichols makes a welcome return to screens this week with The Bikeriders, his first film in eight years. Not...
Film Review – Inside Out 2 (2024)
It’s not been an easy decade for Disney Pixar. Once the home of originality and wonderful animation, its early films...
Sundance London 2024 Review – Rob Peace (2024)
There’s a shot at the start of Rob Peace that you never forget – and that the film’s director, Chiwetel...
Sundance London 2024 Review – My Old Ass (2024)
It’s a life lesson and one that can take years to learn. Just about every teenager will have nursed a...
Sundance London 2024 Review – Kneecap (2024)
Not heard of Rich Peppiatt? This year’s Sundance London opener, Kneecap, will change that. As his Belfast-set docudrama explodes off...
Interview – Matthew Modine on the challenge of Hard Miles and a backstory for “Papa”
To younger audiences, he’s Papa in Stranger Things. To older cinemagoers, he’s Private Joker from Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket....
Film Review – Hard Miles (2023)
It’s a long and winding road to self-discovery and redemption for the four teenagers in R J Daniel Hanna’s Hard...
Film Review – Sting (2024)
There’s something about spiders. Just about everybody knows somebody who’s afraid of them, regardless of size, shape or hairiness, so...
Film Review – Hit Man (2023)
We’ve missed Richard Linklater. Whether he’s in throwaway comedy mode or making something more contemplative, he’s always gone his own...
Film Review – La Chimera (2023)
Put simply, La Chimera is a film that does what it says on the tin. The title has numerous definitions...
Film Review – The Idea Of You (2024)
It’s a meet-cute that promises something slightly different. The soon-to-be lovers run across each other in what appears to be...
Film Review – Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
Her debut, the disturbing Saint Maud (2019), labelled her a disrupter for the way it up-turned horror, but her...