Film Review – I.S.S. (2023)
A staple in our current film diet, visions of the future have, of late, shifted from post-dystopian scenarios to ones...
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 …..
Interview – Why Swede Caroline Is A First For Jo Hartley
She’s one of the most familiar faces in British film and TV – This is England, After Life and now...
Film Review – Swede Caroline (2024)
Welcome to the wonderful world of giant vegetables! There’s something quintessentially English about the idea, a world populated by the...
Film Review – Civil War (2024)
For what he says will be his last film – as a director, that is – Alex Garland gives us...
Interview – Bleeding Love director Emma Westenberg on how the film got its name
Director Emma Westenberg knew exactly where she was heading. Work on commercials, shorts, music videos – one in particular with...
Interview – The Greatest Hits director, Ned Benson, on music as “the nostalgia machine”
It’s ten years since Ned Benson last directed a film. The final part of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby was...
Film Review – Bleeding Love (2023)
For her debut feature, director Emma Westenberg has chosen a script guaranteed to whet the appetite. Essentially a road trip...
Disney+ Review – The Greatest Hits (2024)
It’s happened to all of us, that moment when we hear a song and it sends us straight back into...
Film Review – Luca (2021)
Take a look at those boys. They look like they’re having fun – building their own bike, getting out and...
Interview – Silver Haze director Sacha Polak on making “a special project”
After making an impression on the festival circuit, Sacha Polak’s Silver Haze finally lands in UK cinemas this week. It...
Interview – director Anthony Chen on Drift’s footprints in the sand
Anthony Chen’s first English language film takes a personal look an international problem that’s never far from the headlines. The...
Film Review – Mothers’ Instinct (2023)
You’re intrigued from the start. The opening scene of Mothers’ Instinct feels so off-kilter that you’re pointed in a definite...
Film Review – Drift (2023)
The incoming tide dissolves a pair of solitary footprints in the sand in just seconds. And for Jacqueline (Cynthia Erivo)...
2024 BFI Flare Review – Unicorns (2023)
“Everybody just wants what they can’t have.” What – or, rather, who - Asian drag queen Aysha wants is sat...