The Testament Of Ann Lee Review
As 2026 shapes up to be The Year Of The Big Sequel – The Devil Wears Prada 2, Dune Part...
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 …..
Wuthering Heights Review
We thought we knew what to expect from Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights. Saltburn (2023) and Promising Young Woman (2020) showed...
Interview: Storms and stunts – Ric Roman Waugh and Bodhi Rae Breathnach on Shelter
After a career in stunts which included Total Recall and Days of Thunder, Ric Roman Waugh has made a name...
Interview: Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn on Saipan – and disagreements
It started with a disagreement - not on the scale of the clash between Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane at...
The History Of Sound Review
It’s impossible to ignore the parallels between Oliver Hermanus’ The History Of Sound and Brokeback Mountain. Both are based on...
Saipan Review
For football fans, Saipan means just one thing. The 2002 FIFA World Cup. The Western Pacific island was just one...
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Review
The bar for this year’s batch of horror movies had been set high well before the chimes of Big Ben...
Song Sung Blue Review
It’s been a long time since it was cool to like Neil Diamond and actually say so. Yet his actual...
Goodbye June Review
Directorial debut number two from an award-winning actress this week comes from Kate Winslet, and it’s an unashamedly family affair,...
Eleanor The Great Review
It’s a week when two award-winning actresses move behind the camera and launch their directorial debuts. Both Scarlett Johansson and...
Oh. What. Fun. Review
You can probably count the number of genuinely good Christmas films on the fingers of one hand. OK, let’s be...
Nuremberg Review
Each generation seems to have its own screen version of The Nuremberg Trials. The cinematic appeal of their inherent drama...
The History Of Sound Review (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
It’s impossible to ignore the parallels between Oliver Hermanus’ The History Of Sound and Brokeback Mountain. Both are based on...
Blue Moon Review (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
For over twenty years, he was half of the biggest songwriting team on Broadway. Throughout the 1920s and 30s, Lorenz...