Berlin 2021 Film Review – Beans (2020)
For nearly 80 days in the summer of 1990, First Nations and the Canadian government went head to head in...
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 …..
Berlin 2021 Film Review – Night Raiders (2021)
It starts with a blank screen and a legend told in the Cree language, a prophecy telling of a saviour...
Film Review – Raya And The Last Dragon (2021)
It’s become the cinematic mantra for the pandemic. “If only we could’ve seen it on the big screen.” And, while...
Berlin 2021 Film Review – Ted K (2021)
From 1978 to 1995, America’s most notorious domestic terrorist killed three people and injured 22 in a deadly mail bombing...
Berlin 2021 Film Review – I’m Your Man (2021)
It’s fascinated for years. From the confusion of Blade Runner’s Rachael to Spike Jonze’s seductively voiced OS in Her or...
Berlin 2021 Film Review – Next Door (2021)
For actor Daniel (Daniel Bruhl), it’s a big day. A flight to London to test for what could be the...
Film Review – Words On Bathroom Walls (2020)
While we wait for cinemas to re-open – over two months away, at least – we’re still mopping up some...
Digital Review – To Olivia (2021)
Recent months may have made us question our image of author Roald Dahl, but Sky Cinema’s To Olivia was filmed...
Netflix Review – News Of The World (2020)
It’s a while since they last worked together – 2013 – but the mere thought of a Tom Hanks/Paul Greengrass...
Review – Judas And The Black Messiah (Sundance 2021)
It’s a word that comes with all manner of negative connotations. Snitch. Or, to use the more formal description, informant....
Digital Review – Rams (2020)
There are times when films get lost in translation. Foreign titles are fair game for re-makes in English, but something...
Review – The Blazing World (2021 Sundance Film Festival)
Sometimes you understand a movie from the get-go, sometimes that comprehension is instinctive but harder to explain to anybody else....
Review – Passing (Sundance 2021)
After a much-applauded performance in Christine, one of the highlights of Sundance 2016, Rebecca Hall returns to the scene of...
Review – Cryptozoo (2021 Sundance Film Festival)
Nothing to do with currency, this one. For director Dash Shaw’s latest animation, we’re in a space created specifically for...