Digital Review – Shirley (2020)
“Women like Shirley don’t have friends.” And Josephine Decker’s Shirley shows exactly why. Not that her portrait of horror writer,...
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 – A Christmas Gift From Bob (2020)
Back in 2012 the publishing world and readers all round the globe were captivated by a ginger tom called Bob,...
Netflix Review – His House (2020)
The haunted house. A familiar horror setting but, for his feature debut writer/director Remi Weekes has taken this most traditional...
Film Review – Wolfwalkers (2020)
Forget for a moment all the horror films out this weekend. OK, the genre’s resurgence shows no signs of ending...
Relic Interview – Natalie Erika James and Bella Heathcote
As Hallowe’en looms, director Natalie Erika James’s feature debut, Relic, is on the horizon, arriving in UK cinemas and online...
Digital Review – The Witches (2020)
At the risk of sounding like a stuck record, why? Why re-make a film when the original is so timeless...
Film Review – Honest Thief (2020)
This time last year, it looked entirely possible that Liam Neeson might be walking away from all those action roles...
Amazon Prime Review – Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
His homeland may not want to boast about it, but Borat Sagdiyev is Kazakhstan’s best known export – and easily...
Pixie director Barnaby Thompson and writer Preston Thompson on their Irish spaghetti western
What started as a germ of an idea from a road trip around Ireland reaches cinemas this Friday in the...
Film Review – Pixie (2020)
You didn’t know you needed to see Alec Baldwin as a pistol packing priest? You’ll realise what you’ve been missing...
Film Review – Carmilla (2019)
It’s one of the greatest of all horror genres. Vampires. And it all started back in 1987 with Bram Stoker’s...
BFI London Film Festival Review – Nomadland (2020)
It’s been a meteoric rise for writer/director Chloe Zhao. Just two years ago, her sophomore feature, The Rider, marked her...
BFI London Film Festival Review – After Love (2020)
It’s a quiet domestic scene. A Muslim couple arrive home, she makes a cup of tea in their nicely equipped...
Netflix Review – Rebecca (2020)
It was Alfred Hitchcock’s first Hollywood movie and won the Best Picture Oscar, the only film from his considerable output...