The boys from Get Duked! on surviving the Scottish Highlands
City street smarts count for nothing in the Scottish Highlands, as four teenagers find out the hard way in Ninian...
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 …..
Get Duked! writer/director Ninian Doff on the secret of “farmer’s courage” …..
When Edinburgh’s Ninian Doff saw his first ever feature film open the city’s film festival last year, it was “incredible”,...
Writer/director William Nicholson on going home to make Hope Gap
Twice Oscar nominated for Gladiator and Shadowlands, writer William Nicholson is more than familiar with the glitz of Hollywood. But...
Amazon Prime Review – Get Duked! (2019)
This is the film that opened last year’s Edinburgh Film Festival – ah, festivals, remember them? – but under the...
Director Matteo Garrone on his lifelong love of Pinocchio
We believe we all know Carlo Collodi’s 19th century story of the wooden puppet who dreamed of being a real,...
Film Review – Pinocchio (2019)
It’s one of the fairy stories we all think we know, the story of a little boy carved out of...
Film Review – Spree (2020)
It’s ironic. For months, we’ve longed to see a film on the big screen and, just as the cinemas start...
Film Review – An American Pickle (2020)
Are we seeing a different side to Seth Rogen? The guy who cornered the market in loveable stoners (The 40...
Digital Review – Infamous (2020)
It’s fast becoming a 21st century formula. Couple on the run + social media = crime thriller with plenty to...
Film Review – Unhinged (2020)
It’s a dark and stormy night – and it’s going to be a dark and stormy film. The first four...
Film Review – Summerland (2020)
There may be a faint glimmer of something approaching normality in the distance, but comfort and solace in the form...
Director Derrick Borte on why Unhinged features 2020’s Man With No Name
Arriving this Friday, 31st July, Derrick Borte’s Unhinged is perhaps the most talked about film among the first batch shown...
Digital Review – Life With Music (2019)
Patrick Stewart’s first post-Picard outing brings him back down to Earth – and wins the title of Unfortunately Appropriate Strapline...
Film Review – Stage Mother (2020)
Originally niche TV, drag shows are now mainstream programming, bringing a glitz and outrageous glamour to our lives at a...