Saint Frances director Alex Thompson and writer/star Kelly O’Sullivan on the film they didn’t want to make
A double winner at last year’s SXSW – it scooped the Audience Award and Special Jury Award – Alex Thompson’s...
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 …..
Digital Review – One Way To Denmark (2019)
Hygge. A Danish word a tricky pronunciation for us Brits which found its way into the language a few years...
Digital Review – Ghosts Of War (2020)
World War II has become a regular stomping ground for horror, be they in the Son Of Saul mould or...
Aldis Hodge on why Clemency’s release is perfectly timed
Clemency, director Chinonye Chukwu’s searing look at capital punishment, arrives in the UK this week, after building a head of...
Digital Review – Come As You Are (2019)
A road movie. One where a group of friends set off without telling their parents, because they’d try to stop...
Film Review – Clemency (2019)
It happens every year at the London Film Festival. Tucked away in the programme schedule is at least one gem...
Digital Review – Arkansas (2020)
The name might not ring an immediate bell, but the face will. Clark Duke is “that guy” from Hot Tub...
Film Review – Black Water: Abyss (2020)
When is a sequel not a sequel? When the director tweaks the title and repeats the idea of the first...
Film Review – Love Sarah (2020)
Who doesn’t love cake? Individual, large slice, dainty sliver - it doesn’t matter. It’s still cake. And, despite the familiar...
Digital Review – Scoob! (2020)
He’s the hound that launched a thousand impersonations, scoffed squillions of Scooby Snacks and kick-started a seemingly never-ending TV franchise. ...
Digital Review – Back Roads (2018)
You can’t help but wonder what might have been. Adrian Lyne was originally earmarked to direct Back Roads. He still...
Digital Review – Burden (2018)
Cinema history is littered with good films that struggled to find their audience. There’s as many reasons as there are...
Lynn + Lucy writer/director Fayzal Boulifa and stars Nichola Burley and Roxanne Scrimshaw on street casting and keeping it real
British cinema has a proud tradition of tough, uncompromising films, from the more domestic “kitchen sink dramas” as they became...
Digital Review – Lynn + Lucy (2019)
It’s a word laden with meaning. A friend can be anyone from an acquaintance to somebody as close as a...