The “family” on making Sorry We Missed You
In a career spanning over 50 years, British director Ken Loach has always resisted the call of Hollywood and its...
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 …..
Director Paul Downs Colaizzo and star Jillian Bell: Brittany Runs A Marathon is more than a weight loss movie
The audience favourite at this year’s Sundance brings its heart warming humour to British audiences this week as Brittany Runs...
Film Review – Countdown (2019)
Horror film makers must be thanking their lucky stars for technology. It’s a natural for scary movies, playing on our...
By The Grace Of God actor Denis Menochet on how the church tried to block the film
Anthony Hopkins inspired him to act, Quentin Tarantino dubbed him “the French Robert Mitchum” and it’s not so long ago...
The Last Black Man In San Francisco: Joe Talbot and Jimmie Fails on a film of firsts and a changing city
Ask Joe Talbot and Jimmie Fails a question and chances are they’ll both start to answer it simultaneously. The director...
Directors Tyler Nilson and Mike Schwartz on their inspiration for The Peanut Butter Falcon
So many films are described as “feel good” that the term’s in danger of over use. But there are those...
London Film Festival Review – A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood (2019)
One of the most popular – unexpectedly so – films at last year’s LFF was a documentary. Will You Be...
American Woman star Sienna Miller on portraying every parent’s worst nightmare
After supporting roles in period pieces like The Lost City Of Z and Live By Night, alongside grittier performances in...
Film Review – American Woman (2018)
He may not be the biggest name in the movie business, but Jake Scott has made plenty of films. They...
Film Review – Farming (2018)
Films don’t get much more personal than Farming. Writer/director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje puts his own story under the lights and gaze...
London Film Festival Review – Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019)
Some films leave you with such a sense of devastation that it takes a while to put down some cohesive...
London Film Festival Review – Waiting For The Barbarians (2019)
Award winning director, Ciro Guerra – he of Embrace Of The Serpent fame – returns to the London Film Festival...
London Film Festival Review – Little Monsters (2019)
There’s something about zombies. Something that makes you want to laugh. Perhaps it’s the way they lurch along and their...
London Film Festival Review – The Last Black Man In San Francisco (2019)
This is not the San Francisco that we think we know. It’s not the glowing colours of Armistead Maupin’s Tales...