London Film Festival Review – The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
It’s the done thing to tweet a reaction after seeing a film and this reviewer is no exception. The Peanut...
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 …..
Judy director, Rupert Goold, on the lasting appeal of a legend
For somebody whose latest film traces the last days of an entertainment icon and is already being mentioned in the...
London Film Festival Review – Clemency (2019)
It happens every year at the London Film Festival. Tucked away in the programme schedule is at least one gem...
Film Review – Judy (2019)
Hands up if Over The Rainbow always makes you well up. You’re not alone. Judy Garland may have died 50...
Film Review – Skin (2018)
As if we needed more proof that Jamie Bell is one of the most consistently good actors around! After Film...
Film Review – Tomorrow (2019)
Issue-based films are part of our cinematic diet but, inevitably, they vary. Just because a movie advocates a laudable cause,...
Interview: Hotel Mumbai director Anthony Maras and stars Jason Isaacs and Nazanin Boniadi on the film’s inspirational story
The shocking events of the 2008 terrorist attack at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai come to the big screen, and...
Film Review – Hotel Mumbai (2018)
This was a film that nearly didn’t get here. Director Anthony Maras’ first feature was shot three years ago, premiered...
Film Review – Hustlers (2019)
Female ensemble movies, especially of the crime variety, have become the sub-genre du jour of late. Not that they weren’t...
Film Review – Night Hunter (2019)
Playing one of the biggest characters cinema has to offer can be a mixed blessing. Just ask Henry Cavill. Taking...
Film Review – The Informer (2019)
It’s that time of year. The summer season is drawing to a close, we’ve had all the big family movies,...
Film Review – A Million Little Pieces (2018)
Remember Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals? It had a glittering cast – Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal – but the performance that...
Film Review – The Souvenir (2019)
There’s a moment in Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir – exactly when is down to you – when a song suddenly...
Film Review – Mrs Lowry And Son (2019)
Adrian Noble’s Mrs Lowry And Son, his first foray into the world of directing feature films, closed this year’s Edinburgh...