A One Mann’s Movies review of “Lady” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3*, ’15’). Given how late in the calendar year the London Film Festival is run, it’s quite rare to have a World Premiere showing at the LFF. But “Lady” was one of them. It has moments of hilarity but, for me, … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Retreat” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3.5*, ’12A’). One of the most innovative films I’ve seen at the LFF, “Retreat” is almost entirely without traditional dialogue: there are only about 4 or 5 lines near the end of the film. All of the rest of the conversations … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Mastermind” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 2*, 12A). Critic Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian described Kelly Reichardt’s new film, “The Mastermind”, thus: “Reichardt’s quietist, observational style is unexpectedly successful at creating a super-naturalistic depiction of an art gallery robbery”, giving it 4 stars. And I will … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Frankenstein” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, 15). Another LFF film that is on limited release, in selected cinemas, from today in the UK. Guillermo del Toro’s passion project, “Frankenstein”, is a Netflix production that will start streaming on November 7th. But this really is an impressive, … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Lost Bus” (2025, 3*, 15). I could hear a chorus of the kids from The Simpsons singing “Hail to the bus driver, the bus driver man” during this film. For “The Lost Bus” is set in California in the city of Paradise that in 2018 was severely impacted … Read more