A One Mann’s Movies review of “Romeria” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 2*, ’15’). I’m afraid my run of good films (imho) at the LFF had to come off the rails sometime and I’m afraid it did with “Romeria”. I’m afraid Carla Simón’s latest might have been technically well-made, but I found the … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Promised Sky” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3.5*, ’12A’). Original title: Promis le ciel. With the appalling resurgence of fascism across the Western World and, with it, the intolerance towards immigration, it was inevitable that this year’s LFF would reflect that facet of life. Last year, we … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Enzo” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3.5*, ’15’). No, not an early prequel to “Ferrari“. “Enzo” came across to me as a French-set variant of “Call Me By Your Name” – a heady teenage coming-of-age drama set against a rich lifestyle and exotic locations. One Mann’s Movies … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” (2025, 4*, PG). As a trilogy of films, Downton could have continued a downward slide down the rubbish chute. But I’m glad to report that the laziness of “Downton Abbey: A New Era” has been reversed and the finale of the series – “Downton … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Sorry, Baby” (2025, 3.5*, 15). At one point in this, college professor Agnes (Eva Victor) is class-appraising Nabokov’s novel “Lolita”. A male student pipes up that he finds the subject matter distasteful and disturbing and Agnes replies that she understands that “…but what did you think about the writing?”. … Read more