A One Mann’s Movies review of “Balearic” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 1.5*, ’15’). I said with my review of “100 Nights of Hero” that that was my last LFF film that I’d seen on the big screen. But I also have access to a video library of a subset of the films … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” (2025, 3*, 12A). I saw “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” at The Royal Festival Hall as a part of the London FIlm Festival, but as it is released in UK cinemas from tomorrow, I’ve done this one as a standard post and not one … Read more
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