H Is For Hawk (4*): A Film Alive With The Absurdities Of Death.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “H Is For Hawk” (2026, 4*, 12A). “H Is For Hawk” was one of the films nominated for the 2026 BAFTAs, and to be honest I’m a bit surprised that it wasn’t nominated also in some other categories, including cinematography, music, screenplay and the inimitable Claire Foy in the … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Far From The Madding Crowd (2015)

X-rated for Sheep. Based on Thomas Hardy’s classic novel (which I much shamefully admit I have never read), Far From the Madding Crowd tells the tale of Bathsheba Everdene’s rags-to-riches rise to become a farm-owner in rural Dorset in the 1870’s, the title coming from the fact that Dorset is a long way from the … Read more