Ballad of a Small Player (5*): I Personally Found Edward Berger’s Conclave Follow-Up Stunning.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Ballad of a Small Player” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 5*, ’15’). I really can’t see how I can avoid it. But my Top 10 for 2025 looks destined to have TWO films with the title “Ballad of” in the title (with the other of course being … Read more

One Mann’s Movies: Films of the Year 2024

#onemannsmovies My personal choice of Top 20 Movies of 2023.

Conclave (12A): Existing Between The World’s Certainties.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Conclave”. A stunning film from Edward Berger based on the Robert Harris page-turner. Simply brilliant. 5/5.

All Quiet on the Western Front (15): The Destruction of the Innocents.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “All Quiet on the Western Front” (2022). (Original Title: Im Westen nichts Neues) The biggest surprise for me in this year’s BAFTA nominations was the major snub for “The Fabelmans” (as Best Film) and Steven Spielberg (as Best Director). Because I still expect it to WIN the Oscar, for … Read more