Sense and Sensibility ¦ Film Review (4*): A Brave and Delicious Retelling.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Sense and Sensibility”. (2026, 4*, U). It is a brave decision for Georgia Oakley – in only her second feature film (after 2022’s excellent lesbian drama Blue Jean) – to take on an adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, beloved of many thousands of people around the world. But … Read more

Blue Jean (15): A Lesbian Caught in the Headlights.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Blue Jean” (2023). Another film, new out this week, and nominated for “Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer”* at the upcoming BAFTAs. “Blue Jean” takes us back to 1988 and a VERY different world for homosexual people. (* Note: I originally reference this as up for … Read more