Juliet Cowan

Lady (3*): An Aristocrat Whose Pretence The Film Crew Can See Right Through.

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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

Back to Black (15): Winehouse Biopic Illustrates Her Unique Talent & Tragic Decline.

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A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Back to Black” (2024). You’d need to be a bit out of it, particularly if you are from the UK, not to realise that “Back to Black” is a biopic of the legendary but tragic singer Amy Winehouse who died in 2011. The film is directed by Sam … Read more