Dreamers (3*): Lesbian Immigration Drama Ticks The Boxes But Never Sizzles.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Dreamers” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3*, ’15’). As I mentioned in my review of “Promised Sky“, on my first day of LFF films, that film dealt with one aspect of the UK immigration problem…. immigrants arriving at their ‘first stop’ of Tunis in their journey from … Read more

Fwends (2*): Two Aussies Talking Sh*t In Melbourne.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Fwends” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 2*, ’15’). Oh dear. My least favourite film of the LFF press pre-week. I was sharing this screening with Mike Leigh, but I sadly didn’t get to speak to him afterwards to find out what he thought of this one. But … Read more

Life After (4.5*): A Well-Crafted Documentary That Challenged My Views on Assisted-Dying.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Life After” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4.5*, ’12’). Great documentaries should be able to challenge your preconceptions about a topic. And “Life After”, made by the disabled film-maker Reid Davenport, does just that. I’ve already notice that, one paragraph in, I’ve already prefaced Davenport’s name and … Read more

Romeria (2*): Good Looking People In Beautiful Places Boring Me To Tears.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Romeria” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 2*, ’15’). I’m afraid my run of good films (imho) at the LFF had to come off the rails sometime and I’m afraid it did with “Romeria”. I’m afraid Carla Simón’s latest might have been technically well-made, but I found the … Read more

Harvest (3.5*): Gleaning Meaning From Medieval Times When “Maps Ruin Lives”.

One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Harvest”. A Medieval set drama death, pigs and pillory. 3.5/5.