A One Mann’s Movies review of “Bad Apples” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 4*, ’15’). Presumably scheduled at random, I watched two films at the LFF in sequence (this one and “Good Boy” – review to follow) that could have been called “Bad Apples” and “Bad Apples 2”, such is the similarity in … Read more
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Untamable” (From the 2025 London Film Festival). (2025, 3*, ’15’). Original Title: Indomptables. We next head to Cameroon for an unusual police drama. Directed, co-written and starring Thomas Ngijol, we head behind a detective’s difficult family life while he tries to progress a high-profile murder investigation. One Mann’s Movies … Read more
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
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
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