May December (’15’): Dredging Up the Facts about an Under-age Sex Scandal.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “May December” (2023) (from the London Film Festival). “May December” is the latest from Todd Haynes who directed, for example, “Carol” and “Dark Waters”. This was, again, a film I caught at the London Film Festival, several weeks ahead of its UK release date. (I’m republishing this since the … Read more

“Flickering Dreams” Ep. 36: Reviews of – The Marvels; Anatomy of a Fall; Dream Scenario; The Killer; How To Have Sex; Loch Ness: They Created a Monster & Journey to Bethlehem.

In Episode 36 of Flickering Dreams I’m joined by Andy Godfrey of Sorted Magazine and Konnect Radio, Emma Sewell of Emma @ The Movies on X (Twitter!) and Scott Forbes of The Forbes Film and TV Review. In this episode Bob, Scott and Andy review the following films: We also run through the UK/Ireland Top 10 and the … Read more

How To Have Sex (15): Terrifying tales from (for me) an alien world.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “How to Have Sex” (2023). “How to have sex ” is not the instructional film that the title might imply! We delve into (in my view) the horrendous world of booze-fuelled teenage holidays (what I used to know as Club 18-30 holidays). I just checked and Club 18-30 came … Read more

Anatomy of a Fall (15): Guilt, Innocence and a cute dog in the French Alps.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Anatomy of a Fall” (2023). Original title: Anatomie d’une chute “Anatomy of a Fall” is a murder/mystery that I was highly anticipating and I was not disappointed. As it won the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2023, it comes with pedigree. (Mind you, last year they picked “Triangle of Sadness“, … Read more

The Killer (15): “Forbid empathy. Empathy is weakness. Weakness is vulnerability”.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Killer” (2023). David Fincher is a film-maker who delivers new material relatively rarely. (His last feature was “Mank” in 2020 and then “Gone Girl” before that in 2014.) So a new Fincher movie is something to make you sit up and take note. Due to a stupid scheduling … Read more