Never Apologise (15)

Subtitled "A Personal Visit with Lindsay Anderson", this memoir of the director, who died in 1994, is delivered by his old friend Malcolm McDowell (below) in the form of a one-man show. Mingling anecdote with excerpts from letters and diaries, McDowell pays tribute to the man who gave him his break with If... in 1968 and mentored him thereafter, though reading between the lines one perceives Anderson as a more cantankerous and difficult type than this fond portrait argues.

Some of the stories meander in search of a punchline – it could all have been tighter – but McDowell's affectionate, mischievous impersonations and the assorted clips from Anderson's work make for an easy couple of hours.