When Autumn Falls

10/03/2025 | Reform

Directed by François OzonCertificate 15102 minutesReleased 21 March

Judge not lest ye be judged, we are told. At the start of this latest drama from François Ozon, an ever-reliable director who rarely repeats himself, a devoted, eighty-something grandmother Michelle (Hélène … Read More

The Colors Within

27/01/2025 | Reform

Directed by Naoko YamadaCertificate U, 101 minutesReleased31 January

This Japanese animated feature opens in a boarding school chapel, in which a teenage girl is praying the Serenity Prayer. In terms of real-life religious faith, this is not particularly odd; yet … Read More

Reviews December 2024/January 2025

27/11/2024 | Reform

RumoursDirected by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen JohnsonCertificate 15109 minutesReleased 6 December

Jesus spoke of ‘wars and rumours of wars’, and told us to give our leaders their due. He also spoke of the End of the Age. In our … Read More

Reviews November 2024

25/10/2024 | Reform

BlitzDirected by Steve McQueenCertificate 12a120 minutesReleased 8 November

People just getting on with life in dire circumstances, doing what they have to do. A mother searches for her lost son. An 11-year-old embraces his black identity. Women work in munitions … Read More

Reviews October 2024

02/10/2024 | Reform

Watership DownDirected by Martin RosenCertificate PG92 minutesReleased 25 October

Now fully restored in a new 4K restoration, this 1978 tale of rabbits on the run proved that an animated film need be neither made by Disney nor sugar-coated for children. … Read More

Reviews September 2024

06/09/2024 | Reform

FirebrandDirected by Karim AinouzCertificate 15121 minutesReleased 6 September

History. The Tudors. King Henry VIII wanted a male heir to the throne. His first wife failed to deliver, so he divorced her. When the Pope excommunicated him, Henry set up the … Read More