Reviews May 2024

29/04/2024 | Reform

A fatal belief

The BeastDirected by Bertrand BonelloCertificate 15, 146 minutesReleased 31 May

As satisfying as it is infuriating, this French genre-bender is part science fiction, part period costume drama and part literary adaptation. It’s based on Henry James’ 1903 … Read More

Reviews April 2024

26/03/2024 | Reform

One God, two families

KidnappedDirected by Marco BellocchioCertificate 12a, 135 minutesReleased 26 April

This Italian drama, based on true events, is set when the papacy was both the head of the Roman Catholic Church and the state authority in parts … Read More

Reviews March 2024

28/02/2024 | Reform

Scarred for life

Silver HazeDirected by Sacha PolakCertificate 15, 102 minutesReleased 29 March

As a small child in real life, the actor Vicky Knight was burned in a fire. Today, her body still bears the physical scars of the trauma … Read More

Reviews February 2024

29/01/2024 | Reform

Invaluable service

Perfect DaysDirected by Wim WendersCertificate PG, 123 minutesReleased 23 February

The greatest among you shall be your servant. These are not words we readily understand in our contemporary world. Here, Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas; Wings of Desire) makes … Read More

Reviews December 2023/January 2024

12/12/2023 | Reform

The cycle of life

SamsaraDirected by Lois PatiñoCertificate U, 113 minutesReleased 26 January

Broadly speaking, this film is in three parts. The first takes place in Laos, in east Asia, where the predominant religion is Buddhism. The second is the … Read More

Reviews November 2023

30/10/2023 | Reform

The way of lawlessness

Killers of the Flower MoonDirected by Martin ScorseseCertificate 15, 206 minutesReleased 20 October

This film is adapted from David Grann’s book of the same name about the real life Osage Indian Murders of the 1920s. Demobbed … Read More