Reviews October 2023

26/09/2023 | Reform

On the front line

20 Days in MariupolDirected by Mstyslav ChernovCertificate 18, 94 minutesReleased 6 October

Some films are incredibly tough to watch, yet you know you need to watch them. This documentary is one of those. The experience of … Read More

Art in Focus – October 2023

26/09/2023 | Reform

Threads through Creation exhibitionPanel 6: Water & Sky – splash with colourJacqui Parkinson, 2023

When twelve members from our local church visited Ely Cathedral for a prayer and study day based around a textile exhibition, they were not prepared for … Read More

Reviews September 2023

29/08/2023 | Reform

A desire for justice

Bobi Wine: The people’s presidentDirected by Moses Bwayo, Christopher SharpCertificate 12A, 121 minutesReleased 1 September

At the start of this remarkable documentary about Uganda, a small group of people engage in impromptu Christian prayer in a … Read More

Reviews July/August 2023

26/06/2023 | Reform

Language for the deaf

Name Me LawandDirected by Edward LovelaceCertificate PG, 91 minutesReleased 7 July

Lawand, a young Iraqi boy, has been written off. He is different, he apparently doesn’t want to communicate with others. No one in his home … Read More

Reviews June 2023

31/05/2023 | Reform

Interrogating the text

RealityDirected by Tina SatterCertificate 12a, 83 minutesReleased 2 June

A film named after not, as you might imagine, a state of truth, but a young woman, the main protagonist Reality Winner (Sydney Sweeney). She works in a … Read More

Reviews May 2023

28/04/2023 | Reform

A time for reflection

LakelandsDirected by Robert Higgins, Patrick McGivneyCertificate 15, 100 minutesReleased 05 May

We plan our lives, or not, and they proceed, and everything’s hunky dory. Or sometimes things come out of nowhere and knock us for six. … Read More