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Film review: The Carpenter’s Son
THE film The Carpenter’s Son (Cert. 15) owes its inspiration to the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, a second-century apocryphal depiction of Jesus’s boyhood. Scholars widely consider it unhistorical and, from St Irenaeus onwards,…
Film review: Priest (Blu-ray release)
IT IS truly laudable that the 1994 film Priest (Cert. 15) is finally on Blu-ray, a format getting nearer cinema’s audio-visual quality than DVD. Likewise, its larger storage capability enables the addition of several…
Valley of the Shadow of Death
THE film Valley of the Shadow of Death (Cert. 15) centres on a clergy family after an earlier tragedy. Pastor Leung (Anthony Chau-Sang Wong) is being questioned by a journalist while his wife (Louisa So) noisily tidies up,…
Film review: The Choral
SET in 1916, when Christianity was enlisted in support of jingoism, The Choral (Cert. 12A) concerns Ramsden, a Yorkshire village low on male singers. Alan Bennett’s script — his first since Prick Up Your Ears (1987) not to…
Film review: Sketch
HISTORICALLY, Angel Studios has strong associations with the Mormons. It aims to produce and/or distribute faith-filled movies such as The King of Kings (Arts, 4 April) or, at least, inspiring “values-based” entertainment,…
Film review: Brides
THE film Brides (Cert. 15) is a fictionalised account of two Muslim girls’ 2014 clandestine journey to war-torn Syria. The Young Vic’s artistic director Nadia Fall’s debut movie is, however, more about teenagers’ quest for…
Film review: The Partisan
WINSTON CHURCHILL considered Krystyna Skarbek his favourite spy. She was also the inspiration for Vesper Lynd in Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale. From The Partisan (Cert. 15), you can see why on both counts. Morgane Polanski…
London Film Festival 69th Edition 2025
THE London Film Festival (8-19 October) opens in church with Wake Up Dead Man. Daniel Craig reprises Detective Benoit Blanc in this third Knives Out instalment. The harsh yet seemingly popular Monsignor Wicks (Josh Brolin)…
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