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

Reviews April 2023

24/03/2023 | Reform

Combatting spiritual wickedness

How to Blow Up a PipelineFilm by Daniel Goldhaber, Ariela Barer, Jordan Sjol, Daniel GarberCertificate 15, 103 minutesReleased 21 April

A radical film whose four makers eschew the widespread film industry notion of the film director as … Read More

Reviews March 2023

24/02/2023 | Reform

Whatever is good and lovely

Lunana: A Yak In The ClassroomDirected by Pawo Choyning DorjiCertificate PG, 109 minutes,Oscar nomination – Best International Feature 2022Released 10 March

City boy Ugyen (Sherab Dorji) must work five years in education under Bhutan’s National … Read More