Watch and talk

01/11/2016 | Reform

The film critic Jeremy Clarke recommends new and forthcoming films for church discussion groups

Films of all shapes and hues can be great for provoking discussion in church groups. You can watch them in the cinema and debrief later, or … Read More

Reviews – October 2016

20/09/2016 | Reform

Quiet please!

In Pursuit of Silence Directed by Patrick Shen 81 minutes Released on 21 October

This non-narrative film falls somewhere between a documentary and a meditation on its subject, silence. It opens with an image of a tree … Read More

Reviews – September 2016

26/08/2016 | Reform

Divine family fortunes

The Brand New Testament Directed by Jaco Van Dormael Certificate 15, 110 minutes DVD released on 8 August

At the end of Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits, the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), being pressed on the problem of … Read More

Reviews – June 2016

27/05/2016 | Reform

Dying to self

Embrace of the Serpent Directed by Ciro Guerra Certificate 12A, 125 minutes Released 10 June

When a film picks up quotes calling it “transcendent” and a “religious experience”, Christians will want to know whether it lives up … Read More

Reviews – May 2016

22/04/2016 | Reform

Harrowing vision of
 the Holocaust

Son of Saul Directed by László Nemes Certificate 15, 107 minutes Released 29 April

Knowing its subject matter in advance doesn’t prepare the viewer for just how difficult this movie is going to be to … Read More