film criticism by maryann johanson | celebrating 25 years: 1997–2022
Quietly chilling. A condemnation of supposed propriety over genuine decency, and the sacrifice of children to the illusion of communal cohesion. There are no easy answers here, and no pat resolutions.
I correctly guessed 9 out of the 24 categories, which is appalling. I shall be in my corner reprimanding myself.
My pick: Vincent Lambe’s controversial and profoundly harrowing “Detainment,” a dramatization of the real-life police interrogations of the 10-year-old boys who killed a toddler in England in 1993.
