Censor
#2 of Sundance 2021
"The moral panic of the video-nasty era in the U.K. and the corresponding satanic panic of the nineties in the U.S. seem a quaint memory today. The democratization of digital filmmaking, wholesale embrace of the rougher-hewn cinema of the post-Hays Code era, and larger cultural trend away from puritanical cultural impulses have made the possibility that a film like The Evil Dead would be banned seem remote. But genuine, widespread concern over the effects these films would have on the nation's moral character were a reality. 133
Writer-director <PERSON> resurrects this churning milieu in her delightfully weird and compelling horror picture Censor, starring <PERSON>."
Full review at Talk Film Society
<PERSON> horror-mystery is a compelling examination of trauma and cycles of obsession. It certainly feels of a piece with films similarly interested in obsession like <PERSON>'s Enemy, but the Argento/Fulci influence keeps it feeling fresh enough that I never had a problem with its familiar paces. The real reason to watch this is <PERSON> wonderfully taught performance and the gorgeous, candy-colored lighting of the film's movies within a movie. The production design is largely excellent, capturing the greyness of <PERSON>'s Britain and the lurid exuberance of the censored material. This is definitely one to watch out for. 529