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Until recently, films with children as the subject were generally considered a risky proposition. Child-centered cinema consisted largely of animation, action or family stories. Children were thought too immature, unable to hold the screen, unreliable actors, either over-broad or lacking nuance.

Until recently, films with children as the subject were generally considered a risky proposition. Child-centered cinema consisted largely of animation, action or family stories. Children were thought too immature, unable to hold the screen, unreliable actors, either over-broad or lacking nuance.

This month’s picks include two of the best horror films of the year, two thrillers about online exploitation and one dark fairy tale about a monster named Alli.

Chilling Norwegian film about children who develop superpowers

BENEDICTION (12A)

Bored children with apparently supernatural powers soon go to the dark side in Eskil Vogt’s superbly cast psychological thriller

Siegfried Sassoon is rightly celebrated as one of the great First World War poets but it is often forgotten that he lived well into the modern age, eventually dying in 1967 at the age of 80.

Stellar performances by a young cast in this Norwegian supernatural-thriller. Film review by Harry Thorfinn-George

Back in 1965, Pete Townshend of The Who wrote “The Kids Are Alright.” More than a quarter of a century later, Dexter Holland of The Offspring took a completely different

The director of The Innocents, Eskil Vogt, discusses the film, the controversy surrounding its casting, and why it includes the sacrifice of a friendly feline