Here we go. Gonna hashtag these #MyCriterionList. Up first, Bertrand Bonello’s THE BEAST (2023). Sometimes impenetrable, always compelling, the constant gnawing dread of the shadow of The Beast hangs over everything from the first scene. It’s like a lucid dream, or a waking nightmare. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️