Combining elements of sci-fi, melodrama, horror and romance, “The Beast” takes place across three separate time periods to explore the intense loneliness and disconnection that has become a fixture of contemporary life. Filmmaker Bertrand Bonello, writer-director of “The Beast” “The Beast” is Bonello’s third collaboration with Seydoux, who now divides her time between Hollywood blockbusters like “Dune: Part Two” and …
Whether it’s Charlie Chaplin literally trapped in the gears of industrialization in “Modern Times” or James Cameron crafting a gripping vision of robots enslaving us in “The Terminator,” audiences are consistently confronted by the threat of machines. But French writer-director Bertrand Bonello’s disquieting new film paints those anxieties in muted new colors, chronicling a love story that spans its characters’ …
