The Beast Review: Léa Seydoux Soars in a Sci-Fi Epic About Love, Loneliness, and the Dread of Being Alive

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The Beast Review: Léa Seydoux Soars in a Sci-Fi Epic About Love, Loneliness, and the Dread of Being Alive

The Beast is like a slow-twisting knife to the side of our existence, its point sharpened with care by writer-director Bertrand Bonello and guided with the utmost precision so as to not puncture any vital organs — we are alive, but in undeniable pain. Indeed, arriving at a time when humanity is at its most anxious, emotionally exhausted, and existentially frustrated, the film offers zero reprieve as it deals with grand questions of love, death, …